How a child with dyslexia reads text

The Therapy Spot
20 October 2013
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Tags: Dyslexia, Orton Gillingham, Reading

To help a child with dyslexia or another language based learning disability it is helpful to understand the way s/he sees text. Try reading the following paragraph: The Orton-Gillingham approach ot teaching reabing is a prevon success in helping stubents woh have a reabing or language-daseb bisadilitiy. Those wtih byslexia tyipcally have bifficulty in neo

Calm a child’s senses for a good night of sleep

The Therapy Spot
30 July 2013
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A good night’s sleep allows our minds and bodies to get the necessary rest it needs to wake up rejuvenated and ready to begin a new day. As parents, we want nothing more than for our children to get a good night’s sleep so they can wake up in the morning ready to attack the

The Way I See It – Dr. Temple Grandin

The Therapy Spot
24 July 2013
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Dr. Temple Grandin is a world-renowned professor. She is known for her expertise of animal behaviors and her studies of cattle and the implementation of strategies to improve handling of cows. As a child, Grandin was also diagnosed with Autism. But, Grandin did not allow this to hinder her, instead in a TED talk (definitely

Broken Crayons

The Therapy Spot
21 July 2013
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My daughter came to me the other day crying “my crayon broke…I need to throw it in the garbage.” “No,” I replied, “mommy loves coloring with broken crayons!” As a mother, I understand my daughter’s frustration over trying to use a small crayon to color. When children are young, they like everything to be big

Orton-Gillingham Reading Program

The Therapy Spot
14 July 2013
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Orton-Gillingham at The Therapy Spot The Therapy Spot’s Orton Gillingham reading program offers tutoring services, teaching children to read, write, and spell using the Orton-Gillingham approach. Our tutors are trained and certified in the Orton-Gillingham method. Sessions are available in schools, as well as in the afternoon or evenings at The Therapy Spot clinics. Please

Drawing, Writing, Typing… There are Apps for That!

The Therapy Spot
03 July 2013
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For the final installment of this App blog series, I would like to share some apps with you that we use to reinforce drawing, writing, and typing skills. Drawing is a precursor to writing, and children build their skills by tracing, copying, and then forming their own pictures or designs without any model. Coloring is