The Writing Glitch: Hack Dysgraphia No Pencil Required

Welcome to today’s interview on the Emotional Kids Summit.  In this interview, Edward, a clinical psychologist, discusses his background in studying mother-infant interaction in non-human primates and his shift to focusing on early infant development and working with anxious children after his son was diagnosed with OCD. He shares that his interest in understanding anxiety in children led to the c...

Welcome to today’s interview on the Emotional Kids Summit.  We are opening this summit with our first guest, LaVonna Roth. LaVonna is a Special Education teacher with a specialty in deaf education and Social Emotional Learning. LaVonna, Jonily, and I have known one another for several years. When we were considering who would be an ideal person to write the Foreword for our book, which you heard a...

Welcome to this Special Edition of The Writing Glitch podcast.  Every M-F this month, August 2023, I am releasing the Emotional Kids Summit.  Listen to the episode and join The Companion Course to receive more information about each guest. Today, I am interviewing Jonily Zupancic. Jonily is the co-author of Math DYSconnected . In this episode, we discuss how Math DYSconnected came to be and why we...

Emotional Kids Summit Today Jonily Zupancic and I recap our experience at the Region 10 Summer Dyslexia Institute, Plano, TX. This event happened July 18-19, 2023. Our presentation to the General Session was on July 19th, with a breakout session for each of us after lunch. We took the time to recap our adventure and share what we talked about in this episode. You may like or dislike our approach a...

In today's episode, Dr. Cam shares gold nuggets on how to support your teen's mental health. She says, "When we give ownership, that means ownership to fail. Ownership means you are going to be able to figure this out. I believe in you. This isn't leaving them high and dry. This is saying I believe you. I'm here to support you. If you want my support or help, I'm here." Reach out to Dr. Cam: Thriv...

Jennifer King is the Founder of Dysgraphia. Life . This research and awareness organization links parents, teachers, therapists, and research teams to promote the Science of Writing. This conversation is a supplement to the one on the Summer Camp Summit . Their Mission: Our purpose is to provide information, education, beneficial products and services to  those with learning disabilities and writi...

In today's episode, Marie Lewis shares how her son's life with autism changed her life. She hired multiple lawyers and kept demanding that her son be helped. By the time her son was leaving school, she realized that she could help others advocate for their children. Her background as a nurse administrator gave her a unique perspective on the IEP. She relates the IEP to a care plan. Anyone who has...

My guest today is Tanya English. She is a chiropractor from Iowa who has found healing through not only chiropractic care, as you normally think about it, but she also incorporates other techniques into her practice to support healing without "cracking" the bones. In this episode, she decreases some pain in my back. We also talk about the reticular activating system. The reticular activating syste...

Nancy (Disterlic) Hannagan is passionate about empowering teachers with the latest research-based, practical strategies so they can assist their students in reaching their full reading potential. Nancy loves to share her expertise in equipping students, parents, and school districts with the skills they need to develop academic and social independence. Today, shares some of her innovative solution...

Heather Hodgins-Chan and I met several years ago because I responded to a post she put on Facebook from On the Ball Pediatric Physio & Occupational Therapy . She reached out, and we have had several discussions over the years. Her specialty is trauma-informed care. As a co-founder of the practice, she is also a mentor to the other therapists working there. Her unique perspective sheds light on...

Here is the rest of the podcast episode with Jennifer Choi. In this part of our conversation, we talk about truancy in schools, especially in NYC. Have you ever considered polling your community as to why students are missing days at school? Jenn and her partners released this survey last fall. They let it accumulate responses for a few weeks. They posted the results recently. She offers a free IE...

Today is part one of a two-part series with Jennifer Choi of Special Support Services in New York City. She discusses the untapped brilliance of students with Twice Exceptionalities and how they can be supported in the classroom. As a parent of a gifted student with writing challenges, Jenn hired an advocate who is now one of her business partners. They offer assistance to help parents have a voic...

Tammy Musiowsky-Borneman and Christine Arnold, authors of The Minimalist Teacher, share ideas for creating culture changes and lifelong learning. Cheri speaks to Tammy while she is in Hawaii and Christine from the Netherlands. These international teachers create innovative pedagogy to decrease stress and minimalize visual stimulation around the classroom. They share their Framework of the 3 Ps: Pu...

Seventeen years ago, Peggy Ployhar put her career on hold to help her autistic son. Three children later, she now owns a non-profit called SpEdHomeschool. The agency offers free resources for parents to educate their children, especially those with special needs. In this episode, Peggy shares why homeschooling her son changed his life and where he is today. Her non-profit also offers a summer camp...

Sarah Collins is an occupational therapist who is also homeschooling her children. Her journey began when she worked in home health and was helping a family who was homeschooling their children. She realized that she could do that too. After some time, she also realized that she could help this new community of homeschooled families that she was now part of. She trains OTs how to be sensitive to h...

Last December, I had the privilege of speaking with Jason Davies of The OT Schoolhouse Podcast. He has launched something new and exciting for occupational therapists. It is a place to learn and integrate school-based practices. Even if you are not an occupational therapist, this podcast episode may trigger a way for you to design a community in your specialty area. Join a village of similar minds...

In today's episode, Jonily Zupancic and Cheri discuss how they met and have joined forces to create a collaborative math and therapy team to support students with Specific Learning Disabilities, especially dysgraphia and dyscalculia. Jonily Zupancic: jonily.com Cheri Dotterer: cheridotterer.com 5-Day Roadmap to Hacking Dysgraphia 5-Day Math DYS-Connected: Connecting the Puzzle Challenge Listen for...

In today's episode, Shelley Kenow talks about her work as an IEP consultant. One of the areas we discuss is writing goals into an IEP. https://www.shelleykenow.com/ https://www.cheridotterer.com/ (00:00) - Tempo: 120.0 ★ Support this podcast ★

Today we are taking a break from guest interviews so Cheri can share more of her story. She shares a story of a student who was having difficulty with sight words and how she used kinesthetic interventions to enhance his retention to spell a sight word. He continues to use this method. Cheri's Body Sentence Alphabet was the result of this discussion. It is available on her website, and Teachers Pa...

In today's episode, Kelli Fetter shares how the discovery of her daughter's dysgraphia triggered the creation of a new business, Handwriting Solutions. "We would work into a more fine motor, visual motor task and then segue into our weekly handwriting lesson. I saw excellent results. I did a pre and a post-screen. The results were amazing after four days." Wow, Kelli is seeing results in four days...

In today's episode, Jennifer Porter shares, "As a teacher, they teach you a little bit about dysgraphia and dyslexia and other disabilities like ADHD. You get a very shallow overview. And so when you get students who. Those disabilities, you tend to do a little more research into it because you get a student like that. But when you're a parent, you don't have a clue that your kid has something oth...

In today's episode, Nicole Santamaria of OT for Real Life shares gold nuggets about executive function skills. She answers Three Myths about Executive Function Skills: EF skills just develop, EF skills don’t get better, and EF struggles mean that you have ADHD. She adds a Bonus Myth about medication! She offered her Executive Function Starter Kit about time management, organization, and working me...

Dysgraphia Awareness Day is October 3rd, 2022! Yes, that is recognized by the National Calendar Archive. Deedra Schrem, a mom of a dysgraphic son, shares how she took her pain and is sharing it with the world. Her website is www.turnwritearound.com . She can also be found at Turn Write Around on Facebook. Her Facebook Group is We need a Dysgraphia Awareness Day. Am I write? Get a t-shirt and suppo...

Lori Sugarman is a guidance counselor who uses hypnotherapy to help students access their writing skills. She is also an author. She discusses how anxiety reduction boosts confidence and self-esteem with her students. Lori has written a poem that Cheri reads to the audience and reflects how it supports positive psychology. Lori is also the author of 26 songs to support the alphabet. Please note th...

Dysgraphia, a disability in written expression, results from a neurological glitch that blocks your student's path to success, creating a disconnect between the brain and the body. Working in a classroom where students struggle to keep up with the teacher because they cannot recall what letter to write or the words to write is frustrating to both the teacher and the student. They get stuck three s...