Parent and child prepare for back to school

Help Your Neurodivergent Child Prepare for the New School Year

For some children, the transition back to school is seamless. They look forward to the excitement of reconnecting with friends, meeting their teachers, and starting new after school activities. Yet for other students, especially those who are neurodivergent, the transition back to school can be challenging. Help your neurodivergent child start the new school year strong with the ideas detailed below.

Student tracing consonant-vowel words in Flags & Stars workbook with colored sand tray; Tutor guiding child through vowel-digraph word list using multisensory tiles

Orton Gillingham Workbooks

Orton Gillingham workbooks can help your child tremendously by providing them with extra practice for improving their reading and spelling skills. While Orton Gillingham tutoring that is tailored to your child’s needs is most effective, extra practice with these Orton Gillingham workbooks can only help them further improve their skills.

Child measuring ingredients for baking to learn fractions and strengthen math skills

Tips for Helping Your Child Develop Stronger Math Skills by Dr. Emily Levy, Founder & Director, EBL Coaching

Math plays a key role in many aspects of our lives. It is important not just for success in school, but also for everyday skills, like shopping, eating at a restaurant, buying groceries, and cooking. Math also builds upon itself, so without solid foundational skills, it can become increasingly challenging for students to excel in math as they progress through school. Help your child develop stronger math skills with the ideas detailed below.

Visual schedule poster with checkboxes to support executive functioning in children

Help Your Child Develop Stronger Executive Functioning Skills

As students move through school, the executive functioning demands increase rapidly. Their school work will typically require stronger executive functioning skills, including planning, organization, task initiation, time management and other related skill areas. Without well-developed executive functioning skills, students may have difficulty excelling in school. Help your child develop stronger executive functioning skills with the ideas detailed below.