Dr. Victoria Waller

12/06/2023

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 👩🏼‍🏫 🍎

It is impossible for me to tell you what to do when you know the teacher is not the right fit for your child. Most schools will not change a child's class once they're in it.
Instead of making your life and your child's life miserable, get the best therapists outside school for your child. The therapist you hire can advocate for your child. As an educational specialist, I find I can get more for my students by talking to the teachers myself than the parent can.

Does your child have learning differences?

11/07/2023

Grateful for the opportunity to write for Today's Parent in Canada! 🇨🇦

Does It Matter What Your Child Reads? You Might Be Surprised

How to embrace different forms of reading to instill a love of books in your child.

“Audible books, comic books, graphic novels, and the craze of collecting Pokemon cards can all motivate your child to want to read. Childhood classics like Harry Potter and The Magic Tree House series are still on all the best children’s book lists—they've managed to stand the test of time. But if your little one is venturing into the world of reading, letting them have some control over what they consume will motivate them to care and pursue it as a hobby.”

How to embrace different forms of reading to instill a love of books in your child.

10/15/2023

Thank you for the feature BC Parent Newsmagazine

09/22/2023

Here is a snippet from my latest article in BC Parent Magazine! For the full article please click the link in my bio. 📚✂️✏️🚌📓📝

1. Read a story then make a character from the story out of stale, jumbo marshmallows.

2. Have your child read a book to their dog or a stuffed animal. (Never read a cat book to a dog, though!)

3. Have your child enter a contest. Sweetheart Candies had a contest and one of my students entered the contest. She actually won and had her saying put on one of the candy hearts for Valentine’s Day!

4. Read a story about an animal and make one out of shells bought on Amazon.

5. Have your child cut out words from magazines and newspapers and make a collage of them.

6. Become a pen-pal with an animal by going online to Here with Us Farm Sanctuary and writing to them. The animal will write back to your child!

7. Save Amazon boxes to build with.
Make a board game. Kids love doing this!

8. Redesign old cameras. I love them and children create characters out of them using googly eyes, feathers, shells, styrofoam pieces, tongue depressors, etc. (I use hot glue to stick buy an Ashley hardcover book from Amazon and have your child write or dictate a story to you about anything they’re interested in. They can write about their pet, their vacation, or a friend. Whatever they want!

9. Give them a pound of butter and have them sculpt a character in the butter then write a story about it. This is messy but so much fun!
Cook with your child. There are many recipe books for kids. It is fun, reading, following directions, and yummy eating!

10. Take a cereal box that is empty. Cover with colored paper. Read a story then make a cereal with pictures of the story, and write what it’s about on the front and sides.

09/06/2023

H E L L O TAMPA!☀️

This was an amazing experience with journalist, Farron Hipp TV and her show Daytime TV in Tampa Bay! 📚

“Author teaches parents how to foster a love for reading in kids. Dr. Victoria Waller, author of “Yes, Your Child Can: Creating Success for Children with Learning Differences” provided instruction to tap into a child’s love of reading.”

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Dr. Victoria Waller, author of “Yes, Your Child Can: Creating Success for Children with Learning Differences” provided instruction to tap into a child’s love of reading and build …

08/28/2023

Good Morning, MISSISSIPPI! Grateful to have shared my Back To School Tips with you! ✂️📚🎧✏️📌 WLOX-TV

Some kids are excited about the new school year while others are more anxious. Dr. Victoria Waller tells us what parents can do to help.

07/22/2023

So sorry. But I am sure this was an amazing experience meeting Travis.

03/24/2023

Making the most of screen time: ⇩🤳

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠? 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐬! 📱

There are literally millions of apps to choose from. Using the right apps for teaching is an important addition to teaching a child with learning differences.

There are educational apps for children with difficulties in 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑒𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔. 🙌🏼

There are also apps for specific areas like 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. There are thousands more for practically anything you can think of.

⇨ 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞?

02/23/2023

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠? 🧐

💡Executive functioning is sometimes called "the management system of the brain."

🖍️ The term refers to a collection of related skills, notably memory, organization, and focusing on tasks and goals.

🤍 Self-awareness and self-regulation are key to mastering this "system."

𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞! ↓

✏️ Show your child how to use their planner from school or use technology sites with calendars to make a list of what they have to do. Plan out their class work each week.

📖 If they have to do a report, help them find articles and books and read the resources with them. Use index cards or the computer to record the important points.

🗺️ Plan a trip with the family. This includes many executive functioning skills: where to go, what to pack, and what activities to do on the trip.

01/15/2023

🚀When Sir Richard went up into space 👩‍🚀 he was asked, “What were you thinking up there?" He replied that they were told if they undid their seatbelt they would be able to float around the cabin. But because he is dyslexic, so has trouble knowing left from right, he made the mistake and undid the other seatbelt…….his parachute." 💺

01/14/2023

I've just reached 100 followers! Thank you for continuing support. I could never have made it without each one of you. 🙏🤗🎉

01/02/2023

𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 ❤️🫂

When students with learning differences are interviewed about how they were able to succeed educationally and, later, in their adult lives, they often highlight the impact their parents, educational specialists, teachers, speech therapists, physical therapists, and others had on their success.

Their parents and the professionals accepted their differences, provided them with access to content, and held them to high expectations.

If a student had someone advocating on their behalf, it made all the difference in the world. 🌍🤍