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How to get your child chatting: beyond “How was your day?” By Linda Gross, M.A., CCC-SLP It’s a fact: parents want to know about their child’s day. We want to know about their classes, their social life, and what they ate for lunch. Children with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD)...

By Kimberly Hildebrandt as the summation of an interview with Beth Jamieson In March, the Boston Globe announced its Scholastic Art Awards.  I was blown away by the technical skill and visual expression, but even more so for the depth conveyed through the art. I was particularly struck by an emoti...

By Janet Thibeau For years, students with disabilities have been denied accommodations when taking the LSAT exam, even when they’ve submitted the proper paperwork. This year, that’s changed, and not just for the LSAT, but for all national standardized tests. This ruling has far-r...

By Barbara L’Italien Children with dyslexia often go without the essential support they need in order to succeed in our traditional public schools. Although research shows that when students with dyslexia get the method of instruction early in their educational careers they frequently become very...

By Nicole Mitsakis "You have to do the right thing...You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." —Mohandas K. Gandhi The quote above explains the very personal and passionate commitment I have to establishing Decoding Dyslexia in Massac...

By Mark Drago There is an old Staples back to school commercial where the dad skips down the aisle and his kids trudge behind him as the song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” plays in the background. A totally different portrayal of the start of school from pop culture is John Green...

By Judy Packhem, M. Ed.Cursive writing is an endangered species these days. Left out of the Common Core State Standards, cursive is now seen as inconsequential, and even obsolete, by some in the education community.This is distressing to me, and it should be to all of you who care about educating o...

By: Mark Drago. This post was previoulsy published in Young Teachers Collective.    I know this is an article about mathematics education, but let me start with a poem: Zimmer’s Head Thudding Against the Blackboard, by Paul Zimmer At the blackboard I had missed Five...

Submitted by Caleb Koufman When most people imagine the extracurriculars offered at a school for students with language-based learning disabilities​, such as dyslexia​, debate club is usually not among them. Just like any presumptions about their disabilities, though, students ​where I work...

By Linda Gross, M.A., CCC-SLPMuch has been written and discussed in recent years about Executive Function (EF) challenges faced by students diagnosed with a language-based learning disability (LBLD). Also in the forefront are conversations amongst educators, speech/language pathologists (SLPs), and...