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100 Powerful Learning Specialist and Educational Therapy Materials

This week I wanted to tell you about my online store, Good Sensory Learning. I’m Dr. Erica Warren, and I established this site so I could share all the materials that I have created over the last 20+ years as a learning specialist and educational therapist. When I first began my private practice, Learning to Learn, I had great difficulty finding fun and multisensory materials for my students that were effective and engaging. So back in 2005, I made it my mission to design and distribute high-end, remedial products as well as memorable, motivating lessons that bring delight to learning. If you would like to try a free sampling of my activities , CLICK HERE . How Are the Products Organized at Good Sensory Learning? You can download my Free Printable Catalog or you can browse the site using the grey “search all products” bar in the top right of any page with keywords such as dyslexia, working memory, and executive functioning. What’s more, drop down menus in the red banner allow you t...
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Back to School Checklist for Parents

Getting prepared for the upcoming school year can be a complicated task that involves gathering school supplies, connecting with new teachers and administrators, establishing individual needs, creating house rules and routines, coordinating nutritious meals and snacks, and arranging any needed accommodations. To help with the process, I have created the following checklist: Stock Up on School Supplies Check the school website or call to inquire about of list of required supplies. Find out whether students will store supplies at school or bring them home each day. See if the school will allow you to get an extra copy of all textbooks for use at home. If not, you can usually find used copies on the internet. Plan to be Involved  Mark school events on the family calendar.  Attend back-to-school meetings.  Schedule and attend parent-teacher conferences. Find out the best way to communicate with each teacher – phone, email or note. Find out from each tea...
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Are We Grading or Degrading our Students? Let's Shift Paradigms

Over the 15 years that I have worked as a learning specialist and educational therapist, I have never had a student come into my office with a poor test grade and ask me to help them to learn the material that they clearly did not master. Instead of nurturing a desire to learn, our current paradigm instills a fear of failure. As a result, when a student receives what they believe to be a poor grade on a test or assignment, they often feel degraded and ashamed. Oftentimes, these tests and assignments are hidden or thrown away, and learning takes a nosedive. In fact, when a student does unexpectedly poorly on a test, they are often so mortified that they learn little to nothing the rest of the day. Instead they tend to internally ruminate and stress about the grade. Sadly, it is the high test grades that students love to share and celebrate, as students quickly learn that they are rewarded for perfection.  Traditional Grading Only Points Out the Errors: When teachers limit ...
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Dyslexia: Understanding and Remediating Auditory Processing Skills

Although there are a number of cognitive processing deficits that can cause a diagnosis of dyslexia or a reading disability, challenges with auditory processing tend to be the prevailing cause for many struggling readers. However, many of the terms used to describe these core problems can be confusing. In fact, wading through a comprehensive testing report can be overwhelming, because they are packed with complex cognitive and remedial terminology. In this blog, I hope to unscramble the tangle of terms associated with auditory processing. What are Some Key Terms One Should Understand? Auditory Processing: Auditory processing is the brain's interpretation of the sounds we hear. A difficulty or delay with auditory processing is not an issue with hearing, but with the understanding of what is heard. It's a complex operation that involves auditory synthesis, auditory closure, auditory sequencing, auditory discrimination, segmenting and auditory memory. Auditory Synthesi...
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Good Sensory Learning Offers Affiliate Marketing Commission Opportunity

Dear friends, fans and loyal customers of Good Sensory Learning: I'm happy to announce that I now have a new affiliate program that is available to you. You can earn commissions simply by referring friends or customers to my website. Each time one of these referrals makes a purchase you will earn a commission. To start, all affiliates make 15%, but those who send a lot of traffic can be rewarded with greater commissions - up to 30%. If you would like to learn more about becoming an affiliate CLICK HERE . In addition, you will notice that I have redesigned my site for an easy navigation and shopping experience. Please come by Good Sensory Learning and let me know how I can make it even better! Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at  Good Sensory Learning  and  Dyslexia Materials . She is also the director of  Learning to Learn  and  Learning Specialist Cours...
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