From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Parents of children with reading disabilities often ask, “How can I help my child improve his reading.” My answer often surprises them. They expect me to show them how to teach phonics or other word recognition skills. But what I tell many parents is this: “Help your child to understand new or unknown words that he hears. Help him to use those words in his speech. Show him you love words. Love of words is infectious.” Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
To help you help your child improve his memory, our last three tips discussed meaning, repetition, discussion, elaboration, interest, and focus of attention. Our last tip will deal with history, novelty, importance, and list a few more factors over which you have some control. Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
To quickly and accurately retrieve something from memory, you first need to put it–exactly what you want to remember–in memory. This requires you to attend carefully to it. The same goes for your child. But most children will not attend willingly to what they expect will be uninteresting; they’ll attend willingly only to what they expect will be interesting. Before I elaborate, let me share my secret.
Here it is: I was a championship tennis player. Read more...
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Last week we asked you to keep this in mind—Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT—and repeat it five times:
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
Then we asked you to think about it, repeat it, discuss it with friends, elaborate on it, give examples to your friend, and ask them for examples. And every few days, repeat it. Silently repeat it and discuss it with yourself as you’re waiting on a supermarket checkout line, as your waiting for a bus, as you’re in a waiting room. Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Keep this in mind:
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
Repeat it five times: Read more...
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
- Lots of M&M’s can make you FAT.
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
By Teresa Foley, Ph.D.
Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, Connecticut Read more...
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Children with reading disabilities often struggle to remember what other children easily remember. This struggle often frustrates, stresses, and confuses them. As such, they often berate themselves mercilessly: “I never remember anything…. I don’t know how to remember…. I’m the stupidest jerk in the school.”
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From Reading & Other Learning Disabilities
A Blog by Dr. Gary G. Brannigan and Dr. Howard Margolis
Teachers can strengthen the memory of children with reading disabilities. To do this, teachers must first capture and then keep the children’s attention. They must then focus instruction on the acronym REMOS: Repeat It, Elaborate or Explain it, Make it Meaningful, Organize it, and engage in Spaced or Distributed Practice.
In practical terms, the teacher must get the children to:
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