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Testing, Testing...Is This Thing On? Test Anxiety and Learning Disabilities 1

Testing, Testing…Is This Thing On? Test Anxiety and Learning Disabilities

2015-04-03
By: Live by Surprise
On: April 3, 2015
In: Learning Disabilities, Parenting
With: 4 Comments

Now in Grade 3, my son has his standardized tests coming up.  He’s been expressing some anxiety about the test for over a year now.  I really can’t blame him.  I’ve gone through some of the test prep books, and some of the answers confused me – and I haveContinue Reading

Learning to Let it Go

2014-07-21
By: Live by Surprise
On: July 21, 2014
In: CoParenting, Divorce
With: 2 Comments

This morning, I am frustrated. Can I blame the Goblin King?  Yes. But truly, who’s at fault? Me. I am the cause of my own frustration.  Because I’m not able to release my anger.  I know what he’s like.  I know that he’ll never change.  And I need to learnContinue Reading

How Do You Make Report Card Day Positive for a Child with Learning Disabilities? 1

Learning Disabilities: Making Report Card Day Positive

2014-02-26
By: Live by Surprise
On: February 26, 2014
In: Learning Disabilities
With: 2 Comments

Living with a learning disability means that report card day has been very difficult in the past. I think my son dreaded the report card almost as much as I did. Because the school insists that you go over the report card with your child. Which I totally understand. ButContinue Reading

Learning to Succeed - A Mother's Gift to her Children

Learning to Succeed: A Mother’s Gift to her Children

2014-02-13
By: Live by Surprise
On: February 13, 2014
In: Motherhood, Parenting
With: 0 Comments

It’s so hard these days to decide which type of parent you want to be. I want to supportive of my children. Yet I want to give them the room they need to figure out who they are and grow. Puck is a very cautious child. Part and parcel ofContinue Reading

Developing a Love of Reading for a Child with Learning Disabilities 2

Developing a Love of Reading for a Child with Learning Disabilities

2014-02-09
By: Live by Surprise
On: February 9, 2014
In: Learning Disabilities, Parenting
With: 0 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. My son has been diagnosed dysgraphic. He struggles even with the basic concepts of reading. He gets so very frustrated at the words on the page, because they are absorbed by his eyes, translated in his head, and often come out garbled. But heContinue Reading

Diagnosis: Dysgraphia - Struggling Against my Ex AND the System

Diagnosis: Dysgraphia – Struggling Against my Ex AND the System

2014-01-30
By: Live by Surprise
On: January 30, 2014
In: Learning Disabilities
With: 8 Comments

My son was experiencing some difficulties learning to read.  He had been in the same day care since age one.  When I left my ex he was two and a half.  My ex worked 12 hours shifts, and to avoid conflict during our divorce, I gave in to his requestContinue Reading

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Doctor Who: The Forgotten
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Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain
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The Other Emily
Tracing Your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums: A Guide for Family Historians
Memories of Tomorrow
The Mercy of Snakes
Red Rain
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Photographing the Dead
In the Heart of the Fire
The Painted Girls
The Other Typist
The Woman Who Stole My Life
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