Monthly Archives: August 2008

All that I am, I owe to my hard times.
All that I am, I owe to my suffering.
All that I am, I owe to doing what I didn’t want to do.
All that I am, I owe to being hard headed.
All that I am, I owe to my good times.
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The US What Works Clearinghouse recently released a new publication summarizing research about teaching literacy skills to adolescents.
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) invites you to look at our newest practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices.
This guide provides five specific recommendations to improve literacy among adolescents in the upper elementary, middle, [...] Continue reading →

Here’s blurb about a new recource that’s available from the IRIS Center at Peabody:
The IRIS Center is pleased to announce the posting of a new STAR Legacy Module: PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2-6, a revision and expansion of the PALS section of The Reading Blues: Strategies to Help Upper-Elementary Students Move from Struggle [...] Continue reading →

I was @ a birthday party on Saturday when I noticed that the owners of the house owned a karaoke machine.
“Hey, Rose. Is that a karaoke machine?” I ever so politely asked.
Do you guys karaoke???
“Yes,” she replied. “Would you like to try it?”
“Try it? Are you kidding? I am the karaoke queen. I am definitely [...] Continue reading →

From Shane over on No Limits to Learning.

From Marie Rippel @ all-about-spelling.com
What are the biggest differences between a student who knows how to spell and one who struggles?
Kids who are good spellers tend to enjoy learning, read more, and do better in all subject areas. They normally have the confidence that they can tackle most academic learning.
Poor spellers, on the other hand, [...] Continue reading →

Happy 3rd Blogoversary!

Three years ago today I created this blog.  I wanted to share the information I was finding about ADHD and LD with other parents.  I thoroughly enjoy researching,…

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When children and youth with Learning Disabilities grow up, they often report that the difficulties they faced in schools are repeated in the work-a-day world. In “Disabled and Driven: Woman faces challenges of unseen disability and a lack of understanding,” Mary Rae Bragg of the Dubuque (IA, US) Telegraph Herald relates the experience of a [...] Continue reading →

From Shane over on Special Education Law Blog.

The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) has introduced recommendations about education policy.

The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) released its education policy recommendations, Ready to Learn, Empowered to Teach: Excellence in Education for the 21st Century, for inclusion in the national debate over how best to help all … Continue reading →