If you want to help your toddler, preschooler, or kindergartner learn to read — in fun and satisfying ways—Raising Confident Readers is the book for you. If you want to increase the odds that your young child will not suffer from reading disabilities, Raising Confident Readers is the book for you. Written by Dr. J. Richard Gentry, an outstanding literacy educator, Raising Confident Readers organizes and simplifies an enormously complex, daunting task—teaching children to read

As the first quarter closes, it should be a time of reflection for teachers, students and parents. The report card is a useful data source that provides information for all. Generally speaking attendance and tardiness data are recorded, as are grades/scores for content areas, and usually ratings on effort and behavior. The report card provides vital information to inform next steps for instruction, and intervention if needed. The federal government is requiring schools to put

Behavioral problems are correlated with academic difficulties (Todd, Horner, Sugai, & Colvin, 1999). Children with anti-social behaviors often experience a high co-occurrence with academic and social deficits. Although learning disabilities may be the cause for students to engage in maladaptive behaviors, often disruptive behaviors can be the cause for deficiencies in academic achievement, grade retention, placement in a more restrictive setting and poor interpersonal relatio

Learning Disabilities (LD) are a class of disorders that result in difficulty processing information in one of three areas: written, oral, and nonverbal. Of those three areas, the category hardest to understand, evaluate and remediate falls within the nonverbal domain and is concerned with math, visual-spatial skills, abstract problem solving, social skills, body language and tone of voice. Typically, if the individual’s difficulty with mathematics is not severe enough to rec