Author Archives: Dean Geyer

This is the second part of a series inspired by a recent article in the News Journal about State Testing Results in Delaware. You can find other parts of this series filed in the “state testing” category.
In the article, Mr. Bob Smith, superintendent of the Milford School District, credits part of Milford’s success to [...] Continue reading →

Click below to read the article and comments from another blogger, Tom Landini:
Breathe In, Breathe Out: Attending to Reading: On and Off the Web.
This is an interesting post on the Blog Breathe In, Breathe Out which links to a N.Y. Times article about kids reading on the web vs. traditional print media.
It currently is not [...] Continue reading →

Innovation pays off on state test scores | delawareonline | The News Journal.
Be sure and check out the comments under the article after you click the link above. Lots of Journal Readers have opinions on this topic. Reporter Jennifer Price was criticized by one reader for not covering “Special Needs” students and State [...] Continue reading →

This is the first part of a series on State Testing in Delaware: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly! It is a response to a recent article in the News Journal. According to the article:
Students in the MIlford, Delaware School District have consistently achieved high marks on the Delaware State Testing Program. [...] Continue reading →

If you live in Delaware or parts of Pennsylvannia or New Jersey and your child has reading difficulties then your family has probably been touched by the Reading ASSIST Institute whether you know it or not. The Institute is a premier Multisensory Structured Language (MSL) Training and Resource Center dedicated to helping children learn [...] Continue reading →

I recently googled “reading difficulties” and found a short how to article with suggestions for parents. The suggestions are all good and very doable. In fact, Carrie and I do alot of them with our kids to this day. But I did point out that the suggestions cannot be used with effectively [...] Continue reading →

Individualized Education Program or IEP is exactly what it sounds like…I didn’t know they were allowed to do that!!
It is a document that describes the nature of your childs disability and how it is to be addressed by the teachers and other school personnel. An IEP is created after it has been determined [...] Continue reading →

Learning Disabilities take many forms. While the majority of LD cases involve reading issues, other forms of learning disabilities interfere with: writing, speaking, listening, thinking/reasoning, processing information and spelling. These learning disabilities often go unnoticed by teachers while parents often know that there is a problem. We suspected that our daughter Hannah [...] Continue reading →

Watch the Video.You tell your kids to do something, and they respond with a blank stare. Many times it’s just everyday distractions, but Dr. Jo shows us why it could be a sign of an overlooked condition called auditory processing disorder in this video.
Interesting and informative Video from Tampa Bay Fox 13 News.
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Listen in to the first part of my interview with Reading Specialist, Kaye McFadden. She worked with Hannah, my daughter, from 2nd grade until 5th grade. With Kaye’s expertise and patience plus Hannah’s hard work and desire to read, Hannah has been able to catch up with her classmates. “Auditory Processing [...] Continue reading →