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Your Child Is Not Broken
Your Child Is Not Broken

For the parent who is feeling discouraged and overwhelmed about their child’s learning disability:

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2020Laura JacksonAugust 18, 2020
My Limiting Beliefs about Homeschooling
My Limiting Beliefs about Homeschooling

“If we homeschool her, then she won’t make friends and she will lose her social skills.”

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2020Laura JacksonAugust 4, 2020
Affording an Independent Evaluation | Options other than Health Insurance
Affording an Independent Evaluation | Options other than Health Insurance

This is a part three on a blog series about evaluations. I want to give you a few ideas on ways you may be able to find an evaluation at a reduced rate.

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2020Laura JacksonJune 30, 2020
How to Use Health Insurance for an Independent Evaluation
How to Use Health Insurance for an Independent Evaluation

Private Evaluations - One concern that comes up immediately for many families is the financial hurdle.

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2020Laura JacksonJune 21, 2020
A Private Evaluation: One of the Best Decisions
A Private Evaluation: One of the Best Decisions

One of the most helpful decisions we made early on was to have our daughter privately evaluated by an educational psychologist.

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2020Laura JacksonJune 15, 2020
Sibling Anger
Sibling Anger

She blew up, stating loudly, “WHY IS EVERYTHING ALWAYS ABOUT HER?!”

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2020Laura JacksonMay 4, 2020
Recognizing Grief
Recognizing Grief

When I try to pretend it’s not there and avoid it by staying busy, eventually it becomes overly obvious and begins to impact my life.

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2020Laura JacksonMay 1, 2020
The Problem with Number Lines
The Problem with Number Lines

“I think I did pretty well, until I got stuck on 20 minus 6. I sat there for a long time and could never figure it out.”

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2020Laura JacksonApril 22, 2020
Disability or Difference?
Disability or Difference?

There is an unanswered question on my computer screen that I plan to tackle: Is Dyscalculia a learning disability or a learning difference?

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2020Laura JacksonApril 20, 2020
Surprisingly Fun Math Class
Surprisingly Fun Math Class

Our new adventure of learning math at home has been surprisingly fun.

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2020Laura JacksonApril 15, 2020
How to Pronounce Dyscalculia
How to Pronounce Dyscalculia

Dyscalculia is complicated enough as it is, without also having a name that is difficult to pronounce!

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2020Laura JacksonApril 13, 2020
Dyscalculia Impacts More Than Just Math Class - Part 2
Dyscalculia Impacts More Than Just Math Class - Part 2

It was eye-opening when our other daughter, who is almost three years younger, began to read the clock with ease, while our eldest daughter still couldn’t figure it out.

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2020Laura JacksonApril 8, 2020
Dyscalculia Impacts More Than Just Math Class – Part 1
Dyscalculia Impacts More Than Just Math Class – Part 1

One area impacted by Dyscalculia is her ability to memorize and reliably remember important number sequences.

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2020Laura JacksonApril 3, 2020
A Serendipitous Lunch with a Friend
A Serendipitous Lunch with a Friend

A learning disability in math? I had never heard of such a thing.

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2020Laura JacksonApril 1, 2020
Walking in the Woods – Our Journey with Dyscalculia
Walking in the Woods – Our Journey with Dyscalculia

That flash-back gave me a new perspective, and I could see just how far we had come from those difficult days.

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2020Laura JacksonMarch 30, 2020
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