7 Tips to Build a Struggling Learners Confidence

TIP 1 – All children who struggle at school need a champion. A special standout person, who believes in them, understands them, sees their intelligence and will advocate on their behalf. It is not unusual for a successful adult with learning difficulties to identify a champion from their past and...
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How to Take Back Control of Your Classroom

“Go and sit on the thinking chair right now”. This is a strategy that I used time and time again when I taught in the younger grades. Students who had become agitated, frustrated, angry, or physically abusive were directed to a small chair facing my desk. I would give them...
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The Dyslexia-Stress-Anxiety Connection

The Dyslexia-Stress-Anxiety Connection Implications for Academic Performance and Social Interactions What is stress? Stress is the reaction of the body and brain to situations that put us in harm’s way. The stressor may be a physical threat (e.g., a baseball coming quickly toward you) or a psychological threat (e.g., a...
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Do You Make Your Child’s Anxiety Worse?

Children with dyslexia often find that school causes them enormous amounts of anxiety. Let’s face it……….There is a huge number of barriers put in their way from day one. Once your child starts school the barriers seem to compound as the years progress and they attempt to achieve their secondary...
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