LD Expert Podcast with Jill Stowell
The LD Expert Podcast with Jill Stowell explores why bright children, teens, and adults struggle with dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, learning disabilities, and attention challenges, and why traditional tutoring and school support don’t go deep enough to make lasting change.
Through decades of clinical evidence backed by neuroscience, Jill looks beneath bad grades or difficult behavior to get to the root of the problem. By strengthening the weak or missing underlying learning skills that shape learning, the challenges associated with dyslexia, auditory processing, or other learning or attention challenges can be permanently eliminated.
If your smart child is working hard but still falling behind, we want you to know that real change is possible.
➡️ Visit StowellCenter.com for information, free resources, and to speak directly with a learning specialist about solutions to your child's learning challenges.
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Episodes
May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
7 min
Why don't teachers in high school understand that some students are different?
Listen for more great questions in this week’s Bonus Q&A.
More resources from this episode available here:
https://stowellcenter.com/2022/06/16/adulting-adhd/
May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
42 min
What you'll learn:
A parent’s journey to better understanding and appreciating her son with learning differences
How becoming an adult is different for young adults with learning challenges
Examples of what over-parenting looks like
More resources from this episode available here:
https://stowellcenter.com/2022/06/16/adulting-adhd/
May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
10 min
What are some important things that kids need to understand about making and keeping friends?
And more questions in this week’s Bonus Q&A.
More resources from this episode available here:
https://stowellcenter.com/2022/06/16/apply-collaborative-problem-solving/
May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
44 min
What you'll learn:
Small steps to build executive function and overcome procrastination
Helping your child develop social skills
Power of role playing in addition to visualization
More resources from this episode available here:
https://stowellcenter.com/2022/06/16/apply-collaborative-problem-solving/
May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
59 min
What you'll learn in this episode:
A perspective shift in how challenging behaviors are due to lack of the right thinking skills
The ingredients of Collaborative Problem Solving
Examples for when and how to apply Collaborative Problem Solving
The cognitive skills, including Executive Function skills, that are developed when using Collaborative Problem Solving
More resources from this episode are available here: https://stowellcenter.com/2022/06/07/new-approach-behavior-change/
May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
1 hr 35 sec
What you'll learn in this episode:
Where the conventional parenting of rewards and consequences falls short
5 areas of lagging skills that could trigger challenging behaviors
An introduction to a new way of approaching challenging behaviors, Collaborative Problem Solving
More resources from this episode available here:
https://stowellcenter.com/2022/06/02/helping-behaviorally-challenging-child/
May 15, 2022
May 15, 2022
5 min
In this Bonus Q&A:
Any help for when children are really distracted and need additional help with their learning?
The short answer is to get curious and creative. Find what piques the child’s interest so you can make the material more appealing and exciting, like introducing play.
Tune in to the Bonus Q&A for a more detailed explanation.
May 15, 2022
May 15, 2022
46 min
You'll learn about the importance of the body-brain connection in behavior and how it affects learning:
The biology beneath the behavior
How to spot the signs that your child’s behavior is really due to stress
Why play is critical to your child's learning
May 8, 2022
May 8, 2022
18 min
These questions, and more, answered in the Bonus Q&A:
Are there things that parents of toddlers and young children should be doing to help integrate reflexes?
What’s the timeframe for seeing results with QRI?
When should these reflexes start to integrate?
Is it too late for a 10 year old to get help with retained reflexes?
May 8, 2022
May 8, 2022
44 min
What you'll learn in this episode:
What it looks like when primitive reflexes are retained
Reasons why reflexes don't integrate
How retained reflexes impact learning
How to integrate retained primitive reflexes with Core Learning Skills Training
More resources from this episode available here:https://stowellcenter.com/2022/05/13/retained-reflexes-impact/See the entire series here: Core Learning Skills - Series 1