I recently came across a book that revealed so much insight about the mind and the brain. The title of this book is, Switch On Your Brain, by Caroline Leaf. I highly recommend reading this yourself, but I did discover some insight that might prove helpful to you, and I wanted to share in this blog post. If you are a parent and have ever had an Educator tell you they think your child may have ADD/ADHD, then you how devastating that can be. I know because I am a parent who has had this happen and dealing with it was difficult. The difficulty lies in the mystery of it.…

I was scheduled to attend a parent teacher conference with my son’s teachers, and I was not looking forward to it. I knew there was an issue, but wasn’t prepared for what was to come. I sat across the table from three teachers and the school counselor. That was intimidating enough, but as I sat at a little table, in a little chair, I felt almost invisible. I know the teachers meant well, but their dealings with my 6 year old son were minimal compared to my investment in him.  As a former teacher, I understand the heart work that goes into each child in your classroom, but my own…

    Home schooling has been a blessing for us and one of the reasons is the array of resources that we have found out have introduced us to a new approach to education. With a child with ADD we have found that the right curriculum is essential. Through All About Learning Press we have seen that teaching to where your child is, is more beneficial than teaching to a standard other than the individual.    We wanted to do the reading and spelling program at the same time, because we thought is what you are supposed to do. Not really the case at all. After assessing our sons reading…