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		<title>How to Navigate the Learning Disabilities System – NYTimes.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article in the Ney York Times gives some excellent advice for parents who suspect their child may have a learning disability.  The author outlines steps from dealing with the school, documenting supporting evidence and when or whether an evaluator might be helpful. Patient Money &#8211; How to Navigate the Learning Disabilities System &#8211; NYTimes.com.]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents often ask me whether their young child has a speech delay.  More often these days I get referrals from local preschools for children in danger of being removed from programs due to behavior problems.  Many times, these young ones have an undiagnosed speech delay.  Speech delays in young children are not uncommon and free <a href="http://www.lisariggs.com/how-does-your-child-hear-and-talk/"><b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shift Happens</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am frequently troubled as I continue to meet young high school graduates who have never held a job and have basically no independent living skills.  That is to say they cannot cook, do laundry, budget money, or run errands.  Many cannot even wait to drive.  We live in a world of play dates and homework.  Masses of homework. ..
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		<title>Handling Tantrums&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the young child 1. Ignore it. It May Go Away by Itself &#8211; the tantrum, not the child. Pros: There is a lot less energy involved on the parents part in this technique. If it can be arranged to occur at home, and the child is having the tantrum to see how it will <a href="http://www.lisariggs.com/handling-tantrums/"><b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 18:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have consulted with your child&#8217;s pediatrician, teacher or therapist and have determined that you want to have your child assessed through his or her school for a learning disability, you consider the the options below. Please note that the decision to have your child assessed through the school system is a personal decision, <a href="http://www.lisariggs.com/learning-disabilities/"><b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Homework</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I talk to many parents struggling with their child over homework. They have to sit with them for hours &#8211; often until way past their bedtime- to complete assignments, with no time left over to unwind or play. Many times, these kids are in the second or third grade. Occasionally, children do have learning disorders <a href="http://www.lisariggs.com/homework/"><b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What are some ways&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting Articles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consequences that work]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[to stop yelling at your child &#8230;and get them on track at the same time? Sometimes I overhear conversations amongst parents that go something like this, &#8220;I wish Carrie would listen more, I keep having to repeat myself, and then I have to yell. Now I have to yell to get her attention, and sometimes <a href="http://www.lisariggs.com/what-are-some-ways/"><b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We don&#8217;t feel this way&#8221;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[along with &#8220;We don&#8217;t want to do that&#8221; are also amongst my other favorite truth-compromised sayings that parents tell their children (referring to previous post &#8220;You can&#8217;t talk to me like that.&#8221;) Actually, when I hear parents say this, it makes me want to say &#8220;Oh, but yes as a matter of fact I do.&#8221; <a href="http://www.lisariggs.com/we-dont-feel-this-way/"><b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents usually want to raise children who are thankful for what they have, who are grateful for the opportunities, materials and gifts they are given.

Parents also want to give their child a better life than what they grew up with, to see their children happy, and to prevent their child from suffering.

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		<title>Public or Private?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was running errands this morning &#8211; out of the area- I might add, and I got the opportunity to overhear some moms discussing the educational opportunities for their children. They were strangers to each other and to me, grocery store line kind of conversation, the kind where several women just start chatting. The pros <a href="http://www.lisariggs.com/public-or-private/"><b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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