Have you discovered the reading intervention program called Letter Sounds Made Simple? If yes, keep reading. If not, I invite you to start here: Letter Recognition for Struggling Readers. You’ll learn why this easy-to-implement, multisensory program is so simple yet so effective. I especially encourage the helpers of learners who either: Have dyslexia Have …
A Legal Victory for Dyslexia Intervention in Public School, Maybe – Part 2
If you haven’t read Part 1 of A Legal Victory for Dyslexia Intervention in Public School, Maybe, please start there. I shared some changes in dyslexia intervention policy that I believe are worth celebrating. In Part 1, I also patted myself on the back a little. My earlier advice to parents? If struggling …
A Legal Victory for Dyslexia Intervention in Public School, Maybe – Part 1
Could a lawsuit lead to real change for dyslexia intervention in public school? For at least one California school district, it might. This year (2021) a federal class action lawsuit against Berkeley Unified School District not only ended with a settlement; it required some significant, district-wide changes. In the past I’ve encouraged parents …
The Visual Memory Piece of Reading Intervention Goes Digital
When you think of reading intervention activities for kids, I’m guessing visual memory training is probably not the first thing you think of. Perhaps you believe working with letters is more important for reading intervention than working with, oh, let’s say… colors. That’s a perfectly reasonable assumption. Here at Inner Pieces Gallery I talk a …
The ONE THING All Good Reading Intervention Programs Have in Common
If your child or student reads below grade level, you might have tried a number of reading intervention programs with varying degrees of success. Maybe you still want to find a reading program that actually works. Keep in mind, all good reading intervention programs share one very important quality in common. By the way, …
Is it a Learning Difference or Defiance?
Can you tell the difference between a child who is being defiant vs a child who experiences a learning difference? Sometimes they look a lot alike. If you have a resistant learner at home or in the classroom, can you identify where the resistance is coming from? What Learning Differences Might Look …
The Parent’s & Teacher’s Guide to Helping Struggling Learners
Do you ever wish you could find a useful, eye-opening, made-for-you parent’s guide to helping struggling learners? If you’re a teacher, maybe you’d love a teacher’s guide, one that covers the information you didn’t receive in your education courses. Sure, you could read book after book about learning differences, but I’m not talking …