Building Executive Functioning Skills May Be the Best Intervention for Increasing Processing Speed.
What does it mean to have a processing speed dysfunction? Do EF skills impact processing speed? Learn how processing speed issues can vary.
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Karen Fried
Jan 25, 20239 min read
Reimaging Executive Functioning: Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together
Executive Functioning, Self-Regulation, and Social-Emotional Skills What do students need so they can effectively plan and complete work?...
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Karen Fried
Sep 28, 20215 min read
The Most Common Learning Differences: Signs and Classroom Accommodations
The most common learning differences affect reading (dyslexia), writing (dysgraphia), math (dysgraphia), and attention (ADHD). While...
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Karen Fried
Feb 2, 20203 min read
The Domino Dilemma
Some learning challenges impact students like falling dominos. Dominos are fun to play with and the joy of one small movement causing the...
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Karen Fried
May 24, 20192 min read
Math Research and Cool Tools
by Nancy Bley, M.A., Special Education Consultant In recent years, there has been a lot learned about how to teach math to all students....
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Karen Fried
May 22, 20192 min read
Reading Fluency vs Reading Comprehension
The goal of reading is to gain information, whether it is what happens to the characters in a story, or learning about the world. Reading...
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Karen Fried
Sep 25, 20181 min read
Processing Speed Overview and Interventions
Processing speed is a skill that underlies much of what we do each day. Students who process information slowly are at a disadvantage in...
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Karen Fried
Jan 12, 20183 min read
Simple Study Skills
What’s the best way to prepare for a test? The trick is to start studying for tests with each homework assignment and class lecture....
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Karen Fried
Sep 28, 20172 min read
How to Address the Written Aspect of Processing Speed
.. Processing speed is one of the most frustrating and misunderstood learning disabilities. Many students with slow processing speed are...
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Karen Fried
Mar 24, 20174 min read
How To Help a Perfectionist Finish Schoolwork
Sarah’s son, Todd, is a perfectionist who spends hours doing his homework. He gets upset whenever he doesn’t like his work and tears it...
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Karen Fried
Jan 24, 20175 min read
Flexible Thinking Wonder Wheel: Guide your child’s thinking
Flexible thinking and problem solving are key components of learning. We are constantly presented with questions needing an answer. “What...
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Karen Fried
Sep 9, 20162 min read
Flashcards Build Memory Skills
All students must memorize information. The benefit of using flashcards is students can quiz themselves on the material. Quizzing has...
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Karen Fried
Aug 23, 20164 min read
Working Memory Strategies
Dear Melissa, My daughter is in 9th grade and has low working memory and slow processing speed. We discovered in 4th grade that she may...
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Karen Fried
Feb 23, 20162 min read
How Much Time Should Be Spent on Reading Intervention?
Figuring out how much reading help your child needs is stressful. You know your child is behind in reading, but you don’t know the best...
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Karen Fried
Feb 4, 20164 min read
How to Build Initiation Skills
Starting a task requires strong initiation skills. Students who struggle to begin their work may have weak executive functioning skills....
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Karen Fried
Feb 3, 20162 min read
Time Management Tips for Students
Work smarter not harder, is a great theme for time management. People who lack time management skills tend to run late and build up...
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Karen Fried
Jan 23, 20167 min read
Seven Steps to Help Beginning Readers
"A child who can read is a child who can learn. And a child who can learn is a child who can succeed in school and in life." -Secretary...
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Karen Fried
Dec 5, 20155 min read
Great Book on Processing Speed
Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up by Ellen Braaten, Ph.D. and Brian Willoughby, Ph.D. (2014) is the first book I have found that gives both...
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Karen Fried
Feb 19, 20154 min read
Writing Workshops for Students with High Verbal Skills and Slow Processing Speed
Many parents have written to me in response to my post about the Frustration Profile: High Verbal Skills with Low Processing Speed. ...
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Karen Fried
Jul 8, 20144 min read
Slow Processing Speed…Is It Due to Weak Motor Skills, Weak Auditory Processing Skills, or Weak Executive Functioning Skills?
Slow processing speed can be due to more than just weak motor skills. Sarah’s experience highlights some of the more complex factors that...
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