Dianne Craft, MA, CNHP

Crosswalk Contributor

Follow author Follow this author

Dianne Craft has a master’s degree in learning disabilities and is a certified natural health professional. Her programs, The Brain Integration Therapy Program, The Right Brain Phonics Reading Program, Craft Right Brain Student Readers, and Biology of Behavior Nutritional Program, help families make learning easier for their children. Visit her website for many articles on children and learning, and to download her Free Daily Lesson Plans for the Struggling Reader, Speller, and Writer. diannecraft.org

3 Helpful Learning and Focusing Methods for ADHD Children

Although it is not possible to entirely eliminate ADD/ADHD behaviors, in the field of special education and nutrition, we have found that there are...

August 16, 2023

3 Helpful Learning and Focusing Methods for ADHD Children

Make Teaching Math Fun and Easy!

The key to helping the students remember what steps go with which processes is to use their powerful imaginations. We create pictures or stories...

Make Teaching Math Fun and Easy!

Fish Oil as Healing Brain Food

Evidence of the impact of fish oil on the brain and nervous system of struggling children is so large that it deserves its own article.

February 07, 2014

Fish Oil as Healing Brain Food

What Can I Do About Auditory Processing Problems?

What is happening when bright, hardworking kids and teenagers have to expend so much energy to process things auditorily?

January 24, 2014

What Can I Do About Auditory Processing Problems?

Can Learning Disabilities Be Mitigated?

You can help ease reading problems, writing problems, and motor skills in young children by doing a few simple exercises.

September 20, 2013

Can Learning Disabilities Be Mitigated?

Impact of Ear Infections on Learning and Behavior

Although the impact of childhood ear infections on a child’s learning and behavior can be large, it does not have to be permanent.

Impact of Ear Infections on Learning and Behavior

Dyslexia: How Do I Teach This Child?

Dyslexia is an auditory/language problem, visual/perceptual problem, and often a visual/motor (eye/hand) problem as well.

Dyslexia: How Do I Teach This Child?

Identifying and Correcting Blocked Learning Gates

Are you working at home with a bright, hardworking child or teenager who has to work too hard to learn?

February 27, 2013

Identifying and Correcting Blocked Learning Gates

When a Child Doesn’t Remember What He Reads!

“Word calling” is a left-brain task, while creating a "picture"of those words is the responsibility of the right-brain hemisphere.

February 22, 2013

When a Child Doesn’t Remember What He Reads!

Teenagers Who Have to Work Too Hard to Learn

As parents, it is always a puzzle to us when we are working with a teenager who seemingly has to work too hard to learn...

September 16, 2011

Teenagers Who Have to Work Too Hard to Learn