As we are in the midst of midyear Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) conferences, I have been reminded of the important role that parents play in their child’s education. Currey Ingram strongly values our working relationships with parents. The roles are different, but each must support the efforts of the other to benefit the child.
Topics: Parenting
All high school students at Currey Ingram Academy have an individualized learning plan (ILP). As a dyslexia boarding school, Currey Ingram understands that students with broad language difficulties may need further assistance. That is why high school students are provided with everything from emotional intelligence skills development to aid in fine-tuning their executive functioning abilities.
ILPs are extremely valuable for students with dyslexia with average to above-average comprehension skills. In this range, students that attend the dyslexia boarding school may only need slight accommodations. These may include:
Topics: dyslexia
Although math concepts can appear to be more “black and white” than other subjects, it includes a number of skills and concepts that are difficult for students to fully comprehend, apply and generalize. After about second grade, concepts become increasingly abstract and complex, and the language and terminology become more nuanced. If deficits exist, it is difficult to progress in math ability, as skills continuously build on one another. There are several reasons a child may struggle in math (Allsopp et al., 2007).
For both adults and children, processing occurrences of mass tragedy and natural disaster is a sensitive, highly individual, complex, and usually lifelong process. As the greater Nashville community lives in the wake of Tuesday morning’s tornadoes, which devastated our city, and as we are barraged with media drawing our attention to injuries, deaths, destruction and trauma, many parents and caregivers wonder about how best to talk to or support their children.
