Hello! I’m a neurologist and a parent of two children with learning disorders (both of whom are now healthy and normal).
Having learned a great deal about learning disorders, (in large part from the bulletin board) I am writing an ebook for parents on how to remediate them. Interested parents may read the book on my website and may watch it grow (the chapters are put in in reverse order) and may comment as they see fit.
Introduction:
http://cluelesschristian.classicalanglican.net/?p=82
Table of Contents:
http://cluelesschristian.classicalanglican.net/?p=81
Chapter 1: Intelligently Using Intelligence Tests
http://cluelesschristian.classicalanglican.net/?p=84
Chapter 2: Diagnosing Learning Disorders
http://cluelesschristian.classicalanglican.net/?p=85
Chapter 3: Auditory Based Disorders.
http://cluelesschristian.classicalanglican.net/?p=101
(Future chapters will be added – in reverse order here:
http://cluelesschristian.classicalanglican.net/index.php?cat=10
Chapter 4 (which should be out in another month will be on visual based disorders).
Best wishes
Shari DeSilva, MD
My CV: http://cluelesschristian.classicalanglican.net/?page_id=97
Re: Writing an e-book on learning disorders
Hi Beth!
Yes, I did post a lot but I’m in a much busier practice now. My kiddos are doing pretty well also. The one with the most problems gets A and Bs in college prep courses (in 9th grade and takes Geometry, Biology, Geography/Civics, English, SpanishII). The other is now a second grader and gets straight As.
A major switch from when I was told that the first was mentally retarded and would never learn to read, and the second was “autistic”.
Re: Writing an e-book on learning disorders
Shari,
That is really great! I worried all last year about middle school but my son is doing fine. Hopefully, he will do OK in HS too. I was suprised to see your daughter though in Spanish II. Was spanish difficult for her to learn? My son takes it in school but honestly hasn’t learned much (it is once a week). I have a hard time imagining him getting through any language class in HS.
Just one comment on your book. In contrast to you, we had a really good experience doing Seeing Stars (LMB) in the summer. Personally, I think the supervision has everything to do with it. I was super impressed with the regular staff and they really stayed on top of the college age students who worked there during the summer. My son made some major gains that I had been unable to achieve any other way. For example, he suddenly stopped needing reading glasses (overprescription) and made huge leaps visually, according to the developmental optometrist he saw shortly after he finished the 4 week session.
Beth
e-book on learning disorders together with power point
http://cluelesschristian.classicalanglican.net/?page_id=102
The above website not only includes links to the ebook, but also includes links to a power point presentation that you can download. The power point presentation serves as an extended outline for the e-book.
Best wishes,
Shari
Shari,
I remember you! You posted quite a bit when I first started the journey of remediation with my son, then 7. He is 12 now and is a sixth grader in a Catholic School (we had him repeat 4th when we switched him from special ed in a public school to parochial). He is a B student now, something that was hard to imagine in first grade when his teacher basically told me he can’t seem to learn. School is still harder for him than most other kids but he is managing.
Your book is easy to read and contains a lot of information that I have pieced together over the years.
Beth