School and Learning

By the time a child is 12 years old, he should be able to recognize letter sounds. I suggest you have your son evaluated by a trained professional to determine how you can help him succeed.

Find out whether individuals can inherit the condition of dyslexia from a parent.

How do you begin to teach a 14-year-old to read, when she's reading on a 2.5 grade level?

When a school does not honor your legal right to request an evaluation, there are steps you can take.

Think carefully before allowing your child to leap ahead in the curriculum during the school year.

A parent seeks advice after the teacher tells her gifted child he must "earn" the right to receive more challenging schoolwork.

Gifted preschoolers may appear to be taking in a great deal of data, but they may not truly comprehend it or use it in a gifted manner.

The best way to determine intellectual giftedness is through formal educational assessment testing.

In this Expert Advice column, licensed social worker Noreen Joslyn answers your questions about extra motor behavior in young children.

It is sometimes necessary for parents to obtain outside private testing for achievement scores and IQ, when they suspect their child is gifted.

When a school district refuses to honor a student with a legitimate Section 504 plan in place, it's time to contact a lawyer.

Seventh grade is a very tough transition year, and often students and their parents have to change the way they approach studying.

This child appears to be manifesting a typical eighth-grade, second-quarter trait -- feeling that "it won't happen to me and I don't need any help."

Parents can set some boundaries, but the child must face the consequences of not meeting his homework responsibility.

When your child's teachers are an obstacle to the IEP, there are steps you can take.

It is common for kids -- especially seventh graders -- to get overwhelmed by homework and to quit.

Criteria for gifted class placement can vary greatly from district to district.

There are many resources available to help teachers bypass the difficulties that children with LD can experience in math.