Author: Patricia Dokter Ritsema

You finally got your child tested for his or her serious learning problems, which proved to be a specific learning disability. You were relieved to know help was on the way. After the diagnosis…after it settles in, you think, “This is lifelong…the challenge of parenting a child with LD or ADHD!’ When the challenge may… Continue reading Does Jesus Care? by Guest Author Myrna Easom →

"A goal of education is to assist growth toward greater complexity and integration and to assist in the process of self-organization - to modify individuals capacity to modify themselves." -Reuven Feuerstein #NILD #learningdisabilities #educationaltherapy

Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to love its vulnerability, asking for care, attention, guidance, and support. Life and death are connected by vulnerability. The newborn child and the dying elder both remind us of the preciousness… Continue reading Life is Precious →

Are you a Helicopter Parent? Are you a Hummingbird parent? Are you a snowplow parent? Are you a Free Range Parent? Even though children do not come with a Manual, styles of parenting seem to emerge in the social and academic world of parenting. Have you reflected on your parenting style? The Helicopter parent is… Continue reading What Kind of Parent are You? →

Have you heard of the five love languages by Gary Smalley? His theory is that each of us give and receive love in different ways. The languages are: words of affirmation acts of service receiving gifts quality time physical touch Most of us experience love through all of these languages; but often one or two… Continue reading Five Love Languages? →

It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. When you watch children playing, notice how totally involved they are in what they’re doing, how they run everywhere they go. Notice how they are oblivious to future problems almost as if they have given themselves permission to be free and they show it by becoming… Continue reading The Child Within →

Desiderata, means something needed or wanted. Read the poem below and ponder your thoughts! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the… Continue reading Desiderata →