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In my last blog I provided a series of questions for parents to ask themselves and reflect on before hiring a tutor for their struggling...

As a parent or guardian, you might ask yourself, "when do I hire a tutor?" We don't want to get a tutor the first time our child gets a...

As a college student, when people would ask me: "Why in the world do you want to become a teacher?" I would always tell them that I was...

As teachers and parents, we can sometimes feel completely at a loss when a student or our child is not progressing the way that we would...

As discussed in my previous post, in order to improve brain function, one must have a healthy gut. We concluded that the top 5 foods to...

Autism is primarily a disorder of the brain, but research suggests that as many as nine out of ten individuals with the condition also...

As parents and teachers, we often ask ourselves why our students and/or children never pick up a book without being asked to. We get...

Most people have heard of the 4 basic learning styles: Verbal-Linguistic, Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic. For the most part we know...

Last week I wrote about all the different signs that a child may have Dyslexia. Today, I want to talk about what you as parents and...

I recently took a course on Dyslexia and its characteristics to better help my understanding of something that impacts close to 15% of...

But isn't advocating just being a "good" parent? I am sure most of us know what it means to advocate for your child; but I want to give a...

First of all, what does IEP stand for? IEP stands for Individualized Education Plan and/or Program. Once a child has gone through the...

In research funded by Autism Speaks, 85% of parents reported improvement with Autism diets.

Over the last few years, fidget toys have become exceedingly popular with school aged children and even adults. The first ones were...

Children are becoming more and more unmotivated when it comes to schoolwork or working hard. But this isn't all their fault. Somewhere...

When a lot of people hear the word "homeschool," an image of a socially awkward student that wears out of style clothing tends to come to...

Growing up as a homeschooled student all the way through high school, I never had to worry about big important tests. The tests I took...

According to the CDC, approximately 9% of children ages 2-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD or ADD at some point in their lives. I can...

I am the oldest of 5 children. My Mom homeschooled all 5 of us while living in a foreign country. I was one of those typical teacher's...