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When Kids Can’t Read: Word Attack Skills for Struggling Readers [presentation]
In this community education session for educators, Lisa Parnello discusses how to identify a student with word attack struggles and offers helpful strategies that can make them a more successful reader. This class includes easy-to-implement methods to help students with Read more >>
Interactive Panel: Growing Up with Learning & Attention Issues
A panel of adults who grew up with learning and attention differences and have become successful in their work share their perspectives about who and what made a difference for them and how they found their ‘niche’ in work and Read more >>
Learning Differences: Discover Your Superpower
Ross Loofbourrow, who was diagnosed in elementary school with ADHD and auditory processing issues, talks to Sand Hill School students about his journey growing up with ADHD and learning differences and how he has come to view his learning differences Read more >>
Technology to Support Executive Functioning [downloadable]
Executive functioning skills, which involve working memory, flexible thinking and self-monitoring, are key to learning. Read more >>
Resources to Help You Prepare for Your Child’s IEP Meeting [downloadable]
An IEP, Individualized Education Program, is a written document outlining a special-education-eligible student’s strengths, needs, and educational goals. The IEP is designed to help students with a disability reach educational goals more easily than they otherwise would. Read more >>
Toolkit: Advocate for the Best IEP for Your Child [downloadable]
The Supreme Court’s Endrew F decision in 2017 is an opportunity to improve the services IEPs offer students. And it’s up to you as a parent to make the most of it. Doing so will not only help your child, Read more >>
Early Screening for Children at Risk of Dyslexia [web resource] [downloadable]
Decoding Dyslexia CA, made up of families who have dyslexic children, educators and others who are passionate about addressing dyslexia, strives to raise dyslexia awareness, empower families to support their children, and improve resources for students with dyslexia in California public schools. Read more >>
3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks
The textbook symptoms of ADD — inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity — fail to reflect several of its most powerful characteristics; the ones that shape your perceptions, emotions, and motivation. In this article from the ADDitude magazine website, Dr. William Dodson Read more >>
ADDitude: Inside the ADHD Mind [web resource]
ADDitude magazine is a quarterly publication about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It contains feature and service articles about ADD, ADHD and learning disabilities like dyslexia. The ADDitude website offers an array of complementary content and resources for parents, educators, and Read more >>
For many parents, ADHD is a diagnosis fraught with stigma and confusion, leaving parents wondering how best to advocate for and intervene with their child or teen. Develop a roadmap for supporting children and teens who have difficulties with attention Read more >>
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CHC Palo Alto:
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304
650.326.5530
CHC South Bay:
2280 Kenwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
408.831.7512
CHC Ravenswood:
1765 E Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
650.702.2487
