Helping your child By Joe Reed

The term "learning disability" is a big buzz word these days. Many adolescents are being diagnosed with learning disabilities, the most familiar being ADHD. However, simply looking on the Internet or consulting a book from a local library is not a proper way to determine if a child has an actual learning disability.

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Learning disabilities may be either neurological or environmental in nature. While some people's ability to learn is actually impeded by some physiological malfunction, others' difficulties may be psychological in nature. Although there is much debate, most researchers agree that a child's environmental factors are just as essential in determining behavior as their genetic makeup. Look at all aspects of the child's life before jumping to conclusions. While the child may be performing poorly in school, a learning disability may not be the actual problem. It could be something different at the core ...

Teaching the tots at home By Angela Russell The popularity of home schooled students has risen in recent years for a variety of reasons. Whether you wish to shield your child from outside influence, disagree with your school systems policies, have religious objections to the curriculum, or just wish to provide your child's education yourself, you will need to plan your child's curriculum. Preparation Choosing a curriculum is arguably one of the most difficult parts of homeschooling. Should you purchase a pre-planned curriculum? Should you develop a curriculum on your own? Obviously the latter is the less expensive of the two, though the former may be the less stressful option.   K-12 schools may sound easy, but it is not. There are many resources for purchasing a homeschool curricula. Typing the phrase home school curriculum into a web search engine will result in a number of results. Do plenty of research before you decide to purchase ...