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Landmark 360 Blog
Practical, informative resources, tips, tools, and strategies for parents of children with learning disabilities written by experts in the fields of Learning, Learning Disabilities, Social & Emotional Topics, College Prep, and Teaching.
An Interview with Vanessa Rodriguez
March 24th, 2015
Dr. Jessie Voigts from Wandering Educators recently reviewed Landmark360 expert blogger Vanessa Rodriguez’s latest release, The Teaching Brain: An Evolutionary Trait at the Heart of Education. Below you will find a brief review and interview with the author. “Let me tell you about “The Teach...
Posted in: Learning Disabilities, TeachingDisability Discrimination
March 2nd, 2015
By Angela M. Timpone Last fall, while I watched the Norwich University football team win 19–9 against Gallaudet University, I overheard words like “dumb,” “stupid,” and “retard” from NU spectators. These words weren't comments on the Gallaudet players’ performance. The derogatory...
Posted in: Learning DisabilitiesAdventure Is Out There
February 10th, 2015
By Tristan Whitehouse Not all classrooms need walls — or proper floors for that matter. What they do need is people willing to learn together through exploration. Over the past decade, outdoor education programs have grown in prevalence throughout the country, because the interpersonal skills...
Posted in: LearningLearning with ADHD
January 25th, 2015
By Edward Hallowell, M.D., Ed.D. Learning with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is difficult, at best. I know because I have both ADHD and dyslexia. A phrase that I have come up with that I think best exemplifies what it is like living with ADHD is that it’s like “having a Ferr...
Posted in: LearningLessons Learned While on the Road with Landmark Outreach
January 14th, 2015
By Adam Hickey, Ed.M, M.S. Ed. The Landmark School Outreach Program has a long and storied history of extending Landmark School’s influence beyond the campuses of Manchester and Prides Crossing. Although charged through its mission to empower children and adolescents with language-based learning...
Posted in: TeachingPreschool Daydreaming, Lifelong Learning
May 28th, 2014
Submitted by Dana Allara The theme music to the preschool years is a seemingly never-ending chorus of “Why Mommy? Why? Mommy, why?” Young children are passionate explorers who seek out understanding and revel in the wonders of their world—they are intrinsically motivated and love learning. ...
Posted in: LearningDancing in the Rain
April 28th, 2014
Submitted by Amy Ruocco We are all faced with challenges in life, but how successfully we navigate through those challenges largely depends on how capable we view ourselves to be. Dyslexic children learn fairly early on that their peers are able to conquer tasks that are seemingly insurmountable ...
Posted in: TeachingA Voice for Dyslexia
April 3rd, 2014
Submitted by Deborah Lynam One of the first things a parent discovers as we begin the journey to learn about dyslexia and to find resources for our children is that there are two distinct worlds. The first is that of the learning disability (LD) community — dyslexia conferences, LD workshops, w...
Life After Landmark
March 31st, 2014
Submitted by Stephanie Johnston All parents worry, but parents of children who learn differently worry a lot more. From the time our son started school we worried. There were vague worries: why isn’t he able to learn, respond promptly, organize himself, etc…There were specific worries: will...
Posted in: Social and Emotional IssuesAsking for Help
March 24th, 2014
By Nicole Subik Why is it that many of us view asking for help as a sign of failure? If you are traveling from Point A to Point B and stop to ask for directions along the way, does that mean that you failed? Didn’t you make it to Point B? I call that success. College students often strugg...
Posted in: Learning
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