Feeling like a caged animal yet? Better yet – a caged mama bear with some crazy cubs you’re trying to keep under control? Trying to stay sane at home and find your rhythm is no easy challenge. So many of us are trying to deal with irritable, stir-crazy kids while also worrying about our own…
Continue ReadingLet’s face it – if homeschooling was easy, we would all be doing it. Yet, most of us are dreading it. If you have decided to take on homeschooling (and you should in no way feel like you have to!), consider that it might be easier than you think and that there are certain ways…
Continue ReadingI’ve seen about a dozen articles and memes circulating with advice on what you should be doing with your kids at this time. All of these are well-intentioned. We all need to determine what is right for our family. I’m not here to give you a formula but to consider the different options in determining…
Continue Reading“It was the best of times, it was the worst of time.” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities That quote has been circling through my head these last weeks. If we try to emotionally bypass the absolute insanity of what is happening right now, we might cause worse damage. Allowing ourselves to feel…
Continue ReadingEvery single person I have talked to who specializes in addressing the root cause of learning and behaviour disorders among children will tell you the same thing. After nutrition, the single biggest factor that creates major gains is movement. I have written plenty about the importance of movement to develop the brain, particularly in infancy.…
Continue ReadingNot even 8 weeks into the sensory-motor portion of my program, Jackie called me to tell me that her daughter’s speech, gross and fine motor skills as well as her reasoning had improved. I’m not going to pretend that results always happen that fast. I also want to be clear that Jackie was one determined…
Continue ReadingThe other day I talked to a mom whose daughter is in grade 5 and learned that on top of having dyslexia, dyspraxia and mild ADHD, she also has dyscalculia. The daughter was devastated. The mom was working with a tutor, an OT, the family doctor and now wants to hire a math tutor. Mom…
Continue ReadingIf I had a dollar for every child I work with who has more than one diagnoses, I would be rich. Rarely do I see a child who just has dyslexia with no other diagnoses or difficulties. Parents almost always come to see me because of one major concern. Usually that concern is either reading…
Continue ReadingIt’s easy to feel helpless and that nothing is working when you have paid the money and taken the time out to drive your child to tutoring, believing this will be ‘the fix’ and you see minimal results. Last summer, Lisa told me that her son Isaac must have been misdiagnosed. She explained that she…
Continue ReadingLast summer, Amy sat across from me in my office wondering if there was really anything that can be done about her son’s learning difficulties. “It runs in the family,” she said. She told me that her brothers had learning disabilities and ADHD and so did her husband’s family. Amy herself was dyslexic and struggled…
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