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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no need to routinely drill your child, workbook your child, flashcard them, or "fill in the gaps" with a child who is doing well in school.  I also see this attitude on DCUM and it mystifies me and speaks to parents' anxieties and helicoptering more than to any production of advantages for their children.[/quote]

Plus a million.

You don't need to do workbooks or flashcards even when they are doing poorly in school.  Rote memory approaches are not helpful for kids with LDs.

OP, What age is your kid?  If he/she is not actually in school, go stand in the corner for a time out.[/quote]

Minus a million, we found it very helpful in our child starting to catch up.  We supplement at home and do workbooks.  Rote memory works best for our child.[/quote]

But catching up academically is often not the big challenge. Often times catching up socially/fitting in and being comfortable in your own skin is the big challenge and flash cards don't really help with that.[/quote]

They are two separate issues.  Why are you mixing them?  If a child struggles academically, they will also have a hard time fitting in socially as well.  And, they make flash cards for social situations as well as other basics.  Since you have never tried them, you would not know.[/quote]

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