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Has my child got a problem or are they just being naughty?I get asked this question quite often.

There are some simple tests you can run on your child to work out if there is a learning difficulty and it won't cost you anything to run them! Yes that's right ! Free tests for learning difficulties!

Here are the five things you need to check out...

All over the country parents are bracing themselves for the 3 o clock war. Kids come home tired after the day at school and it takes a lot to convince them that homework should be done...and pronto. Smart parents turn the tables on the children and set up some simple habits that make homework a breeze.

Firstly, homework doesn't have to be done the minute you get in the door! A drink of water, a snack and a play for an hour does wonders to recharge batteries. It convinces them that are truly on their side and so half the battle is over.

Secondly, homework doesn't have to be done in one hit. Valuable time management skills are learnt when you teach them to look at each separate task and estimate the time it takes...

Isn’t it crazy? The holidays are already over and the togs must give way to the uniform. It takes a bit of time to ease back into the routine and there are ways to make it easier. Get started now to avoid the homework wars. Better than that set up some work/study habits that will last your child a lifetime!

This time of year is a great time to build a sense of anticipation and excitement by doing an extreme makeover on their place of study. Whether it is a full paint, carpet and furniture project or a simple rearrangement and refresh of supplies, it can help cut out the friction that creates distress over homework time of day.

So today let’s explore the venue that might be required and over the next few days we will fill on the gaps!

With one week of the holidays left the best thing you could do today is to encourage your child to go out and skateboard…or swim or bike…

What many people don’t know is that coordination and being able to control your body and muscles are important to reading and writing. If your brain is having trouble coordinating your arm, fingers and pen, or working out how to keep our head and body still so it can focus the eye muscles then reading, writing and comprehending are going to be a real complication.

There are lots of exercises and professional help you can get in this area, but giving your child timeout in the fresh air to work on their gross and fine motor skills is free! Here are some to get you started.

In society there is a dangerous belief that a gifted child won't have any learning issues. Also that a child with learning problems cannot be gifted!

However nothing could be further from the truth. In fact I would go so far as to say that some of the children I have worked with for learning difficulties are actually some of the most intelligent people I have met. They have the most amazing strategies for coping in the classroom. Many of them go undiagnosed for years because they are so good at hiding their difficulties!

Dyslexia. It's a word that is bandied about a lot these days along with ADHD, auditory processing disorder, illiteracy....

Sometimes it can feel like reading a medical manual. When you get to the end you feel like you have all the symptoms! In terms of your child and their difficulties, it can be difficult to figure out what is a symptom and what is not.

So let's go through a few conditions, we'll look at what they are, and some of the symptoms they can present. Please note your child might not present all the symptoms, and yet still have the condition. On the other hand, they may exhibit very few! This article is not a fail proof diagnosis, so please make sure that you consult a professional if you suspect any of these conditions.