We first met Madi when she was completing her first year of kindergarten. She was struggling with reading and math, and her handwriting was a mess! She was behaving herself in school, but the tension from repeated failures in school was causing daily meltdowns at home. Her teacher [...]
Erik’s parents called us in the spring of his second grade year. He was having regular meltdowns at school and temper tantrums at home. He was a “good reader” but was struggling with comprehension. To make matters worse, he was starting fights on the playground. Erik’s evaluation revealed normal [...]
Straight A students are not born—-they are made! And that starts with smart study skills. There are a few basic changes parents can make to build their children’s study skills and improve their grades. Here is a summary of the top 7 taken from a collaboration of the top college prep [...]
A Message to Our Valued Clients - It has been our great pleasure to work with you and your children. The progress we have seen gives us tremendous pride. It inspires us to stay at the top of our field! Not only that, the growth our practice has experienced [...]
Valentine’s Day conjures up many fond memories! We all remember exchanging Valentine’s Cards with our classmates and clever figurative expressions like “You’re the apple of my eye” and “Owl love you forever” made us giggle and gave us hope about crushes and budding relationships. Now you’re watching your children [...]
A pervasive problem keeps rearing its ugly head in today’s society… kids with severe social problems are taking extreme measures to make their points. Why is this happening so often these days??? Many of these kids were shunned or bullied by their peers and grew up without any friends. Some of [...]
As the school year draws to an end, you may be facing the difficult decision of retention. Maybe your son isn’t reading as smoothly or writing as fluently as his peers? Or maybe your daughter’s “reading” seems fine, but she can’t remember what she has read? And since she is less [...]
Ava had just turned 2. She was a darling blue-eyed toddler with a full head of blonde curls. She adorned her head with various hats ranging from a floral bonnet to a fireman’s hat! Ava wasn’t talking Ava came to our attention because she was not speaking. Her parents [...]
People come to us all the time feeling helpless and frustrated with their mouths. For some, their teeth keep shifting out of position. For others, their speech is slushy, and people frequently ask them to repeat. Or maybe the situation has gotten worse! Maybe their jaws ache after eating [...]
After 30 years in practice, we have seen it all. We have seen children conquer dyslexia, graduate from college and embark on rewarding careers. We have seen children overcome autism, join clubs, return to regular classrooms and then go on to college. We have also seen the other side [...]