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Articles
Acquiring Motor Mastery
Gross Motor Variation: How Children Sport Their Muscle Abilities
When Fingers Do The Working: Fine Motor and Graphomotor Facility or Futility
Developing Control Over Attention
The Dimension of Attention
From "Attention - Keeping the Mind and Body in Control"
Differences in Learning (General)
Barely a Gleam of Self-Esteem
Demystification: Taking the Mystery Out of Disappointing Mastery
Helping Their Heads to Look Ahead
Making Sense of Adolescents' Ascents
Misunderstood Minds
Schools in Which All Kinds of Minds Can Grow
The Critical Need for Kids to Think Critically
Concept Formation and Problem Solving: Understanding and Managing Two Key Components of Higher Order Cognition
Demystification for Student Success
Distracted Letters
Justified Pride Inside
Learning About Learning
Memories are Made of This: Schools as an Unending Test of Remembering and What to do About It
Parent Perspective: How one parent brought the Schools Attuned Program to her child’s school
The Unsuccessful Adolescent
There's Room For Science in Every Mind
Thoughts on Demystification
Understanding and Enhancing Motivation: Removing Some Myths
When They Can't Get Far in a Foreign Language
‘I Believed This Could Make a Big Impact’
‘We’ve Come So Far, So Fast, To Help Kids’
A Balanced Summer
A Call to Action!
A Letter from Mark Grayson, CEO of All Kinds of Minds
A Third Grade Teacher's Journal
A Unique Approach
All Kinds Of Minds Has Done More Than It Promised
As A District, We've Invested A Lot In This Work
Assessing the Assessment
Back to School
Building on Schools Attuned Webinar Log-In
Changing Kids' Lives
Combining Two Programs Creates Success for Students
Communication: What Can You Expect?
Education Policy Q & A: Federal Mandates
Education Policy Q & A: Teacher Quality
Education Policy Q&A: High Shool Reform
Education Policy Q&A: Research Mandates
Energizing Our Schools
Far-Reaching Dreams That Learning Differences Can't Hold Back
Helping All Kids Who Struggle in School
Is Your Child an Expert?
Key Dates In Our History
Lives Touched
New Years Resolutions 2008
Now If I Want To Read Something, I Can
Optimism Grows in the Bronx
Optimizing Assessments:Ten Tips for Parents
Our Goal Is To Use This In Every Part Of The School
Parent Teacher Communication: Lessons Learned
Parent Tips: Q & A With Dr. Paul Yellin
Poetry and Children
Powerful Pluses
Readiness Tips for Parents
Resiliency and All Kinds of Minds
Share Your Success
Stories of Appreciation
Strengths & Affinities
Student Success in NYC
Student Success Program Scholarships
Success Stories
Supporting Kids with Unique Life Challenges
Teacher Appreciation Notes
Teachers for All Kinds of Minds
Ten Strategies for Finding Tuition Support for the Schools Attuned Program
Ten Tips to Help Ease Your Child Back into Homework
There Are So Many Levels Where We Can Apply This
Understanding All Kinds of Minds Communication Plan
Understanding All Kinds of Minds: A Neurodevelopmental Approach to Assessment
We Can Improve Learning For All Oklahoma Students
Getting Organized & Good Work Habits
The Realization and Utilization of Organization
Identifying the Breakdown Points: Trouble Approaching Tasks Systematically
Getting Thoughts on Paper
Igniting Their Writing: The Struggle to Get Ideas on Paper
Measurement of Written Language Expression
Learning to Relate to Others
What's Seen on the Social Scene
Mastering the Challenges of Reading
The Impeding of Reading
Producing & Communicating Ideas
Educating for Communicating
Supporting Minds
Making a Difference Every Month
Sacred Heart FUNDS-A-NEED
Supporting Minds
Tutor touches lives with Time and Treasure
Thinking with Numbers
The Pathways of Math's Ways
Understanding Ideas
Getting at Getting it: The Quest for Comprehension
Raisin' Brain: Maintaining Homes for All Kinds of Minds

Case Studies
Thinking with Numbers
 Kevin - 10th grade
 Maria - 7th grade
 Shawn - 4th grade
Mastering the Challenges of Reading
 Jerrod - 7th Grade
 Margaret - 10th Grade
 Michael - 3rd Grade
Getting Thoughts on Paper
 Ashley - 4th Grade
 Jeff - 10th Grade
 Simone - 6th Grade
Developing Control Over Attention
 Allen - 11th Grade
 Derrick - 7th Grade
 Kim - 4th Grade
Acquiring Motor Mastery
 Jennifer - 10th Grade
 Joshua - 3rd Grade
 Mark - 3rd Grade
 Matt - 6th Grade
 Raymond - 10th Grade
 Tia - 7th Grade
Understanding Ideas
 Chelsea - 6th Grade
 Elea - 3rd Grade
 Sandra - 10th Grade
Producing & Communicating Ideas
 Colin - 5th Grade
 Lee - 11th Grade
 Veronica - 7th Grade
Getting Organized & Good Work Habits
 Maggie - 8th grade
 Stephen - 9th grade
 Tammy - 4th grade
Learning to Relate to Others
 Chris - 3rd Grade
 Clint - 8th Grade
 Martha - 11th Grade
Differences in Learning (General)
 Aaron - 4th Grade
 Adriana - 3rd Grade
 Ben - 8th Grade
 Brenna - 9th Grade
 Julita - 6th Grade
 Luke - 7th Grade
 Sandra - 10th Grade
 Strategies for Recognizing Strengths and Affinities - All
 Susan - 11th Grade
 Wilma - 8th Grade

LearningBase
Thinking with Numbers
 Learning and Recalling Math Facts
 Learning and Using Math Procedures
 Understanding Math Concepts
 Math Problem Solving: Word Problems and Higher Math
Mastering the Challenges of Reading
 Word Decoding
 Comprehension
 Memory: Short-Term, Active, and Long-Term Memory
 Reading Comprehension/The Attention Components
 Language: Word Decoding and Understanding of Syntax and Semantics
 Higher Order Cognition: Concept Formation Problem Solving Skills
Getting Thoughts on Paper
 Handwriting
 Rules of Writing Mechanics and Written Language
 Generating and Organizing Ideas
 Turning Ideas into Sentences
 Reflecting on Writing
Developing Control Over Attention
 Having Energy to Pay Attention
 Attending To Important Information
 Attending To Planning, Organizing, And Monitoring What You Say Or Do
Acquiring Motor Mastery
 Playing Sports and Using Large Muscles
 Using Fingers To Create and Construct Things
 Writing and Forming Letters
Understanding Ideas
 Attending To Important Information
 Processing Language
 Holding Information in Mind
 Understanding Verbal Concepts
 Understanding Nonverbal Concepts
Producing & Communicating Ideas
 Attending to Work Production
 Accessing Information From Mind
 Communicating Ideas Fluently
 Having Lots of Ideas (Creativity)
Getting Organized & Good Work Habits
 Managing Time and Effort
 Organizing Materials and Work Space
 Study Skills
Learning to Relate to Others
 Utilizing Verbal Abilities to Relate to Others
 Utilizing Non-Verbal Abilities to Relate Others


Video

"Strengthening of Strengths", part of the Developing Minds Video Library
Dr. Levine tells how parents can emphasize students' natural interests.
Strengthening of Strengths
 Video  Transcript

"Attention," part of the Developing Minds Video Library
Dr. Mel Levine talks with two students exhibiting signs of attention disorders and offers possible explanations for their behavior and difficulty concentrating.
Too Much Attention?
 Video  Transcript

"Feelings and Motivation," part of the Developing Minds Video Library
Children who struggle in school need to feel they are discovering how to manage their learning difficulties and others are helping them to better understand how they learn.
Feelings and Motivation
 Video  Transcript

"Getting Organized," part of the Developing Minds Video Library
Dr. Levine offers teachers and parents helpful advice when assisting students with organization.
Getting Organized
 Video  Transcript

"Getting Thoughts on Paper," part of the Developing Minds Video Library
When writing requires conscious physical effort, it can be difficult to simultaneously remember grammar and spelling rules and keep up with classroom note-taking. Two students and a teacher talk to Dr. Mel Levine about their experiences.
Making Writing Automatic
 Video  Transcript

"Looking Ahead," a clip from a Schools Attuned Program Introduction Video
Adolescents' abilities to plan, review options, control production rates, self regulate, and make use of previous experiences are affected by frontal lobe development in their brains.
Looking Ahead
 Video  Transcript

"Mastering the Challenge of Reading," part of the Developing Minds Video Library
A seventh grader can't answer a reading-based question in class. He and Dr. Mel Levine discuss how hard it is to remember what you don't understand.
Remembering What Is Read
 Video  Transcript

"Thinking with Numbers," part of the Developing Minds Video Library
Success in math relies, in part, on the retrieval of memorized facts and the ability to remember the procedural steps required to solve a problem. A fourth-grade boy and a third-grade girl share their problems with Dr. Mel Levine.
Mathematics and Memory
 Video  Transcript

Critical Thinking
Dr. Levine describes critical thinking in this video clip from the Developing Minds multimedia library.
Encouraging Critical Thinking
 Video  Transcript

Dimension of Attention
Dr. Mel Levine asks us to consider the different controls of attention and the impact of attention on all academic pursuits.
Dimension of Attention
 Video  Transcript

Dr. Levine Presents "Understanding All Kinds of Minds"
It's possible to think of the human brain as a kind of orchestra in the sense that there are a lot of different instruments playing a lot of different roles and that these desperately need to be coordinated. That orchestra with all of its different players is incredibly complex.
The Brain as an Orchestra
 Video  Transcript
Living with Our Neurodevelopmental Profiles
 Video  Transcript
Emphasizing How Not Why
 Video  Transcript
Enabling Without Labeling
 Video  Transcript

N.C. State Legislature and Educational Leaders Get a Lesson in Learning Differences from Dr. Mel Levine
Success is like a vitamin. You need success to continue to grow.
How To Nurture Success In All Children
 Video  Transcript
Students As Innocent Victims Of Their Own Wiring
 Video  Transcript
How To Understand Difficulties That Are Not Well Understood
 Video  Transcript

Ready Or Not, Here Life Comes
On the book tour for Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, Dr. Levine talks to audiences about the phenomenon of work-life unreadiness.
Work-life Unready Adults Having Trouble Commiting
 Video  Transcript
Two Basic Manifestations of Work-Life Unreadiness
 Video  Transcript
Puzzles That Different Kinds of Minds Present to Us
 Video  Transcript

Realization of Organization
Dr. Mel Levine talks about spatial organization and the difficulties of managing materials.
Realization of Organization
 Video  Transcript

Student Output: Producing and Communicating Ideas
Dr. Levine discusses student output in the video clip from the Developing Minds multimedia library.
Understanding Student Output
 Video  Transcript
Summarizing and Resynthesizing
 Audio  Transcript

What is Social Cognition?
Dr. Levine describes social cognition in this video clip from the Developing Minds multimedia library.
Social Cognition
 Video  Transcript



Audio

Learning Ability: The Critical Functions and the Agonizing Dysfunctions
Dr. Mel Levine introduces the Reaching Mind series and discusses differences in learning.
Different Kinds of Differences
 Audio  Transcript
The Misunderstood Child
 Audio  Transcript
Uncovering the Formula for Success
 Audio  Transcript

Helping Teenagers with Learning Problems Uncover, Discover, or Recover Their Strengths
Dr. Mel Levine and Mr. Rick Lavoie talk about unique challenges adolescents face navigating through school.
Emphasizing Strengths
 Audio  Transcript
Finding a Specialty
 Audio  Transcript
Seeking Success
 Audio  Transcript

"Sorry, This Seat is Saved": Social Failure and Rejection in Childhood
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Stephen Asher discuss issues related to students' successes and struggles with social cognition.
Rejected Children
 Audio  Transcript
Social Goals Kids Pursue
 Audio  Transcript
Teaching Social Skills
 Audio  Transcript

Attention Deficits: Understanding Children With No Locus for Their Focus
Dr. Mel Levine, Dr. Stephen Hooper and Dr. Carl Swartz discuss issues of attention and student performance.
The Need For Specificity
 Audio  Transcript
Attention and Language
 Audio  Transcript
Pinpointing the Breakdown Points
 Audio  Transcript

Dispelling Mis-spelling Myths
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Louisa Moats discuss the difficulties students have learning to spell.
What We can Learn from Spelling
 Audio  Transcript
Attention and Spelling
 Audio  Transcript
Reading Well and Spelling Poorly
 Audio  Transcript

Emanations from the Examination of Examinations
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Monty Neill talk about testing in public schools and the unfairness of some traditional evaluation methods.
Slowing Down The Test
 Audio  Transcript
Solving The Test
 Audio  Transcript
Multiple Choice Tests
 Audio  Transcript

Family Talk
Dr. Levine and Dr. Mike Riera of Family Talk on Icicle Networks discuss Dr. Levine's philosophies and misunderstood students who are struggling in school.
Family Talk - Part 1
 Audio  Transcript
Family Talk - Part 2
 Audio  Transcript

Images of Learning from the Inside Out
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. George Hynd discuss neuroimaging, what we're learning about the brain and mind, and the implications for learning.
Classroom Implications
 Audio  Transcript
Studying the Differences
 Audio  Transcript
Future Contributions of Neuroimaging
 Audio  Transcript

Language and the Gleaning of Meaning
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Paula Menyuk describe language development difficulties as they affect education.
Language and memory
 Audio  Transcript
Is it language or attention?
 Audio  Transcript
Language in high school
 Audio  Transcript

Leading Young Creators and Creating Young Leaders
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Howard Gardner discuss leadership, creativity, and multiple intelligences.
Creativity in Schools
 Audio  Transcript
Changing Intelligences
 Audio  Transcript
Becoming a Successful Adult
 Audio  Transcript

Like Parent - Like Child: The Genetic Side of Differences in Learning
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Bruce Pennington discuss the extent to which learning problems have a family influence.
The Impact of Genetic Research
 Audio  Transcript
Family Reading Problems
 Audio  Transcript
Describing the Child and Parent
 Audio  Transcript

Self-esteem: How it is Lost and Found During Childhood
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Bob Brooks describe self-esteem, issues for students with learning differences, and ways to help.
The Competitive Temperament
 Audio  Transcript
Finding the Islands of Competence
 Audio  Transcript
Preventing the Decline of Self-Esteem
 Audio  Transcript

Strategies for Learning Strategically
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Lynn Meltzer discuss helping students use and develop strategies.
Different Strategies for Different Kids
 Audio  Transcript
The Role of Parents in Organization
 Audio  Transcript
Living Strategically
 Audio  Transcript

Student Output: Producing and Communicating Ideas
Dr. Levine discusses student output in the video clip from the Developing Minds multimedia library.
Understanding Student Output
 Video  Transcript
Summarizing and Resynthesizing
 Audio  Transcript

The Fright and the Plight When They're Not Reading Right
Dr. Mel Levine and Ms. Pricilla Vail discuss students' struggles with reading.
Building Comprehension
 Audio  Transcript
Strategies for Phonological Awareness
 Audio  Transcript
Implications for Schools
 Audio  Transcript

The Private and Public Lives of Struggling Children
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Betty Osman explore the lives of students who are disappointing themselves, and perhaps their parents and teachers, because they are not meeting expectations.
Rewarding effort
 Audio  Transcript
Recognizing student's needs
 Audio  Transcript
Parents as talent scouts
 Audio  Transcript

The Reality of Temperamentality
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. William B. Carey explain the ways students’ behavioral styles can impact their learning.
Matching Temperament
 Audio  Transcript
Misunderstood Temperament
 Audio  Transcript
Accommodations
 Audio  Transcript

The Wrath of Math
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Bethany Roditi discuss neurodevelopmental aspects of learning math.
Learning Math Concepts
 Audio  Transcript
All Students Should Be Able To Learn Math
 Audio  Transcript
Forming A Hypothesis
 Audio  Transcript

What is Social Cognition?
Dr. Levine describes social cognition in this audio clip from the Developing Minds multimedia library.
Resiliency
 Audio  Transcript

What We Are Learning About Brains That Aren't Learning
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Reid Lyon discuss how students learn and variations in brain function that impede learning.
The Brain's Orchestra
 Audio  Transcript
It's Never too Late
 Audio  Transcript
Looking for Learning Differences
 Audio  Transcript

When Language Languishes: A Common Source of Childhood Failure
Dr. Mel Levine and Dr. Katherine Butler discuss language as a critical tool for learning and also an outcome of learning.
Understanding Misunderstanding
 Audio  Transcript
Summarizing and Resynthesizing
 Audio  Transcript
Language at Home
 Audio  Transcript

When the Eyes Have It: Visualization's Donations to Learning, Creating, and Succeeding
Dr. Mel Levine and Mr. Tom West explain the ways visualizing information can help students learn.
The Language of Science
 Audio  Transcript
Creating Visual Images
 Audio  Transcript
The Decreasing Role of Visualization
 Audio  Transcript



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