Down Syndrome Reading

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 [...]

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., [...]

Aside from being loved and given a means of communicating, verbal or otherwise, being able to read is arguably the greatest gift you can give your child-who-will-one-day-be-an-adult. I’ve [...]

Learning can stall for many reasons, or maybe it hasn’t even begun yet; here’s a list of 5 solutions to get you started. Solution #1: Reduce the task size What does it mean when your [...]

Blessing or Addiction? Remember when I wrote about my son’s wonderful ability to message me and everyone else through FB? Jonathan is 32, has Down syndrome, reads and spells like a champ, [...]

What are we teaching our kids? Our teens? As a teacher, this is what I often see when a desperate parent brings a teen to me because he/she missed the reading boat: I see a learner who was pushed [...]

I wrote a few months ago about how Jonathan’s discovery of Facebook messaging changed his ability to communicate. It has also added a real-time spark to our relationship. Jonathan (32, Down [...]

We all know that Facebook has a front and a back. Front: a way to keep in touch with friends and family. Back: a potentially endless time-suck. We know this, and we both appreciate and deal with [...]