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Do you know that playing a musical instrument is the only thing we do that exercises the entire brain at once? When a child learns to play a musical instrument, the entire brain exercises. Music involves the left, right, front and back portions of the brain making music the most powerful brain-building activity. 

Children involved in music are better at reading, writing, math, language arts, spelling, vocabulary, and memorization because music builds the three areas of the brain necessary for learning: auditory cortex, visual/spatial cortex and motor cortex. 

Follow Sharlene Habermeyer, the author of Good Music Brighter Children, to learn more about how music supports these areas of the brain and increases learning. Click here to buy her book. 

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Episode 44.  My child is struggling in school; how can I help?

Diane Kirby has been in education for almost 26 years; 18 of which has focused on special education. She talks with us today about IEPs, testing, and how to help your child be successful in the classroom.

E-mail: iepfixer@gmail.com

Resources:

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html

https://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/index.shtml

http://vafamilysped.org/

http://vafamilysped.org/Resource/JWHaEa5BS75ZgwwtZ1TvXA/Resource-virtual-social-emotional-resources—families-april-2020?fbclid=IwAR2IszHiODPWhgTS8TSaNDmUdzqdJ_I-ZeQYnIn7NIlTeKa1fjfLt7qG5zg

Chunking

In cognitive psychology, chunking is a process by which individual pieces of an information set are broken down and then grouped together in a meaningful whole

https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/chunking

https://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/thinking/chunking/chunking-as-a-learning-strategy/

Assessments

https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-school-evaluation-iep-testing/

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