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Gretchen has 21 years of home-education experience with her six children, all of whom have graduated. Although she considers herself a reluctant homeschooler, she now says it was “the best journey of my life.” With a degree in psychology and child development, she has spent the last 28 years in positions of homeschool advocacy, developing special bonds with families of children who must work harder to learn. A former business owner, she has served on various nonprofit boards and began working for Demme Learning in 2014 as a placement specialist, now serving as the company’s community outreach coordinator. She loves the outdoors, all things furry, raising chickens, and beekeeping. She serves her local community as a high school swim coach and is a second-degree tae kwon do black belt.
“Special needs” has become a catch-all term for children who don’t fit the “norms.” But what should you do when your child doesn’t learn like other children? Join Gretchen Roe for some practical advice on how to modify goals and expectations and then adapt your curriculum to help your atypical learner succeed. Don’t move the goal. Modify the play.
Does your child ace Friday’s test and then spell the same words wrong the following week? What if they have no spelling skills at all? Why does reading comprehension not lead to spelling proficiency? Come learn how neuroscience teaches us to join the paths of reading and spelling and create one seamless, literate journey, and why traditional spelling methods often are frustrating and less than successful.
