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Overcoming Learning Barriers: Ask Sue for Help

Math Tutoring for Homeschooled Student with Dyscalculia – Ask Sue

My daughter Maria is homeschooled / unschooled while recovering from illness. She has dyscalculia. She is in 8th grade, but her math is below grade. English is a foreign language for her, but she is fluent. She is planning to move to an American online school next year. Could you help her get to this point?

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Nov 4, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Math Tutoring for Child with Suspected Dyscalculia – Ask Sue

My 10-year-old has a severe struggle with math. I think she might have dyscalculia, but I don’t want to self-diagnose. She relies on her fingers to do single-digit addition and subtraction.

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Oct 22, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Why a Multiple Cognitive Approach Is the Answer to Learning Disabilities – Ask Sue

Sue provides four reasons why the best solution for learning disabilities is to follow a balanced and holistic approach and develop multiple cognitive skills, and not only some.

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Oct 1, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Letter Reversals: Should I Worry or Not? – Ask Sue

Letter reversals experienced by young children are often said to be “totally normal” until after age seven, and their parents are told, “Don’t worry,” unless they continue past second grade.

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Sep 30, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Student Studies Hard But Gets Low Grades – Ask Sue

My 5th-grade daughter is an above-average reader, her spelling is good, and she studies very hard for tests and exams. She also starts studying for her tests and exams long before the time. Yet, the results are nearly always disappointing.

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Sep 18, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Can Losing A Parent Cause Learning Difficulties? – Ask Sue

My name is Halowine, and I’d like to tell you about my grandson’s problem. When he was two-and-a-half years old, he lost his father in a very brutal way: The place that they were living in burned down with the dad in it, and that man really meant a lot to my grandson even at such a young age...

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Sep 9, 2024Sue du Plessis
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My Son Has No Interest in School – Ask Sue

We're in the UK. My Year 7 son has absolutely no interest in school. Since Year 3 he has been scraping through, putting in just enough effort to pass. He is no less intelligent than his siblings, but he has an inordinate love of music...

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Jul 9, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Son Struggles with Spelling; Does It Matter? – Ask Sue

My son, who is 10, has a problem with spelling. He reads adequately, but he spells words as they sound to him. I am concerned that he will encounter a lot of problems when he hits high school. Sometimes, I wonder if spelling even matters. What do you suggest?

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May 19, 2024Sue du Plessis
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How Much TV Should My Kids Be Watching? – Ask Sue

TV is a fundamental part of many children’s lives – many kids are glued to the TV for hours every day. Add the time they spend staring at DVDs, computers, and video games, and the screen time really mounts up. Does this do any damage, or is it a harmless way for kids to pass the time?

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Jan 7, 2024Sue du Plessis
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Surface Dyslexia: Symptoms and Treatment – Ask Sue

Surface dyslexia is a subtype of dyslexia that refers to children who struggle with reading because they can’t recognize words by sight. Learn how to help your child.

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Oct 20, 2023Sue du Plessis
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Help! My 9-year-old Son Has Dysgraphia – Ask Sue

My 9-year-old son has dysgraphia (at least the handwriting part). He shows all the symptoms: he is highly intelligent, yet his writing is illegible; he mixes upper and lowercase letters, and his letter sizes and shapes are inconsistent.

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Sep 27, 2023Sue du Plessis
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Student’s School Work Is Suffering Due to Poor Sleep – Ask Sue

In the newest 'Ask Sue' column, Edublox advises a mom whose son is struggling with his school work as a result of poor sleep. Read more about recommended hours of sleep for different life phases and why sleep is important to achieve optimum performance.

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Jun 12, 2023Sue du Plessis