I would like to give you an update on the progress of a young boy who has been taking the Reading Rescue program. He is a grade 4 student in a regular classroom, who because of significant learning problems has been falling behind his classmates in all of his subjects. The reason for his reading problems is NOT because he can’t learn, it’s because of a real learning disability. Most children learn to read in […]
1. removal from the “maltreating” home is delayed 2. “maltreating” parents continue to sabotage current placement 3. increase in severity of disturbance in today’s foster / adopted children 4. inadequate preparation and follow-up support to foster / adoption parents 5. failure to equip foster / adoption parents with practical therapeutic strategies 6. foster / adoption parents receive a “disturbed” child, and are then later misperceived that they might be the source of the child’s […]
A newborn will suck harder when he/she hears a recording of her/his mother speaking, but less so when she hears another woman’s voice. This is how we know that from birth, infants recognize mom’s voice. Just after birth, as many as 40,000 new synapses are added to the baby’s brain every second.
This full day or 2 evening workshop will introduce you […]
This workshop will present the facts, myths, misconceptions, controversy and […]
Phone: (519) 485-4678
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“We are foster parents who took in a 13 year old girl (going on 18!) and she ran us through the wringer. Rick helped us learn how to set limits that made the difference.”
(G.E. – Strathroy)
