by Mara McLoughlin from IRL Social Skills Picture this: After the fantastic holiday dinner, which went pretty smoothly, Grandma has asked your seventh-grader to help load the dishwasher....
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Spotlight on Specific Learning Disabilities: Dyscalculia
by Faith Berens, M.ED. Dyslexia and Reading Specialist, HSLDA Special Needs Consultant and SPED Homeschool Board Member As a very young student, I struggled with mastering and recalling...
Spotlight on Specific Learning Disabilities: Dyslexia
by Dr. Rebecka Spencer, with Cherish Children Ministries “Can you please just tell me which curriculum to use for my dyslexic learner?” “I’ve tried multiple curricula and nothing...
Three Considerations for Getting to the Root Cause of Challenging Behavior
By Jan Bedell, Ph.D., Master NeuroDevelopmentalist, SPED Homeschool Partner & Board Member Behavior and character are topics parents are always interested in pursuing. The privilege and responsibility we...
What is Motor Planning? Four Ways to Incorporate Activities in Your Day
by Sarah Collins – SPED Homeschool Partner, Colins Academy Therapy Motor planning is the ability to conceive, plan, and carry out a new motor act. My favorite example...
Benefits of Hippotherapy for Sensory Needs
By Cammie Arn When I was first told that my 9 year old son qualified for “hippo therapy,” I was so confused. I live in the heart of Texas,...
When I Am Not Enough
By Debbi White I found myself bawling the other morning. I hadn’t wept like that in months. The previous weeks had been filled with excitement: visitors from Washington and New...
Rewards vs. Bribes: A Case for Using External Motivators
By Jill Camacho Have you tried absolutely everything to motivate your child to get their school work done? Are you using incentives and worried about bribing? Are you unsure if...
Fun & Motivational Homeschool Learning Ideas
By Dawn Spence Over my years of teaching, I found one thing to be true, my students learned better if I could keep their attention and make learning fun at...
Writing, Reading, and Other Homeschooling Essentials
By Cheryl Swope, M.Ed “Ever since the dawn of time, man has needed to work.” Thus began my eleven-year-old son’s thinking paper. The topic: why he should have been cleaning...
