by Trent | Apr 24, 2018 | Reading
This young girl in Gr. 3 came to see me after having completed a Psychoeducational assessment as well as a language assessment. She hated homework, did NOT like writing, and did very little reading for enjoyment. Spelling was significantly challenging for her. ...
by Trent | Apr 17, 2018 | Reading
I am interested in examining some case studies here in my blog to look at applications of neuroscience, careful assessment, and individualized intervention. For the first case study, I actually chose a student that I did NOT get to work with! I have spoken about this...
by Trent | Mar 15, 2018 | Reading
DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! A Cautionary Tale for Parents of Slow Readers! In my previous blog posts here and here, I began educating parents and drawing attention to some of the concerns to be aware of when considering having assessment and standardized testing completed....
by Trent | Jan 30, 2018 | Reading, Speech Language
This post is a continuation of the previous blog post – LINKING SPEECH & LANGUAGE TO LITERACY. Please read on to learn about the complexities of the language system, and how it relates to reading. The purpose of reading is to extract meaning from the words...
by Trent | Nov 14, 2017 | Reading
It’s worth examining who benefits from specific and explicit reading instruction. Our minds immediately picture the students with dyslexia – we imagine them trying to make sense of the letters moving around on the page, or seeing the letters and words backwards (this...
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