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HERE’S ONE STORY… If you’ve read my latest book, “Whole Child Reading,” you know that my premise for teaching reading to our offspring with Down syndrome is, [...]

Here’s one for the books (pun intended) My “significant other” seriously disliked reading as a child. He avoided it. Then in third grade, he discovered Mad Magazine. OMG! The [...]

CUT THEM OFF AT THE PASS… I recently got a wistful email from a mom that said, “He really wants to read, but I know he’s just pretending.” This mom was talking about a [...]

What Really Matters No matter which reading method you follow, if you keep these 3 BASICS in mind, you’re off to the best start. Drop any one of these three, and you’ll be looking at [...]

It happens. There are varied reasons…maybe the learner is tired, hungry, cranky (in which case, put the flash cards away!) But whatever the reason, you’re now in a gridlock. (You can [...]

I’d love to come spread the word on how to most quickly and successfully teach our learners (all ages) with Down syndrome to read. For parent groups or associations wanting to bring me [...]

Yes! Believe it or not, you can accomplish tons in 15 minutes a day. That’s because frequency is one of the brain’s best friends for learning. A few minutes a day trumps a one hour [...]

I’LL SAY IT AGAIN…PERSONAL PAGES ARE THE BOMB. Free, easy-peasy, takes 5 minutes, kids love them, fabulous tool for generalizing vocabulary…what more can I say? Plenty, as it turns out. Here are [...]

“CAS” vs. “TMT” Hi, Everyone! In Dallas last weekend, so many parents talked to me about their worries over speech delays and possible apraxia (CAS), that I want to talk [...]

How often? How long? This is not only a good question, it’s a vital one. Barring other issues which may need to be addressed, such as vision or tracking problems, behavioral issues, etc., [...]