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Is your child struggling in school? Tried everything with no results These three simple at-home tests can point you in the right direction.

Under a lot of stress? Studies show that mothers of struggling students can have near clinical levels of stress

There is one factor that can predict your child's success. It's not intelligence and has nothing to do with academic skills. And yes it can be learned. Help your child with this and everything gets easier.

Slow, difficult reading can have a number of causes. Some are easier than others to fix. This is one of the easier ones. Try out this quick little exercise to improve visual closure. (Free visual closure exercise included).Often reading difficulty is caused by a combination of learning miro-skill problems.
These problems can be in the auditory, the visual, or even the kinesthetic learning areas. So all areas should be strengthened even if one is the obvious trouble spot.

Finally! A simple to use comprehensive dyslexia screener you can do in minutes at home. This test for dyslexia will help you understand your child's reading struggle.

Many think dyslexia is just about reading difficulties. But there's more to it than that. Many dyslexics have difficulty with following instructions. Understand the reasons why and what to do about it in this article.

Are you expecting the school system to help? Not all school systems are equipped to help children who learn differently. And the bureaucracy can take years. By that time the need is past.
It's a really good idea to assess whether waiting is the right thing to do. This article will help you do that.

We assume that attention problems lead to poor academics skills. What if it's the other way around?

If your child is struggling and you are doing everything you can to help, there might be an easier way.

Parents can sometimes do more for their childrens learning capabilities than professionals. It's more about the relationship than the skill. find out more in this article.

Neuroscience tells us that there is a faster way to enhance learning. No it's not more homework. And I discovered it first!

Once a child starts to develop negative emotions around schoolwork things can get very difficult. Fortunately, there's a way out. A struggling learner can learn to enjoy learning once again.

Sometimes you can struggle with a problem for years before realizing the answer is so simple. That's what happened with this Mom who tried to help her two boys do well in school for years with no results. Until one day she stumbled upon the solution. And it was so easy.

Sometimes our brain uses a skill that is less efficient at a task. Learning can "click" when the brain finds a more efficient way of processing. Learning skills that were difficult can become simple. Children sometimes run into roadblocks in learning. Roadblocks that might be easier than you think to remove.

The one factor that most leads a child to good grades and success is teachable. It's not all about talent. There's more to it than that.

Can lavish praise lead a child to fail? Learn how some parents make this simple mistake which causes terrible anxiety and low self-esteem in children.