Sometimes it happens. Your brilliant, super-capable teen is no longer learning, and you sense it is not merely an attitude problem. You begin to suspect something is seriously wrong…and you are probably right. In our many years of homeschooling we have come across this problem a few times, and this I have learned: When […]
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When your Child Cannot Learn Well: Psychoeducational Testing at Home
After a recent Sylvan Learning Center assessment, we were encouraged to get psychoeducational testing for one of our children. However, the cost was $2000, way beyond our budget. (Note that this is a service provided by independent psychologists who specialize in education, not by Sylvan.) When I discussed that with the Sylvan lady, she said, […]
Review: Mindsight by Daniel Siegel
There’s something exciting and hopeful in the subtitle of Siegel’s book Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation. Who doesn’t feel the need to be transformed? (And yes, as a Christian, I believe true transformation is a gift from God, and will discuss that later.) Rather than the old forms of psychology in which a […]