LDExperience

Michele Pentyliuk is a registered psychologist and respected expert in psycho-educational assessments. She is an active volunteer and advocate, and well respected speaker and teacher.  In this article, Michele  writes about the importance of considering many variables from different sources when conducting a psycho-educational assessment. The situations which Michele discusses are based on real people, [...]

Peter Flom has his Ph.D in Psychometrics from Fordham University and an MA in Special Education from New York University. He has his own consulting firm where he specializes in helping graduate students and researchers in psychology, education, economics and the social sciences with all aspects of statistical analysis. He is also a parent, husband, [...]

I am not normally an angry person. But, I have been angry the last few weeks and this feeling has been building for a while. Why? Our son is at a pivotal transition point in his educational career. I suspect that I am not just angry, but frustrated and apprehensive. Those latter two emotions are [...]

Denise Goegan is a highly successful university student who lives with a learning disability. She is also an advocate and frequent guest speaker at conferences with her mother, speaking about different aspects of advocacy. She has a regular contributor to LDExperience. Many times when my mother and I give presentations about our family’s journey, parents [...]

Peter Flom has his Ph.D in Psychometrics from Fordham University and an MA in Special Education from New York University. He has his own consulting firm where he specializes in helping graduate students and researchers in psychology, education, economics and the social sciences with all aspects of statistical analysis. He is also a parent, husband, [...]

I have been trying for weeks to come up with a story that would be a tear jerker or something that makes me mad about learning disabilities, and yes, I have come up with a few things that makes me mad, but that is not the story I really want to talk about.  The story [...]

This is the second version of this article that I have written. Last week, I had a different version of this editorial completed and ready to post. I decided to let it “cure” for a day or two. It always amazes me how leaps of logic and other writing misdemeanours jump out when a draft [...]