Remote Learning – Student Perspective: Good Habits & Bad Habits
As we near the one month mark of school closures in the United States, teachers, parents, and students are adjusting to the routine of distance learning, for better or for
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Remote Learning – Teacher Perspective: Executive Function on the Edge
Our Real-Life Experiences with Remote Learning series is shedding light on how students with learning differences, and their parents, are adjusting to the challenges of remote learning. But what about
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Setting Goals for a Gap Year
Sometimes we worry that our students are not ready for the demands of college. Academic demands escalate quickly. Students are expected to manage their own time and live independently, taking charge
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Strategies to Differentiate Math
As a math specialist at the Institutes for Learning and Development, I am often confronted with a dilemma: How can I better help my students develop conceptual, rather than procedural,
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Metacognition, Flexible Thinking & Resilience with Dr. Lynn Meltzer
Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D., president and director of ResearchILD, has been a pioneer in the field of executive function, strategy instruction, and learning differences for more than 35 years. Dr. Meltzer’s
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What Are Nonverbal Learning Differences?
Executive function strategies, like those in the SMARTS Program, can benefit all learners, especially those with learning differences (aka learning disabilities). When naming learning differences, most people tend to think
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Tips to Help Kids with Dysgraphia
Dysgraphia can be a frustrating challenge for both the students, who are trying to overcome their struggle to write, and for their parents, who don’t know how they can help. Dysgraphia
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ResearchILD’s Learning Differences Conference Is Coming Soon!
The ResearchILD 34th Annual Learning Differences Conference is just six weeks away! We hope you can join us on March 22–23 to explore the importance of executive function strategies in mediating stress
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How to Deal with ADHD in the Winter
Now that it’s the dead of winter here in the northern hemisphere, being stuck inside is starting to wear on us all. Imagine how much worse it is for students
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Learning Disability or Learning Difference?
Learning disability is a loaded term, and while it has been used for decades, there is a movement to replace it with learning difference. Why not use a term that
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Are Girls Really Less Likely to Have Autism?
Many learning and attention difficulties, including ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), are found more often in boys than in girls. When it comes to ADHD, figures vary, but it
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Learning Differences on Campus
College is an exciting time in a young person’s life, but for students with learning differences it can be challenging and even discouraging. There is a major shift from K-12
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