Do assessments work?
Pupils today are sent for assessments when teachers have difficulty in teaching them. Usually, assessments are done by psychologists who do not have expertise in teaching. Assessments follow students for many years and emphasize a 'learning disability" instead of...
Reading Motivation- A slight Difference in Wording
It was his first visit. Waiting at the door to greet Tom and his father, I noticed the reluctance of his walk climbing the stairs. We sat down in the clinic room. Dad sat with us, but my focus was on Tom. After taking basic information on what he enjoys at school and...
Do we have to explain to pupils the way they want to hear?
listen to the pupil themselves- they have the answers and the language that their brain can understand.
Listen carefully to the words and the body language
After years of working with learning challenged pupils, I still open the clinic door, with excitement and wonder what
knowledge I will acquire from my pupils during our sessions
‘that’s my magic’
I just knew that one of the key words that I had learnt today was “my magic” and am looking forward and excited to actually use his words to help solve the problem of his reading
If we can read the words, are we a reader?
After all these years working with children in the clinic with their learning challenges, I am happy to say that I can still end a session with tears of excitement and happiness. I can still attach myself to that little girl deep down inside of myself that so needed...