Understanding ADHD and Executive Function Skills
Challenges with executive function skills go hand-in-hand with ADHD. These difficulties can impact a chid’s ability to organize resources and information, manage time and tasks, and maintain focus and attention. As a result, many kids with these issues are labeled as “lazy,” “scattered,” or a “space cadet,” when in fact they are doing the best […]
The Benefits of Inclusion
All kids benefit from inclusion. Students with and without special needs thrive from being surrounded by diverse learners. For the student with autism, being able to practice social skills with typically-developing peers is invaluable. For a student with a reading disability, hearing and seeing strategies that neurotypical peers use is a great learning opportunity. And […]
How (and Why) to Talk to Your Child About Their IEP
For many parents, talking to kids about their disability diagnosis and IEP can feel touchy. It can also feel like a lot of pressure to start the conversation, and even more pressure to make sure it doesn’t crush their spirits. The first step for parents is to reframe their own perspective on what it means […]
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a highly effective treatment for kids, teens, and adults. This form of talk therapy can address a wide range of mental health conditions. It can work wonders for diagnosed challenges like anxiety, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorder. And CBT is also equally effective for overcoming more general difficulties with stress, […]
What is a Neuropsych Evaluation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Fq1Mvnmxs&feature=youtu.be Don’t let the phrase “neuropsychological evaluation” intimidate you. While it does includes some scary sounding words, it is nothing to worry about. In fact, these evaluations usually only help to ease concerns. That’s because a neuropsychological evaluation helps parents understand why a child is struggling in school. The testing process includes a series of […]
Parent Behavioral Training
Parenting is hard. There are endless books to tell us how to do it. However, they aren’t always very useful. That’s because every child is different. Some are more flexible and adaptable, while others are more stubborn and defiant; sometimes these behaviors are related to personality, and other times they stem from ADHD or other […]
ADHD and Medication
Chances are you know someone with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). With more than 6 million children diagnosed, just under 1-in-10 kids between the ages of 2 and 17 has ADHD. As one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, what was once a highly stigmatized diagnosis has become far more accepted by parents, […]
What is ADHD?
What is ADHD? ADHD (or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a mental health disorder that may make it difficult for students to pay attention and/or control their impulses. As students with ADHD progress through their academic careers, they may have difficulty forming relationships, experience low self-esteem, and/or struggle academically. Symptoms of ADHD can present in […]
ADHD & The Brain
We recently outlined the basics of ADHD—its nature, its causes, and strategies that can help address ADHD-related learning needs. But what actually happens in the brain of a learner with ADHD? In a typically-developing brain, one begins to learn skills like organizing, planning, prioritizing, remembering, and managing one’s self and emotions pretty early in life. […]
Special Ed Lingo 101
For anyone who is not a special education professional, it is daunting to make sense of all of the terminology. The acronyms and legalese native to “special ed lingo” are not exactly user-friendly. For any parent of a child with a disability diagnosis, it’s important to know the lingo to be the best advocate for […]
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