Reimaging Executive Functioning

Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together: Executive Functioning, Self-Regulation, and Social-Emotional Skills by Melissa Mullin, Ph.D. What do students need so they can effectively plan and complete work? Executive functioning skills, a set of skills that work together to help students … Continued

Language Organization Skills Help Students Communicate Clearly

Language and the ability to share thoughts is a basic skill. Children who have a difficult time with language organization skills miss many opportunities for development and friendships. Language serves many purposes. We use language to share our needs, our … Continued

The Most Common Learning Differences: Signs and Classroom Accommodations

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The most common learning differences affect reading (dyslexia), writing (dysgraphia), math (dysgraphia), and attention (ADHD). While reading, writing and math are the areas where students demonstrate their abilities, it is important to understand the underlying processing skills that enable students … Continued

Working Memory’s Impact on Writing Skills

A concerned mother reached out to me regarding her son’s evaluation results and his writing skills. Her bright son, Max*, has strong verbal comprehension, visual-spatial, and fluid reasoning skills. However, his working memory and processing speed skills are in the … Continued

Reading Fluency is Important

Reading easily makes reading more fun. People who read effortlessly, following the flow of sentences as theyโ€™d be spoken, have mastered reading fluency skills.  Building reading fluency is crucial to learning because once the skill of reading is mastered the … Continued

The Domino Dilemma

The Domino Dilemma occurs when students start to compensate for a weak processing skill. Over time the compensation skills effectively allow the student to avoid learning the skills they need to become successful. The impact of the compensation begins the domino effect as students become cognitively overloaded.

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