Special ed is bane to children, boon to lawyers <http://www.ednews.org/articles/17503/1/Special-ed-is-bane-to-children-boon- to-lawyers/Page1.html> What D.C....
http://www.free-reading.net Check out this website for great free Reading Games you can use in your classroom. It focuses mainly on phonics games. I use a...
Those of us familiar with Phono-Graphix and Diane McGuinness will be pleasantly surprised to reading about the new reading program Core Knowledge has in...
I just found these great songs for teaching Tier 2 and 3 Vocabulary words. http://www.free-reading.net/index.php?title=Music_by_Flocabulary There are trade...
Linda: I saw that you and Michael are going to be presenting at the International Dyslexia Association Conference at the end of this month. I wish I could go...
Hi: I was wondering how much a child with many different issues (processing, ADHD, dyslexia, etc.) and a low IQ is capable of learning as far as reading and ...
I have referred many parents having a child with cognitive disability (below) 70% and they have been taught to read. Your experience with Wilson just...
Hi, As you said , Jimmy, the assessment should drive the remediation. I have taught children to read by first teaching them sign language and they weren't...
Hi Margo, I've taught children with Down Syndrome to decode many words that they can't understand. My experience is that decoding has no relationship to IQ....
Margo, I don't see the 85 IQ as an issue, but aside from the things Linda mentioned, I would say that ADHD can have a profound effect on memory if not managed....
I agree completely, which is one reason some students need more practice than the standard Wilson lesson instructions recommend. Thanks for bringing this up. ...
Hi, Has this child had a thorough neuropsychological evaluation done by experts in the field, such as Sally Shaywitz at Yale. Are you sure the IQ is 85, or are...
Micki Leader
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In a message dated 10/10/2007 11:12:20 A.M. Atlantic Daylight Time, linda@... writes: Wilson also doesn't give enough repetition for...
Jimmy: I know we have had this conversation before, but please refresh my memory. You recently mentioned that there are limitations to Orton- based programs....
I have reached the point of tossing my hands up if the problems are trying to be resolved in a school setting. There is no answer I can provide regarding...
Getting public funds for private help is rare in the state <http://ednews.org/articles/18500/1/Texas-parents-schools-spar-over-special- needs/Page1.html> Texas...
Hello Margo, Jimmy has said many times that the assessment drives the remediation and I agree. Although my own child had O-G for 5 years and it was just the...
<http://www.ldadvocates.com/Recommended-Battery-of-Testing-for-Suspected-Rea ding-Disabilities.htm> Recommended Battery of Testing for Suspected Reading ...
Getting public funds for private help is rare in the state <http://ednews.org/articles/18500/1/Texas-parents-schools-spar-over-special- needs/Page1.html> Texas...
Jimmy, Do you have an estimated time allocation for administering the battery of tests that you recommend below? Marshall ... From: Jimmy Kilpatrick...
Not really, but I suspect over several days depending on the student. Jimmy Kilpatrick Editor, <http://www.ednews.org/> EdNews.org P.O. Box 17392 Sugar Land,...
"If it were done when 't is done, then 't were well It were done quickly..." Macbeth Just a little more elegant way of repeating what Jimmy said. Jean...
No child would be given all of those tests. Janis ... battery of tests that you recommend below? ... Suspected Reading Disabilities ... On Behalf ... and it ...
Jimmy apparently got the testing information for his site directly from Eldo Bergman's site, and Eldo himself says that you do not give children all those...
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