What Is Educational Consultancy? And How Can It Help You Advocate For Your Child?
What does advocacy mean to you? Does it involve standing up for what you believe in, and for what’s right? Does it conjure up images of...
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Jessica Wacker
- Jul 22, 2022
- 6 min
Why Learning to Recognize Words by Sight is Important for Your Child’s Reading Skills.
Do you remember learning to read? After a certain point, it kinda feels like a skill you’ve always had—the ability to look at symbols on...
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Jessica Wacker
- Jul 11, 2022
- 6 min
What Are Social Scripts? How This Strategy Can Help Kids Learn and Practice Valuable Skills.
If you’re like most people, you probably think of scripts as what actors use to learn their lines. So, why would we be talking about...
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Jessica Wacker
- Jun 25, 2022
- 6 min
What is Auditory Processing Disorder? Understanding This Complex Issue When It Impacts Your Family.
On the surface, understanding what you hear seems simple and straightforward. But it’s not. In truth, processing what we hear so we can...
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Jessica Wacker
- Jun 10, 2022
- 6 min
What is Specific Language Impairment? Understanding and Addressing This Issue With Your Child.
As a parent, you wish you could protect your child from any struggles. Because you pay close attention and are an expert on what’s normal...
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Jessica Wacker
- May 27, 2022
- 6 min
What is ADHD? And How Can I Support My Child if They Receive This Diagnosis?
If there’s one issue that’s sparked a lot of debate and dialogue in the educational and parental communities—it’s ADHD. Many folks have...
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Jessica Wacker
- May 13, 2022
- 7 min
Emergent Literacy Skills Impact More Than Just Your Child’s Ability To Read
We all know—reading is fundamental. Literacy is a cornerstone of our modern society. Glance around, and everywhere you look you’ll find...
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Jessica Wacker
- Apr 29, 2022
- 6 min
What is Learning Remediation? And How Can Your Child Benefit From This Service?
It’s been said—no person is an island. We all need a little extra help and support now and then. It’s an important part of being...
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Jessica Wacker
- Mar 14, 2022
- 7 min
Examining IEPs vs 504s And How They Ensure Help For Students Who Need It.
Sometimes, you just need a plan. If you’re a parent with a child in the school system, you’ve probably got plans in place for many...
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Jessica Wacker
- Mar 7, 2022
- 6 min
What Is Dyslexia? Shedding Some Light on This Often Misunderstood Issue.
As a modern parent, you’ve most likely heard the term, dyslexia. You may even know a little bit about it. It’s the issue where people...
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Jessica Wacker
- Feb 28, 2022
- 7 min
What Are Executive Function Skills, Anyway? And Why Do They Matter?
If you’re like most people, you may not be familiar with the term—executive functioning. The first time you hear it, you may envision...
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Jessica Wacker
- Feb 21, 2022
- 7 min
What is Sensory Processing? And What Can I Do If My Child Has Sensory Processing Issues?
Our senses are how we interact with the world. Picture a memory you have—it’s an easy bet this recollection is rooted in at least one of...
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Jessica Wacker
- Feb 14, 2022
- 6 min
Does Your Child Have Developmental Coordination Disorder? Learn More About This Complex Issue.
As a parent, you want what’s best for your child. If you could, you’d shelter them from any pain or discomfort—though you know it’s...
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Jessica Wacker
- Feb 7, 2022
- 7 min
What are Motor Skills? And How Do We Use Them In Everyday Life?
For most of us—motor skills aren’t something we have to think too much about. We need to accomplish something physical, and we simply...
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Jessica Wacker
- Jan 31, 2022
- 7 min
How Educators Can Help Connect Students With the Occupational Therapy Services They Need
You’ve probably interacted with your school’s Occupational Therapist at some point. Maybe you’re even friendly with them. But be...
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Jessica Wacker
- Jan 24, 2022
- 8 min
What is Occupational Therapy? And How Can An OT Help My Child?
Your kiddo doesn’t hold down a job. Sure, maybe they have chores around the house, but that’s not the same thing. So why would they...
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Jessica Wacker
- Jan 17, 2022
- 6 min
How Educators & Therapists Can Work Together to Identify and Support Students on the Autism Spectrum
As an educator in the modern school system, you’ve undoubtedly interacted with students on the autism spectrum. Today, educational...
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Jessica Wacker
- Jan 10, 2022
- 7 min
What is Autism? And What Can You Do If Your Child Receives This Life-Altering Diagnosis?
We’ve all heard at least a little bit about autism. Maybe you know someone with autism. Maybe your child has recently been diagnosed....
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Jessica Wacker
- Jan 3, 2022
- 7 min
Let’s Get Social—How Our Pragmatic Language Skills Help Us Connect With Our World
Here at The Loop, we love all things language. That’s why we’ve devoted our most recent weekly blogs to diving deep into this complex and...
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Jessica Wacker
- Dec 27, 2021
- 7 min
The Brain and Language—How We Use Processing Skills to Make Sense of What We Hear and Say
Language is too big a topic to adequately cover in one post, so we’re going to be exploring the different facets of our language skills...
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