Category Archives: Strengths-Based

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Sight Word or Phonics?

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Most parents and educators emphatically believe that the best, most reliable path to learning to read is through a systematic teaching of phonics. Even remedial dyslexic programs tend to be based in phonics. As I’ve said here before, is there … Continue reading

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Honoring Both Math Minds

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Victoria over at Unschooling Math wrote a post called, “Many Paths to an Endpoint” regarding her discovery about the differences between learning math as a right-brained dominant person and a left-brained dominant person, inspired from my post here. Instead of … Continue reading

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A Strengths-Based Choice for College

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My builder son (diagnosed with high functioning autism) started attending the local community college when he was 17 years old in the fall of 2008.  In December of 2010, he earned his Associate in Science degree there.  We chose the … Continue reading