by GenesisAdmin | Jun 12, 2019 | Barriers to Learning, Education |
When we talk about reading difficulties it helps to think about the pattern of reading problems that the child displays. This helps us to get a better idea of whether the child’s difficulty is due purely to not having had enough experience in reading (as...
by GenesisAdmin | Mar 17, 2018 | Barriers to Learning |
When I say the word “Lithium” many of you may make a loose association in your head with the word “depression”. And you’d be on the right track. In 1949 Australian psychiatrist John Cade first published a paper on the use of Lithium in...
by GenesisAdmin | Aug 21, 2016 | Barriers to Learning, Education, Parent guidance |
In the new term meeting with professionals working with your child is a priority. It can be very daunting, especially for parents whose children may have learning difficulties. Frequently, the professionals end up talking and the parents try desperately to follow the...
by GenesisAdmin | Jul 2, 2015 | ADHD, Barriers to Learning |
Premature birth and ADHD – is there a link? I’ll let you in on a trade secret. It’s not a devious type of secret. Not anything that could cause anyone harm, but simply a connection that most of us who work with small children have figured out....
by GenesisAdmin | Jun 18, 2015 | ADHD, Barriers to Learning |
Say what!?! For years we’ve been telling parents that their children with ADD (and ADHD) can’t focus, but then made them aware at the same time that their children can hyperfocus. How the heck does that work? Well, our terminology is partly to blame. ...
