Brain & Language Connections

13/10/2017

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/adhd-brain-1.4344754

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may fidget, tap and swivel around in a chair much more than normally developing children because it helps them to learn complex material, psychologists have found.

04/06/2017

We are not hard-wired to read. It has taken thousands of years of practice to forge connections in our brains to help us do this.

05/05/2017

29/04/2017

MRIs provide hard proof.

15/04/2017

21/06/2016

https://www.facebook.com/asha.org/posts/10153742768670318

It is more than just a motor skill, researchers say. It engages the mind.

10/06/2016

Once a word is knows, sounding it out is unnecessary, a new study reports.

30/04/2016

  Parents often know that their child is struggling with reading—especially if there is an older sibling or friend who seemed to, comparatively,  breeze through the process. It is not so clear,   however, whether a child has a  weakness that needs to be checked out, or if reading simply hasn’t “clic…

11/04/2016

We want students to work at their own pace, but when one student is significantly slower than his peers, it can cause problems for him and for his teachers. These strategies can help. Continue Reading →

02/04/2016

Multitasking is not a skill to add to the resume, but rather a bad habit to put a stop to.

31/03/2016

24/03/2016

 Tantrums and defiance may mask issues that aren't apparent to adults, from anxiety and depression to learning disorders and trauma