In today's episode, Jennifer Porter shares, "As a teacher, they teach you a little bit about dysgraphia and dyslexia and other disabilities like ADHD. You get a very shallow overview. And so when you get students who. Those disabilities, you tend to do a little more research into it because you get a student like that. But when you're a parent, you don't have a clue that your kid has something other than what the doctor said they had. And I believe, and she now believes also, that she has both dyslexia and dysgraphia."

She owns Special Needs Spa, an online place to stop and take a breath and get support for students with ADHD and Autism. But, no, her business is not the typical spa.

She shares practical tips and materials that she has gleaned from 20 years of teaching in high school English and K-8 special education. Having several children of her own with disabilities, she lives the special education life everywhere she goes.

We discuss the impact anxiety, ADHD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia have had on her daughter over the years.

She offers a graphic organizer that students can use images through writing paragraphs. The link is https://specialneedsspa.com/writingglitch/

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By the way, she is the author of The Frozen, a young adult-friendly Christian story about society's impact on the special needs community in the year 3019. https://www.amazon.com/Frozen-Xianova-Chronicles-Jen-Porter/dp/B09Y1PJQS1 It is a fantastic book.