Does your child work very slowly? Your child may feel tired after school. Your child might say that the pace of school is too fast. Often, these problems continue in spite of being smart. At school, teachers may say, “he has great ideas but just doesn’t get them on...
Having a hard time learning new tricks? Some say that ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’. Perhaps this statement may be true with some animals. However, with regard to human behavior, science shows that our brains have plasticity, meaning we can learn something...
Your child may say ‘what did you say’ a lot. It may seem like he or she didn’t hear you. Your child may have unexplained reading challenges. When asked to repeat words that sound slightly different, he may pronounce them the same. For example, he may read ‘where’...
Can’t get those ducks in a row? In other words, put things in sequential order? Some children struggle with following procedures or step-by-step instructions. They may get frustrated when they are asked to perform a series of steps without a visual checklist or...
Your child may make frequent trips to the nurse’s office when he is not sick. It may be that you have been to the doctor to check for possible problems with digestion or metabolism and have learned that your child’s health is okay. In this case, it may be that the...