Tag: dyslexia

Deep Dive into Self-Compassion

Posted on February 23, 2017May 7, 2017 by Cigdem Knebel

In a nutshell, self-compassion is being kind and understanding when confronted with personal failings rather than judging and self-criticizing for inadequacies

An Interview on Special Education with Pamela Guest, Chief Editor at IEP Magazine

Posted on January 25, 2017July 2, 2019 by Cigdem Knebel

Pamela Guest is the Founder and Chief Editor at IEP Magazine. More importantly, she is one of us, a parent

3 Ways to Support your Dyslexic Child

Posted on November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 by Cigdem Knebel

Encourage your child by focusing on strengths and minimizing stress.
Focus on the whole child – not just academics!

Reading Fluency in Dyslexic Brain: Low Level/ High Content Books

Posted on November 1, 2016July 2, 2019 by Cigdem Knebel

Practice makes perfect. Better said, practice makes progress. Learning a new skill requires repetition to automate it. Similarly, every beginner

Sleep Deprived Dyslexic

Posted on October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 by Cigdem Knebel

The longest activity in a typical day is sleeping. High quality and right quantity of sleep at the right time

“Mommy! I want my FISH OIL!” declared my 7-yr old son…

Posted on October 18, 2016October 18, 2016 by Cigdem Knebel

Is this April’s Fools Day??? My 7 year old son is asking me to give him fish oil… I guess

Five Steps to Boost a Young Dyslexic’s Self-Confidence

Posted on July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 by Cigdem Knebel

Dyslexia, often described as a hidden reading disability, causes difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other

Teaching Japanese to dyslexic students

Posted on November 13, 2015July 14, 2019 by KarenTomita

While in Western countries the dyslexia phenomenon has been closely explored, in the Japanese education community problems of dyslexics has been silenced for a long time, and only with the book “読めなくても、書けなくても、勉強したい” (I can’t read or write but I want to learn) by Satoru Inoue, the matter started to receive public attention.

The Fundamentals of Learning

Posted on May 21, 2015August 3, 2019 by Geoff Nixon

You can’t love learning if you struggle with it. Learning should be a lifelong obsession that starts at an early

More than just a memory, it was an EXPERIENCE!

Posted on March 30, 2013July 3, 2019 by Cathy Cook

Frustrating. That’s it. Hugely frustrating dealing, with stereotypes and misperceptions that cloud the field of dyslexia. It’s the closed mindedness