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Educational Problems Caused by ADD/ADHD
October 10th, 2008 2008-10-10T14:00:35-07:00 2008-10-10T14:00:35-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
ADD/ADHD obviously affects performance in a school setting, as well as affects other parts of their life. Children and adults with ADD have neurological gaps that interfere with the cognitive processes of memory, concentration, and attention span. In other words, those with ADD/ADHD have often missed out on instruction because they were distracted and attending […]
Easy Ways to Improve Reading Comprehension & Actually Utilize What You Read
September 17th, 2008 2016-03-22T08:46:36-07:00 2008-09-17T19:22:13-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Every time my students read, I ask them an important question. Is what you read informational (expository) or did it have a beginning, middle, and an end (narrative)? From their answer I give them a fill-in-the-blank graphic organizer form that they can use to take notes from the passage they read.(See Ten Minutes to Better […]
Bridge Isolated Reading Skills – Phonics & Fluency Skills To Real Life Reading
September 2nd, 2008 2015-01-24T00:58:24-08:00 2008-09-02T12:31:18-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Bridge Isolated Skills To Real Life Reading Bridging the isolated reading skill to real life situations can be accomplished in a rather painless way. Use the Five Minutes to Better Reading Skills program. It is also practicing rapid naming in addition to visual closure, visual tracking, and phonemic awareness. Third, immediately following this exercise [Five […]
High Success Rates for Improving Reading, Dyslexia, and Learning Disabilities
May 29th, 2008 2015-01-24T01:21:41-08:00 2008-05-29T14:04:32-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Reading Problems, Dyslexia, or Learning Disabilities In Older Children and Adults What Should I Do? Often children are overwhelmed with reading for a number of years before anything pro-active is done. That’s often because either the actual reason for the overwhelm was unknown or the child was so bright that he or she muddled through […]
Reading Problems, Dyslexia, Difficulties, or Deficits and Rapid Naming, What is the Connection?
May 23rd, 2008 2016-07-20T00:53:16-07:00 2008-05-23T12:05:14-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Remember, learning to read isn’t ‘rocket science’ but there is a lot going on when you read. Two of the processes happening at any given moment involved with reading difficulties are related. Two Separate Processes One is the phoneme awareness and the other is the ability to rapidly name objects, numbers, letters, and colors automatically. Wolf (1999) states […]
Learning Problems, Dyslexia, or Learning Disability?
May 12th, 2008 2008-05-12T18:09:28-07:00 2008-05-12T18:09:28-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
Typically parents and teachers wonder if one of their kids has a learning disability or dyslexia if they have difficulties with letter reversals. But, letter reversals alone do not constitute a learning disability or dyslexia. What is a Learning Difficulty? Learning difficulties occur when a student struggles with spoken or written language, mathematical calculations, coordination, […]
Hello world!
May 1st, 2008 2016-02-09T12:49:39-08:00 2008-05-01T14:59:04-07:00 Bonnie Terry Bonnie Terry Learning Bonnie Terry
This is my first post. I’m new at this and excited to be here. As an educational therapist and learning disability specialist I get many calls from both parents and teachers regarding learning disabilities, reading problems, dyslexia, ADD, ADHD, and Asperger’s Syndrome. I also get many questions related to writing and penmanship, reading fluency, reading […]
