We work with students who are incredibly bright and have many interesting ideas to share, but are frustrated because their grades just don’t reflect their true capabilities. Sometimes, that comes down to underdeveloped executive functioning skills, which we like to...
Writing may be particularly troublesome for students with language difficulties for a number of reasons, including its demands on spelling, sentence formulation, working memory, word retrieval, language organization, and linguistic executive functioning skills. At...
Even though research is inconclusive about cognitive training apps, they are still a great way to get your child thinking about and using cognitive-linguistic strategies1. The opportunity for your child to see how using strategies can help improve his/her score and...
How is it defined and diagnosed? The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) defines a specific learning disability as: ”(A) IN GENERAL – The term ‘specific learning disability’ means a disorder in 1 or more of the basic psychological...
We often work with families who are initially unaware of the differences and similarities between language therapy and academic tutoring, so we wrote this post to clear the air! Many students would benefit from either of these services, but in determining which is...
