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		<title>Educational Games Improve Learning Skills Quickly Part 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Best Educational Games for Families When choosing educational games you want to choose wisely. You want games that are fun but will improve your child&#8217;s skills at the same time. If your child has struggled or had and problems with reading comprehension or listening comprehension or math calculations, you want educational games that are<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/11/educational-games-improve-learning-skills-quickly-part-2-htl-site/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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<p>When choosing educational games you want to choose wisely. You want games that are fun but will improve your child&#8217;s skills at the same time. If your child has struggled or had and problems with reading comprehension or listening comprehension or math calculations, you want educational games that are specifically designed with them in mind.</p>
<h2>Educational Games from Bonnie Terry, <em>The Nation&#8217;s Learning Expert</em></h2>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-2692" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/11/educational-games-improve-learning-skills-quickly-part-2-htl-site/comprehension-zone-woods-kids-3-2/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2692" style="margin: 5px 12px;" title="Educational Games The Comprehension Zone" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Comprehension-Zone-Woods-Kids-31-300x227.png" alt="" width="300" height="227" /></a>Bonnie Terry Learning offers a variety of educational games and products to improve reading, writing, math and study skills for children 6 years and older. The educational games were initially designed for the struggling learner but any learner will improve their skills with using them.</p>
<p>The goal is to enable you to be better equipped to develop strong reading, writing and math skills in your child with dyslexia, ADHD, Autism or other general learning difficulties.  Even gifted children can struggle in some of these areas and Bonnie Terry aims at smoothing out those bumps in the road of learning.  These educational games help you “think outside the box” to address your child’s difficulties.</p>
<p>You now address the difficulties from an angle, direction or perspective that you may not have considered before. This new “think outside the box” direction may be the difference between being a successful learner or a struggling learner.</p>
<h3>Educational Games Worth Having</h3>
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<p><a title="Educational Games The Comprehension Zone" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-comprehension-zone" target="_blank"><em>The Comprehension Zone</em></a> is a reading and listening comprehension game that helps you to identify the main idea, find the details, or sequence what you read. It is a ‘simple game’ that can have a profound effect on your learning life.</p>
<p>I’m indebted to this game for helping my child in a way that I had failed to help him on my own and take from it what you will. My son now comprehends what he hears as well as what he reads.”  Kimberly O</p>
<p>“The versatility of The Comprehension Zone makes it easy to play the game with children at multiple reading/listening levels at the same time. The game was interesting enough to the kids that they want  to play it often.”  Regina A</p>
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<p><a title="Educational Games The Math Zone" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-math-zone" target="_blank"><em>The Math Zone</em></a>, another simple game makes calculation practice fun.</p>
<p>The Math Zone is a math calculation card game that can be played 1<sup>st</sup> grade and up. It has multiple levels of play. Children also learn how numbers grow and shrink according to whether you add them, subtract them, multiply them, or divide them.</p>
<p>“I played <em>The Math Zone</em> with my third grader, and she beat me a couple of times, because she kept drawing multiplication cards, and I kept getting subtraction!  I also noticed that she checked her work more thoroughly than she does with her math lessons! This would be a great game for keeping up skills during summer vacation or whenever you take a break from regular math lessons.”  Heather J</p>
<p>“<em>The Math Zone Game</em> is a clever new way to drill arithmetic that goes beyond simply completing math problems or flipping flash cards.” Mary P</p>
<p>Visit<a title="educational games books and guides to make learning fun" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/" target="_blank"> Bonnie Terry Learning</a> for more educational games, guides, and books to make learning fun.</p>
<p>Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET is a Learning Disabilities Specialist. Ms. Terry helps parents identify, understand, &amp; address the underlying causes of their child&#8217;s learning problems. Bonnie has designed a variety of books, games, and guides to make learning reading, writing, spelling, English, and math easy even if you are Dyslexic, have a learning disability, or are ADHD.</p>
<p>She also offers a coaching program, Awaken the Scholar Within, where she teaches you step-by-step how to help your child improve their skills yourself in just 20 minutes a day. Give Bonnie a call at 530-888-7160 to find out more about helping your child improve their skills or about educational games to improve learning skills.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Educational Games: &#160; &#160; Improve Learning Skills Quickly Part 1 &#160; Playing educational games is one of the best ways to improve learning skills in quick fashion. This is because your mindset has changed from learning is hard to learning is fun. &#160; Things to Watch for in Purchasing Educational Games: &#160; 1.       The educational<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/11/educational-games-improve-learning-skills-quickly-part-1-htl/">Read More</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Educational Games:<br />
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Playing educational games is one of the best ways to improve learning skills in quick fashion. This is because your mindset has changed from <em>learning is hard</em> to <em>learning is fun</em>.<br />
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<h2>Things to Watch for in Purchasing Educational Games:</h2>
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<a rel="attachment wp-att-2705" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/11/educational-games-improve-learning-skills-quickly-part-1-htl/sent-zone-cimerolli-family-3-2/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2705" style="margin: 5px 12px;" title="Educational Games The Sentence Zone" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Sent-Zone-cimerolli-family-31-300x226.png" alt="" width="300" height="226" /></a>1.       The educational games are teaching specific learning skills.</p>
<p>2.       The educational games you choose should be able to be played in a variety of ways</p>
<p>3.       You should be able to play the educational games at multiple levels so you will be able to play the game for  several years.</p>
<p>All games don’t have to be fast games. You often learn more in a slower paced game because you it gives you time to think. Remember, when you play with language whether it is through word games,  sentence building games that also teach grammar, or reading comprehension games learning skills improve.</p>
<h2>Educational Games Improve Learning Skills</h2>
<p>Think about what happens to you when you play. Your body relaxes doesn’t it? And you have fun. Being in a relaxed state is the key. Learning is easier when you are in a relaxed state.  Again, one of the easiest ways I know to improve learning is through playing educational games.</p>
<h3>Types of Educational Games</h3>
<p>There are logic games, simulation games, computer educational games, board games, mind or brain games. There is no right or wrong in games. However, my choice of games is to play board games – games that you play around the table with your family or friends. These types of games have the added benefit of providing great family time at the same time as building educational skills. Additionally, when you play a game at a table with others you have the opportunity to have all kinds of examples before your turn which will help you when your turn comes around. You have an opportunity to learn strategy from each other too. Having examples or ‘modeling’ helps to improve learning skills too.<br />
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<h3>How Do You Decide Which Educational Games Are the Best for Your Family?</h3>
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1.       Does the game teach or help your child with the specific skill they need practice with e.g. writing sentences, reading comprehension, math calculation practice?</p>
<p>2.       Does the game have research that supports it?</p>
<p>3.       Does the game have reviews from families that have played it so you know it’s worth a try?</p>
<p>4.       Can the game be played at multiple levels so you can play it more than one year?</p>
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<h3>Educational Games Improve Learning Skills</h3>
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One of my favorite educational games that improves learning skills is <em><a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/english/">The Sentence Zone</a>. </em>It is a game with color-coded words that you play to build sentences, <a href="http://www.bonnieterry.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/grammar-game-makes-english-easy-whether-you-have-dyslexia-or-are-gifted/">improve grammar</a>,<a href="http://www.bonnieterry.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/poetry-writing-through-the-colors-the-sentence-zone/"> write poetry</a>, or even<a href="http://www.bonnieterry.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/sat-prep-with-grammar-game-the-sentence-zone/"> prepare for the SAT test</a>. It can be played from 1<sup>st</sup> grade through adult levels.</p>
<p>“There are so many ways you be creative with this game and learn while having fun. We keep thinking of more ways to play. Our family loves it.” Lori S</p>
<p>“I know we’ll be playing <em>The Sentence Zone </em><em>often</em><em>,</em> as one of my daughters, my word-wise child is great at picking words but hasn’t much of a clue about parts of speech. After her little sister and I had played only a few rounds, Little Sister was advising on what piles to search through for words. <strong><em>Dragon</em></strong><em>, that’s a noun, look in the dark blue pile. <strong>Call</strong> is a verb…</em>” Jean H</p>
<p>Order your copy of <a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-sentence-zone">The Sentence Zone </a>game today.</p>
<p>Stay tuned for Part 2 where I’ll have more educational games worth adding to your family arsenal of learning tools.</p>
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<p>Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET, The Nation&#8217;s Learning Expert, from <a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com.">Bonnie Terry Learning </a>is a learning disabilities specialist and board certified educational therapist.<br />
Ms. Terry helps parents identify, understand, &amp; address the underlying causes of their child&#8217;s learning problems. Bonnie has designed a variety of books, games, and guides to make learning reading, writing, spelling, English, and math easy even if you are Dyslexic, have a learning disability, or are ADHD.<br />
She also offers a coaching program, Awaken the Scholar Within, where she teaches you step-by-step how to help your child improve their skills yourself in just 20 minutes a day. Give Bonnie a call at 530-888-7160 to find out more about helping your child improve their skills or about educational games to improve learning skills.</p>
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		<title>Game Time is Here…Make You Time Count With Educational Games Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Game Time is Here… Make You Time Count With Educational Games Part 2 Engaging in educational games to improve learning is a win-win situation because just the action of playing a game puts your body and mind into a more relaxed state. When you are in a relaxed state, it is easier to learn. Think<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/07/game-time-is-here%e2%80%a6make-you-time-count-with-educational-games-part-2/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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Engaging in educational games to improve learning is a win-win situation because just the action of playing a game puts your body and mind into a more relaxed state. When you are in a relaxed state, it is easier to learn. Think about this, when you are scared or feel that something is hard, it is. Your mind usually becomes closed to the ideas. Your body tenses up. Sometimes your shoulders even rise. You become in a state of fight or flight rather than in a state of receptivity.<br />
So, one of the best ways to improve learning skills is to do a learning activity that is fun and can be done in a relaxed environment. That is what playing educational games do.</p>
<h2>How Do You Choose Educational Games?</h2>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-2612" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/07/game-time-is-here%e2%80%a6make-you-time-count-with-educational-games-part-2/comprehension-zone-woods-kids-3/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2612" style="margin: 5px 12px;" title="Comprehension Zone Woods Kids 3" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Comprehension-Zone-Woods-Kids-3-300x227.png" alt="educational games the Comprehension Zone" width="300" height="227" /></a>When you are looking for educational games, think about the skill set you want to improve. For example if you want to improve sentence writing or grammar, you want to play educational games like <a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/writing/">The Sentence Zone</a>. On the other hand, if you want to improve reading comprehension, the ability to comprehend and utilize the information you read, you will want a game that teaches you to find the main idea or details while you play. In this case you will want to play the educational games like <a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/reading/"><em>The Comprehension Zone.</em></a> Additionally, if your child needs extra practice with math calculation accuracy, <a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-math-zone"><em>The Math Zone</em></a> is a perfect choice for you.</p>
<p>As you know, there are many educational games to choose from. Remember, you want to be sure the game is fun but will actually teach the skills your child needs extra practice with.</p>
<h3>What Parents Have to Say About Educational Games, Specifically The Comprehension Zone</h3>
<p>“I absolutely love games that teach. Game playing is more effective, in my opinion, as my kids tend to learn things they enjoy more quickly than things they dislike.” Lori S</p>
<p>“<em>The Comprehension Zone</em> holds the interest of my children. The long-term carry over is there. Every single solitary child improves his comprehension and his note taking and ability to condense things down into meaningful sentences. Every day we play The Comprehension Zone ends with fun and my children get to learn something without feeling like they are learning.” Marcia B</p>
<p>“<em>The Comprehension Zone</em> game has been an answer to prayer, a break-through for our child who has struggled with auditory comprehension for years. We began playing The Comprehension Zone often.  The improvement was rapid and dramatic!  By the end of the second time playing our child was able to play without my previous modifications and currently it is easy enough for him to pick out facts while listening and know he likes to try reading the card himself. We’ve tried things similar to this in the past, we’ve been focused on this problem for years, but The Comprehension Zone has been the first activity that has been successful.”  Kimberly O</p>
<p>“<em>The Comprehension Zone</em> builds life-long skills for learning success. It carries over to all of their learning.  I am so impressed. My children love playing and I love that they are learning at the same time!” Leslie K</p>
<p>“<em>The Comprehension Zone</em> game, it was fun playing but the results of playing were amazing. My son could finally pick out main ideas and details from what he read. He was excited because work that he struggled with was now easy.  All from playing a game. Thanks Bonnie!” Karen M</p>
<h3>Add <em><a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-comprehension-zone">The Comprehension Zone</a> </em>to your supply of educational games today and see your child&#8217;s reading and listening comprehension improve daily!<em><br />
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often during the school year we are so busy with school and homework and sports that we don’t either have the time to play educational games or take the time to play educational games. In fact, game playing often doesn’t enter your mind because life is just too busy. But, now it’s summer. It’s breathing<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/07/game-time-is-here%e2%80%a6make-you-time-count-with-educational-games-part-1/">Read More</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Often during the school year we are so busy with school and homework and sports that we don’t either have the time to play educational games or take the time to play educational games. In fact, game playing often doesn’t enter your mind because life is just too busy. But, now it’s summer. It’s breathing time. It’s time to take a break from the routine. It’s the perfect time to play educational games.</p>
<h2>Benefits of Educational Games</h2>
<p>When you play games with others you learn how to get along with others. When you play games with others you learn from watching others take their turns and they learn from you taking your turn. That is what is called reciprocal teaching and reciprocal learning.</p>
<p>Now, what if you were to play that were educational games that taught specific skills? You would get even more benefit from educational games. You would have the opportunity to have fun and improve your skills at the same time. Your reading comprehension would improve, your writing skills and English grammar skills would improve. Even your math skills would improve. And, you would have fun with others at the same time. When you play educational games you also build learning skills.<br />
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<h3>All Educational Games Are Not Created Equal</h3>
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<a rel="attachment wp-att-2591" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/07/game-time-is-here%e2%80%a6make-you-time-count-with-educational-games-part-1/sent-zone-cimerrelli-family-copy-2/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2591" style="margin: 5px 12px;" title="Edcuational Games The Sentence Zone" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Sent-Zone-Cimerrelli-Family-Copy-2-300x224.png" alt="" width="300" height="242" /></a>There are many choices you have when choosing educational games. There are several very important things to consider when purchasing an educational game:</p>
<p>1.      Is the game fun</p>
<p>2.      Does it have real learning involved?</p>
<p>3.      What do families that have played it say about it?</p>
<p>“I like that <em>The Sentence Zone</em> can be used with any English program and does not require special equipment or supplies. <em>The Sentence Zone </em>is a good one and could benefit many students.”  Tina R</p>
<p>“Our family loves <em>The Sentence Zone</em>. As we were putting the game away, my children began brainstorming ideas for fun variations of it. They want to play it again with the silliest sentence receiving bonus points. They&#8217;d like to do a round where you must only use the cards on top of the deck. Another idea was to try and create the saddest sentence. There are so many ways you be creative with this game and learn while having fun. It&#8217;s a simple game but I&#8217;m impressed with how well it worked with my family.”  Lori S</p>
<p>“<em>The Sentence Zone</em> game is a relaxed, fun loving game that the family can and will enjoy. It is slow paced, so everyone can truly think their way through each level and have the enjoyment of success! After all, that is what the game is all about!” Mary P</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-2600" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/07/game-time-is-here%e2%80%a6make-you-time-count-with-educational-games-part-1/sentencezonebox/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2600" style="margin: 5px 12px;" title="SentenceZoneBox" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SentenceZoneBox-300x256.jpg" alt="Educational games The Sentence Zone Box" width="300" height="256" /></a></p>
<p>See The Sentence Zone in action:  <a href="http://www.bonnieterry.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/grammar-game-makes-english-easy-whether-you-have-dyslexia-or-are-gifted/">Children 1st through 4th grades and then 9th grade playing </a></p>
<p><a title="edcuational games poetry writing" href="http://www.bonnieterry.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/poetry-writing-through-the-colors-the-sentence-zone/">Poetry Through the Colors</a></p>
<p><a title="educational games" href="http://www.bonnieterry.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/sat-prep-with-grammar-game-the-sentence-zone/">SAT Prep</a></p>
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<h3>Add <a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-sentence-zone"><em>The Sentence Zone</em> </a> game to your set of educational games today!</h3>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article was contributed by Jeremy Fordham &#160; Long-Term Effects of ADHD Medication Oftentimes when a child is diagnosed with ADHD doctors and parents alike are quick to prescribe  medication as a treatment. This is largely due to the fact that the effectiveness and safety of these medications are espoused by mental health professionals.<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/07/long-term-effects-of-adhd-medication/">Read More</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following article was contributed by Jeremy Fordham</p>
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<h1><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-2539" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/07/long-term-effects-of-adhd-medication/add-adhd-graphic-3/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2539" style="margin: 5px 12px;" title="ADD ADHD Effects of ADHD Medication" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ADD-ADHD-Graphic2.png" alt="" width="182" height="188" /></a>Long-Term Effects of ADHD Medication</strong></h1>
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<p>Oftentimes when a child is diagnosed with ADHD doctors and parents alike are quick to prescribe  medication as a treatment. This is largely due to the fact that the effectiveness and safety of these medications are espoused by mental health professionals. Furthermore, medication is an easier and less time-consuming treatment than behavioral therapy or other forms of treatment for ADHD. However, as most parents who are making the treatment decisions for their children have not had the opportunity to attend <a href="http://www.onlinephdprograms.net/">Ph.D. programs</a><strong> </strong>in medicine, they<strong> </strong>are typically not versed enough in health care to know that there has been controversy about the long-term effects of ADHD medicine.</p>
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<h2>Most Common ADHD Medication</h2>
<p>The most common ADHD medications children are prescribed are stimulant drugs, like Ritalin. Unfortunately, there are <a href="http://helpguide.org/mental/adhd_medications.htm">many different possible side effects</a> that accompany ADHD stimulant medications, such as appetite suppression and erratic eating patterns, growth suppression, irritability when the medication is wearing off, headaches, stomach aches and facial tics. However for the most part ADHD medications are relatively safe; and if someone taking the drug does experience side effects from it, the dosage can be lowered or they can be prescribed a non-stimulant alternative.</p>
<p>It is generally agreed that ADHD drugs may help control symptoms and behavioral problems of some children with ADHD on a short-term basis. However as Eric J. Marsh and Russell A. Barkley point out in their book “Treatment of Childhood Disorders,” the long-term prognosis of individuals with ADHD who are treating their illness with medication is less clear. Similarly, it is also unknown what effect, if any, taking ADHD medications for extended period of time will have on a person&#8217;s health. What <em>is</em> known is that many patients eventually stop taking their medication after months or years of treatment. This could be due to unwanted side effects or the feeling that the medication is no longer helping to improve focus.</p>
<h3>Ambiguous Nature of Long-term Effectiveness of ADHD Medication</h3>
<p>Despite the seemingly ambiguous nature of the long-term effectiveness of ADHD medication, some mental health professionals argue that, on average, individuals receiving pharmaceutical treatment for ADHD do better than those without it. Yet there is one caveat: not all individuals respond to the ADHD medication that they are prescribed, and those who are <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/expert.q.a/01/19/adhd.appetite.raison/index.html">good responders early on have a better long-term prognosis</a> than those that have a hard time finding a medication that works for them.</p>
<p>Other mental health professionals question that point of view. <a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/on-parenting/2009/03/27/adhd-drugs-dont-help-children-long-term">A 2009 study</a> showed that although ADHD medications were helping children with ADHD a year after therapy had begun, these same children were no different than the control group after eight years. Thus, the results of this study bring into question whether ADHD medications help on a long-term basis at all.</p>
<p>However one of the alternatives ADHD medication that has been proven to benefit children  on a long term basis is behavioral therapy. Likewise, certain lifestyle changes, such as eating a healthy diet low in sugar and processed foods, getting enough sleep and exercising can also have a positive effect on ADHD symptoms.</p>
<p>Clearly it is very big decision to start a pharmaceutical regiment to treat a child&#8217;s ADHD. As such it is important for parents to keep in mind that ADHD medication is not a cure for ADHD and it may not even be effective in some individuals, whether they take it on a short- or long-term basis. While ADHD medication does help control ADHD symptoms in some patients and improve disruptive behavior and lack of focus in school, it is certainly not the only treatment option and others, such as behavioral therapy, may be worth exploring.</p>
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<h3>Bonnie Terry&#8217;s Additional Comments on ADHD Medication&#8230;</h3>
<p>Remember, sometimes children as well as adults that have been diagnosed with ADHD also have other learning issues that can be magnify their ADHD. These are learning problems related to auditory, visual, and tactile/kinesthetic processing. There are 9 different areas of vision, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic processing that affect learning. Often when you address these processing areas the ADHD isn&#8217;t as problematic as it was to begin with. Again, you want to check out all avenues to make learning easier for your child. You don&#8217;t want to leave a stone unturned. Your child is priceless. To find out if there are other root causes interfering with your child&#8217;s learning, see our <a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/dyslexia/">Learning Disability Screening Tool</a> or give Bonnie Terry, M. Ed.,BCET a call for a 30 minute complimentary consultation (530) 888-7160.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is It ADD or ADHD? Attention Deficit Disorder The term ADD attention deficit disorder is a common one today as is ADHD. In fact it is so common because the incidence of attention deficit disorder in 2007 of 4 year- old&#8217;s to 17 year-old&#8217;s was 9.5%. That is almost 1 out of every 10 in<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/06/is-it-add-or-adhd-attention-deficit-disorder/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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<p>The term ADD attention deficit disorder is a common one today as is ADHD. In fact it is so common because the incidence of attention deficit disorder in 2007 of 4 year- old&#8217;s to 17 year-old&#8217;s was 9.5%. That is almost 1 out of every 10 in a classroom.</p>
<p>As an adult it is rare that I am out socializing and another adult refers to their own ADD. This happens at the park, coffee shop, even on cruises.The actual term ADD is now considered the &#8220;old&#8221; term for Attention Deficit Disorder. It was generally used for those of us who have ADHD without the hyper activity component. ADHD was ADD with the hyper-activity. Nowadays the &#8216;proper term&#8217; is ADHD with the specifics added. Remember, there are a variety of specific types of attention deficit problems. Each child will deal with the problems slightly differently because each child is unique.</p>
<h2><a title=" ADHD" rel="attachment wp-att-2552" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/06/is-it-add-or-adhd-attention-deficit-disorder/adhd-4/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2552" style="margin: 5px 12px;" title="ADHD" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ADHD3-300x198.png" alt="" width="215" height="198" /></a>The DSMIV Identifies and Defines ADHD</h2>
<p>The DSM IV combined ADD and ADHD into one disorder with multiple parts. So now the proper terms are:</p>
<p>ADHD-HI (primarily hyperactive impulsive)<br />
ADHD-I (primarily inattentive)<br />
ADHD-C (combined)<br />
ADHD-NOS (not otherwise specified) It is rare to be diagnosed with this type.</p>
<h3>What Is Combined Type Attention Deficit Disorder?</h3>
<p>A combined type of attention deficit disorder is someone who has all the diagnostic criteria for both the HI type and the I type.</p>
<p>The diagnostic criteria for HI type are very different than for I type. You can find the diagnostic criteria for each type by simply doing a google search for DSM IV and ADHD.</p>
<h3>Important Points to Remember About ADHD</h3>
<ul>
<li>Attention Deficit Disorder has been recognized as a disorder for over 150 years.</li>
<li>ADHD has gone through over 50 name changes in those 150 years, some of those names were pretty nasty.</li>
<li>It is likely that there will be more tweaking of the diagnosis when the next revised addition of the DSM IV comes out.</li>
<li>This is due to the debate about the difference in people who are inattentive versus hyperactive.</li>
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<h3>Here are 9 of 18 common symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder</h3>
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<li>Not following through with instructions.</li>
<li>Not paying attention appropriately to what they need to attend to.</li>
<li>Seeming not to listen.</li>
<li>Being disorganized.</li>
<li>Having poor handwriting.</li>
<li>Missing details.</li>
<li>Appearing to be easily distracted.</li>
<li>Appearing fidgety.</li>
<li>Being verbally impulsive.</li>
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<p>For more information on the common symptoms:</p>
<p><strong>Common Symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder </strong></p>
<h3>Diagnosis of Attention Deficit or Is It a Learning Problem or Is It Both?<strong><br />
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<p>One other important point that has to be made is that a diagnosis of attention deficit disorder is not the &#8216;end of the world.&#8217; In fact, there are many successful business persons with attention deficit disorder, so your child does have a lot going for them. In fact, there is much you can do at home to help your child. Additionally, there are often other issues that may compound the difficulties of attention deficit such as problems in one or more areas of visual, auditory, or tactile/kinesthetic processing. And, sometimes a child is misdiagnosed due to problems in so many areas of perception. when one are is overwhelmed, it shuts down. This &#8216;shutting down&#8217; can be mistaken for inattention. <a title="ADHD Identify dyslexia or learning disabilities" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/dyslexia/">Identifying and addressing</a> the underlying causes of any of those problems will make coping with any of the types of attention deficit easier. <strong> </strong></p>
<h3>Family Activities to Improve Learning Skills</h3>
<p>Other things you can do to help your child is to incorporate learning games into their learning. This is because when your child is playing a learning game it is appropriate to move around while they are learning. They are also learning skills of getting along with others, cooperating with others while playing. Some great games that are very successful with ADHD children that teach learning skills at the same time are <a title="ADHD Learning Game The Sentence Zone" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-sentence-zone">The Sentence Zone</a>, <a title="ADHD Reading comprehension game" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-comprehension-zone">The Comprehension Zone</a>, and <a title="ADHD Math Game The Math Zone" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-math-zone">The Math Zone</a>.<strong><br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer has hit…Steps to take to Improve Learning Skills Over the Summer &#160; Here is a practical ‘down and dirty’ Action plan to Improve Learning Skills 1. Decompress, take a breather for a few days. Few is the key word here – take a few days to decompress and then you are re-invigorated to get<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/06/summer-has-hit-steps-to-take-to-improve-learning-skills-over-the-summer/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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<h2>Here is a practical ‘down and dirty’ Action plan to Improve Learning Skills</h2>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-2684" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/06/summer-has-hit-steps-to-take-to-improve-learning-skills-over-the-summer/sent-zone-cimerolli-family-4-2/"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2684" style="margin: 5px 12px;" title="Educational Games The Sentence Zone" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Sent-Zone-cimerolli-family-41-300x222.png" alt="" width="300" height="222" /></a>1. Decompress, take a breather for a few days. Few is the key word here – take a few days to decompress and then you are re-invigorated to get going.</p>
<p>2. Go through your papers and books that you used this past school year. What areas were easy, what areas were hard?</p>
<p>3.  After sorting out the easy and hard, let’s start addressing the hard areas, the areas that were more difficult for you. There is an underlying root cause of the learning struggles. You may want to go through our informal comprehensive screening tool to identify the underlying causes of your child’s learning problems to see exactly why they have a hard time with reading, writing, spelling, study skills, or math.</p>
<p>4. Develop an action plan to address the root causes of your child’s struggles that will push them forward so that when school starts in the fall they will be ready. Remember, if your child struggles with learning or just takes too long to do their homework, there is a reason for it. Once you identify the underlying root cause of their learning struggle and address it, the &#8216;magic&#8217; happens. Learning becomes easy.</p>
<p>5.  Your action plan should be simple, just take about 20 minutes a day so you actually do implement it. There is nothing worse than developing a plan of action to work on your child&#8217;s learning skills but then get overwhelmed by it. No one does well in a state of overwhelm. In fact, most often almost nothing gets accomplished when you are in a state of overwhelm. So, keep your plan simple but effective. This is one plan that has been extremely effective over the years for me.</p>
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<li>Put your summer learning skills plan into action – 20 minutes a day</li>
<li>Day One: improving<a title="Improve Learning Skills: Reading Fluency" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/five-minutes-to-better-reading-skills"> reading fluency</a> in 5 minutes, improving <a title="Improve Learning Skills: Spelling" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/reading/">spelling </a>in 15 minutes</li>
<li>Day Two: fluency in 5 minutes, reading a selection 5 minutes, <a title="Improve Learning Skills: Graphic Organizers for Note taking" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/study-skills/">note taking </a>in 10 minutes.</li>
<li>Rotate activities every other day.</li>
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<p>6.  Play learning games to improve learning skills &#8230; have a game day or game night each week and <a title="Improve Learning Skills Play learning games reading comprehension" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/products/the-comprehension-zone">play learning games</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bonnieterry.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/grammar-game-makes-english-easy-whether-you-have-dyslexia-or-are-gifted/">See the improve learning skills games in action.</a></p>
<h3>Improve Learning Skills: Summer organizational tips…</h3>
<p>1.	Store the best samples of your child&#8217;s work. I keep one box per child.</p>
<p>2.	Then, just start throwing other things away.</p>
<p>3.	Store what you want to save for use another year, and then make a pile of items that you can give away or sell.</p>
<p>4.	Getting rid of all of the &#8220;stuff&#8221; just sitting around will help to eliminate visual clutter and may reveal some learning items that you had totally forgotten!</p>
<p>5.	You CAN do it. Don&#8217;t keep putting it off. Even if you can&#8217;t get it all done in one day, you can still make some progress. It&#8217;s going to be worth it! And, you’ll have greater focus so you can improve learning skills in 20 minutes a day.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer Learning Activities to Improve Learning Skills Today &#160; Summer Vacation has just started and as you know, it is the perfect time to give your child a boost in their learning skills, but you still want to have fun… Join Bonnie Terry, the nation&#8217;s learning expert, and find out what you can do in<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/05/schools-out-but-learning-never-stops-summer-learning-activities-to-improve-learning-skills/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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<span> </span>Summer Vacation has just started and as you know, it is the  perfect time to give your child a boost in their learning skills, but  you still want to have fun…<br />
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Join Bonnie Terry, the nation&#8217;s learning expert, and find out what you can do in just 20  minutes a day to boost your child’s reading, writing, and math skills  and have fun at the same time. Some of the activities can be done in as little as 5 minutes and you still improve learning skills! Plus there is a surprise family bonus for being on the call, and trust me, you don&#8217;t want to miss out on it! <strong>You will learn what you can do in the next 24 hours that will improve learning skills.</strong><br />
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<h2>Improve Learning Skills Webinar</h2>
<p>Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET is hosting a <span style="color: #ff0000;">FREE Live Webinar</span> to help you improve your child&#8217;s learning skills on:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Wednesday June 8th<br />
8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central, 6 pm Mountain, and 5 pm Pacific.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><script src="http://forms.aweber.com/form/01/213716101.js" type="text/javascript"></script> Upon  registering you will receive a <span style="color: #ff0000;">FREE Handbook</span> on the easy steps you can take  to improve your child&#8217;s learning skills over the summer and still have fun even if they have a learning  problem, LD, dyslexia, ADHD, or are gifted and take too long to do their homework. The activities and steps are for all age students  &#8211; kindergarten through adults. <span> </span></p>
<h3>FREE Surprise Gift to Improve Learning Skills While Having Fun</h3>
<p><span> </span> Those that attend the Live Webinar will also receive a <span style="color: #000000;">surprise  FREE gift.</span> And, of course, if you can’t make it live on the call, you  will get access to the recording!  Join T<em>he Nation&#8217;s Learning Expert</em> Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET  Wednesday June 8th Webinar  8 pm Eastern, 7 pm Central, 6 pm Mountain, and 5 pm Pacific.  <span style="color: #ff0000;">Space is limited.</span> You can attend via phone, skype, or the internet!  Reserve your space for the Webinar now at:  <script src="http://forms.aweber.com/form/01/213716101.js" type="text/javascript"></script> Title: What Schools Don&#8217;t Tell You: How to Help Your Child Learn With Ease and Still Have Fun!   Time: Wednesday, June 8th  at 5pm Pacific, 6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central, 8 pm Eastern.   Listening method: Phone, Skype, + Web Simulcast   Learn About:</p>
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<li>6 Steps to Successful Learning&#8230;and make a difference in the next 24 hours</li>
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<li><em> The Traditional Learning Model </em>that schools use <em>vs the TRUE Learning Model</em></li>
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<li> Activities to do at home to improve your child&#8217;s learning in the next 24 hours</li>
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<li> How to Awaken the Scholar Within Your Child</li>
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<p>To register, enter in your name and email:  <script src="http://forms.aweber.com/form/01/213716101.js" type="text/javascript"></script></p>
<p>Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET</p>
<p>Bonnie Terry, <em>the nation&#8217;s learning expert,</em> has been teaching for over 37 years and has created numerous books, games, and guides to help students reach their full potential. She specializes in helping parents and teachers identify and address learning problems. Bonnie is also  a contributing author to numerous educational journals and magazines. Bonnie, mom to 3, was a girl scout leader for 10 years, a cub scout leader and assistant cub master for 8 years, and boy scout troop committee chairman for 5 years.<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com"> http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com</a></p>
<p><strong>You CAN improve your child&#8217;s learning skills and still have fun</strong>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Improve Your Child&#8217;s Learning Skills Over the Summer Even though the school year is winding down, as a parent you are thinking about how to improve your child&#8217;s learning skills. You know learning shouldn’t end with the end of school. Learning is something that continues throughout life. I know your children don’t want to hear<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/05/6-steps-to-take-to-improve-your-child%e2%80%99s-learning-skills-over-the-summer/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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<h1>Over the Summer</h1>
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<a rel="attachment wp-att-2352" href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/05/6-steps-to-take-to-improve-your-child%e2%80%99s-learning-skills-over-the-summer/school-stops-for-summer-2/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2352" title="Learning Skills" src="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/School-stops-for-Summer-2.png" alt="" width="265" height="264" /></a>Even though the school year is winding down, as a parent you are thinking about how to improve your child&#8217;s learning skills. You know learning shouldn’t end with the end of school. Learning is something that continues throughout life. I know your children don’t want to hear that, but you know that is the reality. You have the opportunity to improve your learning skills throughout life.</p>
<p>My children were always excited when summer vacation started, but within a few days they were bored. I wanted to be sure that my children had fun, but also keep their learning skills up or even improve them over the summer. I found that if I set up a daily/weekly routine they actually improved their learning skills and blossomed.</p>
<h2>There are 6 Steps to Take to Improve Your Child’s Learning Skills Over the Summer</h2>
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<h3>Improve Learning Skills by a Trip to the Book Store or Library<span> </span></h3>
<p>The day or day after your child gets out of school take a trip to your local library and check out a minimum of three books for each of   your children. When you check out three books they seem interested in, they will typically read at least one of them. You know as well as I do that when you bring a book home it isn’t always as good as you think it might be. So, with three to choose from you will have at least one that your child will read.</p>
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<h3>Improve Learning Skills by Setting Up a Daily Routine. Do this with your child’s input. <span> </span></h3>
<p>Every morning after breakfast spend 15 minutes either reading or doing some math &#8211; get a reading &amp; math workbook from Longs, Kmart, or Target. If they are behind in their reading skills, get workbooks that are from their current reading level, you want them to be stretched but not overwhelmed. Review the schedule once a week to be sure the schedule is working for you.</li>
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<h3>Improve Learning Skills with Reading Fluency Practice</h3>
<p><span> </span>Fluency training is one of the most ignored reading skills and the easiest one for parents to do with their kids. Time involved is just 5 minutes per day, and you make great improvement even if you only do it twice a week. An easy program for this is <a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/reading/"><em>Five Minutes to Better Reading Skills.</em></a></li>
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<h3>Improve Learning Skills with a Weekly Field Trip</h3>
<p><span> </span>Good readers are people who know a bit about everything, so they have prior knowledge to connect to when they are reading. So, go on a weekly field trip, providing rich experiences for your kids. These trips can even be just a walk around the block or a trip to the grocery store, park, or mall.  <span><br />
</span>The important thing to do after the trip is to take notes or write a summary of what you did. You can do this easily with Ten Minutes to Better Study Skills. Then, keep all of your notes or summaries in a notebook – the summer family trip notebook.</li>
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<h3>Improve Learning Skills by Reading a Book Together as a Family.</h3>
<p><span> </span> Pick out funny books or mysteries and take turns reading. This can be done every night or just once or twice a week.</li>
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<h3>Improve Learning Skills by Playing Games With Your Child.</h3>
<p><span> </span> Have a game day or game night once a week.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/writing/"><em>The Sentence Zone Game</em></a> (English Grammar)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/reading/"><em>The Comprehension Zone</em></a> (Reading Comprehension Game)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/categories/math/"><em>The Math Zone</em></a> (Math Calculation practice Game)</li>
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<h3>Improve Learning Skills with Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET…</h3>
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Bonnie has been teaching for over 35 years and has created numerous books, games, and</span></p>
<p>guides to help students reach their full potential. She specializes in helping parents and</p>
<p>teachers identify and address learning problems. Bonnie is know as the <em>nation&#8217;s learning expert</em></p>
<p>as well as a contributing author to numerous educational journals and magazines including:</p>
<p>The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Homeschooling Parent, Parent&#8217;s Monthly, and The LINK</p>
<p>Newspaper, CEC Today, Education Update, and LDA-CA. Bonnie, mom to 3, was a girl</p>
<p>scout leader for 10 years, a cub scout leader and assistant cub master for 8 years, and</p>
<p>boy scout troop committee chairman for 5 years.<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com"> http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com</a></p>
<h2>Stay tuned for more information on summer activities&#8230;</h2>
<p>Bonnie is doing a <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">FREE webinar </span></strong>on Wed June 8th</p>
<p>where she will show you specific steps to<strong> improve</strong></p>
<p><strong>your child&#8217;s learning skills and still have fun</strong>.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask Experts Questions Today &#160; Can you ask experts questions today because you have an expert handy? Or, do you even know who to ask your questions of? Are you losing sleep because you don&#8217;t know what to do to help yourself or your child? Do you have questions about parenting, learning, adhd, autism, or<a href="http://www.bonnieterrylearning.com/2011/05/ask-experts-your-questions-today/">Read More</a>]]></description>
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<p>Can you ask experts questions today because you have an expert handy? Or, do you even know who to ask your questions of? Are you losing sleep because you don&#8217;t know what to do to help yourself or your child? Do you have questions about parenting, learning, adhd, autism, or reading? What about those questions about  bullying, how to finish college, summer camps, learning or more? You can now ask experts questions using the complimentary service. You can now get education advice from reliable sources.</p>
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<h2>Ask Experts Questions Now:</h2>
<h2>16 Experts in 14 categories that you can rely on to give you the answers you need.</h2>
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<p>1.      The Nations Learning Expert: Learning Disabilities and Reading, Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET</p>
<p>2.      ADHD physicians Frank Barnhill, M.D. and Stephen Guffanti, M.D.</p>
<p>3.      Brain Health, Thyroid and Memory expert Richard Shames, M.D.</p>
<p>4.      Vision and Learning expert Kristy Remick, O.D., FCOVD</p>
<p>5.      Bullying expert Kathy Seifert, Ph.D.</p>
<p>6.      Finish College expert Marcia Cantarella, Ph.D.</p>
<p>7.      Phonics and Reading expert Alan Scalone</p>
<p>8.      Speed Reading expert Abby Marks Beale</p>
<p>9.      Music and The Brain expert Jay Oliver</p>
<p>10.  Accelerated Learning expert Colin Rose</p>
<p>11.  Autism experts Eric Chessen and Joel Manzer</p>
<p>12.  Homeschool expert, Rebecca Kochenderfer</p>
<p>13.  Algebra expert Henry Borenson, Ed.D.</p>
<p>14.  Learning styles and strategies expert, Pat Wyman.</p>
<p>Remember, this is a free service and any time, you can ask experts questions.</p>
<h3>Ask Experts Questions About:</h3>
<p>How to help your child improve their skills?</p>
<p>How to access services within the school system?</p>
<p>What kind of accommodations can your child have?</p>
<p>You can now ask experts your questions using the complimentary service at <a href="http://www.howtolearn.com/experts">HowToLearn.com</a>.</p>
<p>Read more about it at <a href="http://finance.paidcontent.org/about/news/read?GUID=18497919">About.com</a>.  So, please pass the word along to anyone you think might have a question that needs to be answered by an expert.</p>
<p>And, ask experts questions today.</p>
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