Tackling the Writing Process with UPOWER

Many students struggle with contextual writing and the writing process as a whole. At Language & Learning, we use an acronym called UPOWER to help students tackle the writing process strategically. U: Use the Prompt Many students have trouble understanding and...

Why is writing so difficult for my child?

Writing may be particularly troublesome for students with language difficulties for a number of reasons, including its demands on spelling, sentence formulation, working memory, word retrieval, language organization, and linguistic executive functioning skills. At...

Therapy Tool Spotlight: Grammarly

This cloud-based software is a favorite of mine for students who struggle with any number of aspects of written language. It is a particularly useful tool for students who struggle with expressive language formulation and syntax, word retrieval, vocabulary, encoding...