Amy's Academics

04/23/2026

When I was at the U of I yesterday…

04/23/2026

Know the intervention your child is receiving!!!

04/23/2026

A small but groundbreaking study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology used advanced 256-electrode EEG nets to peek inside our brains while writing. They found when you write words by hand, brain regions light up in elaborate patterns--- connecting visual, motor, and sensory inputs in a symphony of engagement. But when you type those very same words, reaction in these vital areas is more minimal. The physical act of forming letters—feeling the pen, applying pressure, seeing thoughts emerge into unique shapes you create—demands a complex sensorimotor experience that deeply engages your brain, enhancing learning, memory, and even fine motor skills in ways simple key presses just can't replicate.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38343894/

04/23/2026

04/23/2026

Come check out our AMAZING program!

This Friday, visit our Speech and Hearing Science open houses!

🔸Research Labs Open House: 9 to 10:15 a.m., SHS Building, 901 S. 6th St, Champaign
🔹SHS Clinic Open House: 10:15 to 11 a.m., 2001 S. Oak St, Suite B, Champaign

Link: https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/8303?eventId=33550102

04/19/2026

04/18/2026

What happens when a school ignores the warning signs of dyslexia, fails to evaluate for learning disabilities, relies on unsupported programs, provides poor staff training, and repeats the same ineffective goals year after year?

Instruction is delayed. Skills never develop. The student cannot access the curriculum the way it is taught and the gap compounds over time.

This hearing isn’t just about failure. It’s also about what happens when the right instruction is finally provided. With intensive private intervention, this child gained four grade levels in reading in one year.

The questions for the commissioner will include whether the district will be held accountable for violating the IDEA law and required to reimburse the family.

Live hearings are rare. Parents, advocates and special education attorneys are encouraged to support this family.

***Link supplied the day of the hearing***

Click ❤️ to support the family please!

04/17/2026

Families carry the burden in due process while the school controls the evidence—
the records, the employees, the resources, the spending.

It is a mother against a system.

Parents know the odds.
But when your child’s future depends on you, there is only one choice: fight.

04/15/2026

04/14/2026

We talk about literacy gaps like they just happen.

They don’t.

They are created one bad educational decision at a time.

Then they are protected and shielded from meaningful criticism or accountability.

Enough.