You might read this post’s title and think, “Executive brain skills? What are you talking about?”  Helping your child grow their executive brain skills and capacities can be a valuable new awareness which, I believe, parents can easily adopt.  I see in my work with parents that they willingly give away the responsibility of a child’s brain development solely to the educational setting to develop these skills along with teaching the curriculum.  Those who do this are putting their child at a very large disadvantage.  I see both parents who are strong at this and also parents ..read more

Many parents are working with their children on schoolwork much more than usual, given the fact that we are all adjusting to the homebound education forced by the pandemic of 2020. If you notice that your child becomes anxious over math or reading tasks, then this blog is for you.  As a former high school math teacher, I saw math anxiety first-hand almost every day.  When you see a capable student worry that they are not smart enough to solve a math problem, this is the beginning of Math Anxiety.  This insecurity can grow into a very debilitating self-perception that prevents ev ..read more

As a literacy specialist, I often am asked WHAT SHOULD I BE DOING WITH MY KIDS?  The goal of this post is to empower parents with research that makes measurable differences in their child’s school skills by implementing brain science findings that support your child’s brain development in ways that might be innocently overlooked.  I will be covering 6 types of specific conversations that you can have with your children at ANY age that will grow their Language Center in their brain and hence improve reading skills, reasoning skills, vocabulary and more.  Talking to your kids is a ..read more

High school students rely on their reading and math skills to navigate their classes. All classes require reading, have their own specialized vocabulary. Science and Math classes obviously require math skills, and also come loaded with specialized vocabulary. How are your student’s reading skills? Can your student write coherently, with proper grammar and purpose to the assignment?  How confident are their computing skills?  Do you know these things about your student?  If you uncover this information, you can find the key to academic success in general. What is tested on the SA ..read more

Family Law attorneys benefit from education advocates in divorce cases When parents cannot agree on education decisions for their child, a third party point of view can a life saver for the child, and provide some needed comfort to the parents making changes in the family structure and perceived stability of the child.   The worst thing a child can feel is a source of discord. Children of divorce suffer academically, proven by statistics Divorce and separation correlate positively1) with diminished school achievement and performance.2) Daniel Potter of the University of Vir ..read more