It doesn’t have to be complicated. It doesn’t have to take hours. …or years. And it definitely doesn’t have to be this hard all the time. Instead of more practice of the same thing and constant frustration – get your child out of the slow lane with reading, learning and attention issues. Strengthen those weak…
Is your child’s brain on fire? You’re probably thinking. “Oh no. Nothing like that. They have learning difficulties. Dyslexia. ADHD. ASD.” Yet inflammation is a major factor in most behaviour & learning issues. Top Signs of Brain Inflammation: Poor memory Aggression Brain fog Poor coordination & balance Poor focus Tics/OCD Reading & writing issues Irritability…
“I struggled when I was a kid and I turned out fine.” That’s what a mom was recently told by a family member. … and you know what this dare-to-be-different mom said? “But did you turn out okay?” … oh yes she did say that! What Doesn’t Kill You Doesn’t Necessarily Make You Stronger There’s…
If you want to improve your child’s learning and behaviour with food, you need to know HOW to make healthy eating work so you can stick with it. The first place to start with healthy eating is Baby Steps. Too much change too fast is overwhelming and sets you up for failure. Start With ONE…
You know what’s worse than not doing anything? The WRONG practice. Practice doesn’t always make perfect. … sometimes it reinforces more of what you don’t want. The other day I saw a meme that said “Repetition builds connections. It’s that simple.” I kind of cringed inside. Because this is absolutely true BUT it’s not always…
It can feel like your child got dealt a crappy hand. Especially when there are multiple diagnoses like a reading disability AND ADHD or maybe dyslexia AND dysgraphia. It’s so frustrating when your child is behind grade level, they think the teacher hates them and school is torture. It feels like your child has all…
“I had no idea.” There’s always that one thing you can’t believe you didn’t know. I know being the highly in-tune, CEO mom you are that you already know your child’s brain absolutely needs: Oxygen Water Quality Food Sleep … but do you know what ultimately DEVELOPS your child’s brain? What builds the connections? Sensory-motor…
“Josh didn’t crawl, he didn’t walk – he ran,” his mom laughed and rolled her eyes as she reflected on the warning signs she had missed. Rhonda felt like she had been running after him since he was a toddler. If a child has a right brain weakness or underdevelopment, their difficulties are usually detected…
You know what I hated about teaching grade 7 & 8? Graduation. All the kids in their fancy outfits filled with a sense of hope and accomplishment didn’t blunt out the fact that there were far too many who we had failed. That’s right. I failed them and so did the school system. It made…
Adam was like so many kids I work with. He felt angry, hopeless and stupid. He was thirteen and said to me, “I hate reading. It never gets better no matter how much I practice, and I feel like more of a loser every time I do it.” Adam had been struggling with reading, writing…
Have you ever been told by your child’s doctor not to worry when your child skipped a milestone or didn’t seem to be progressing through the milestone the way you thought they should? Well if you answered ‘yes’, your mama instincts were correct. The sensory system and motor system when stimulated in certain ways help…
When people try to convince me that nothing can be done for dyslexia or ADHD or even autism because brain imaging scans have shown these kids have different brain structures, I want to climb a ladder to the top of my house and scream from the roof top, “Yes! And decades of research have shown…
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