How DO you Teach Children with Learning Challenges?
Effective teaching requires a connection between the teacher and the student. This is especially true when a child has a learning...
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Karen Fried
May 2, 20143 min read
Language Organization Skills Blend Executive Functioning and Language Skills To Help Us Communicate
Language and the ability to share thoughts is a basic skill. Children who struggle to organize their ideas miss many opportunities for...
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Karen Fried
Feb 8, 20142 min read
Quick test taking tips for the “Rusher”
You know the “Rusher”. This is the student who rushes through his or her work without reading the full directions, makes careless...
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Karen Fried
Jan 26, 20145 min read
Do visual learners have more difficulty with language organization than verbal learners?
Visual learners think in images. Verbal learners think primarily in words. Visual learners see the whole picture all at once allowing...
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Karen Fried
Sep 20, 20134 min read
How Does A Low Processing Speed Score Affect My Child?
Question: My 16 year old son has just had an evaluation and he was given the following scores on the test: PRI 132, VCI 130, WMI 110,...
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Karen Fried
Jun 8, 20133 min read
How to Help Your Child Succeed in Middle School
Last week Mrs. Smith came to visit me and discuss her daughter, Sarah. Sarah is in seventh grade and has been struggling all year. Last...
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Karen Fried
May 28, 20134 min read
Executive Functioning Skills: How To Get Your Child To Follow The Plan
The coach comes, plans are made, checklists are created with extensive “TO DOs” and then what? Nothing! Students with executive...
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Karen Fried
Mar 17, 20131 min read
Find your Executive Functioning Strengths and Weakness with our FREE QUIZ
Executive Functioning refers to the skills that help you organize, plan and execute a task. If you would like to discover your own...
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Karen Fried
Feb 22, 20134 min read
Processing Speed Issues Are Challenging at All Ages
Sara is now 22 years old and still struggling with processing speed issues. Here is Sara’s story: "When I was 12 years old, I was...
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Karen Fried
Jan 6, 20135 min read
Mastering Executive Functioning Skills Requires Grit and Resilience
by Melissa Mullin Ph.D. Executive functioning skills enable students to manage their workload and plan for the future. These skills allow...
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Karen Fried
Dec 6, 20122 min read
What Does It Mean To Have Weak Executive Functioning Skills?
Many middle school children have difficulty with executive functioning skills. What does this really mean? For many of the students that...
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Karen Fried
Nov 9, 20122 min read
Dysgraphia: Difficulty Writing
Dysgraphia refers to difficulty writing. Most people with dysgraphia have a hard time holding a pencil or pen. The awkward pencil grip...
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Karen Fried
Oct 11, 20122 min read
504 Accommodations: Extra Time on Tests
Brad was a third grader who has struggled with reading since first grade. His teacher shared with his parents that he is easily...
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Karen Fried
Sep 24, 20122 min read
Executive Functioning Workbook
By Melissa Mullin, Ph.D. and Karen Fried, PysD. Planning, organizing and following through on your plans require strong executive...
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Karen Fried
May 19, 20123 min read
Summer and Executive Functioning Skills
Summer is a great time to catch up on material your child may not have mastered during the school year. Teaching reading, writing, or...
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Karen Fried
Mar 10, 20123 min read
Will My Child Always Be Dyslexic?
Research is ongoing regarding the neuro-pathways of our brains and how they can change with time and intervention, so you will get...
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Karen Fried
Feb 4, 20122 min read
Metacognition Helps Build Self Regulation and Executive Functioning Skills
Metacognition is thinking about thinking, knowing “what we know” and “what we don’t know.” This means students take time to think about...
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Karen Fried
Oct 28, 20114 min read
Finding the Right Intervention to Increase Processing Speed
Finding the right intervention to help your child increase his processing speed and writing skills is worth the effort. There are...
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Karen Fried
Oct 23, 20113 min read
The Frustrated Learner
The Frustration Profile article on my blog, which is about students with high verbal skills and weak motor skills, has gotten more hits...
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Karen Fried
Oct 7, 20115 min read
Learning Differences: How Can Teachers Help?
Many students struggle to learn. When a child is identified with a learning difference teachers and parents can create a plan to end the...
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