-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Janis Arnold on About Janis
- Elizabeth Crook on About Janis
- Janis Arnold on About Janis
- Heidi Patterson on About Janis
- Janis Arnold on Multisensory Teaching in Action
Archives
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: Saving Aleczander
It’s Only Pretend Reading, but It’s a Giant Step in the Right Direction
July 2016 In this video, Aleczander is reading a predictable pattern book. The book was given to him by Miss Shelley, a dyslexia teacher who was employed by Aleczander’s previous school to give him 12 1-1 lessons during the summer … Continue reading
Did You Know That Henry Winkler Has Dyslexia?
Just like The Fonz, Aleczander, age 8, has dyslexia. Aleczander also has dysgraphia and oral motor disfluency. The fact that Aleczander is a third grader at Salem Sayers Baptist Academy and no longer attends his public school can be summed … Continue reading
Finally An Educational Program That Conveys Meaningful Academic Benefit
Kids like Aleczander need multi-sensory instruction utilizing Orton-Gillingham time tested methods in order to learn to read and write. In addition to being enrolled in a third grade classroom at a private school, Aleczander was able to attend an after school dyslexia program … Continue reading
Posted in Learning Disabilities, Saving Aleczander
2 Comments
9.1.17 Third Grade Begins
9.1.17 Third Grade Begins Aleczander, age 8, has dyslexia, dysgraphia, and oral motor disfluency, something speech therapists call apraxia. He’s been struggling to learn to read, write and talk like other boys and girls all … Continue reading
Aleczander November 2015-May 2017
November 2015: I met Aleczander when he was halfway through first grade and his parents asked me to help them figure out what was going so badly wrong for him at the public school. Aleczander’s articulation skills were less than those … Continue reading
First of All, Do No Harm
UPDATE to 8.29.17 post Aleczander, age 7, had been getting speech therapy for his entire first grade school year when this May 2016 language sample was done pro bono by a wonderful speech therapist who used to, but no longer, … Continue reading
Aleczander’s Communication Skills Midway Through First Grade
MIGDAS Preschool Diagnostic Interview 11/3/15 During the MIGDAS diagnostic interview conducted on 11.3.16, Aleczander played appropriately with sensory toys as well as his own familiar and favored toys. He never lined toys up, refused to share, or insisted on performing … Continue reading