
Welcome to The Shut-Down Learner, where we strive to talk to parents in down-to-earth, plain language about the concerns they have for their children. This website has over 500 blog posts organized in categories as well as podcasts, “Two Minute Tidbit” tips, and information about Dr. Selznick’s books.
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Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Blog #1 from 2009
“Hemming & Hawing”
“Common Sense & ‘Passing the Smell Test'”
“Scattershot”
“Part I: A Reading Primer”
“No One to Play With: The Social Side of Learning Disabilities”
“Relational Component of Tutoring – the ‘Secret Sauce’ of Success”
“The Plight of Leora – A Play in Four Acts”
“Shannon , Shannon, bo Bannon”
Two Minute+ Tidbit Tip: “Mythologies of Dyslexia”
ADHD
“Hemming & Hawing”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 19, 2023 | ADHD/ADD, Assessment, Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities | 0 Comments
Why Ask ‘Why?'” (Part II)
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | October 21, 2022 | ADHD/ADD, Assessment | 0 Comments
“Why Ask ”Why?” (Part I)
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | October 13, 2022 | ADHD/ADD | 4 Comments
“My Kid Can’t Pay Attention – Must Be ADHD” (Not So Fast)
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | September 22, 2022 | ADHD/ADD | 0 Comments
“‘When I Was Born There Something Wrong With My Brain, So I Took This Pill…”’
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | July 19, 2022 | ADHD/ADD | 0 Comments
Feeling the Twinge
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | September 9, 2021 | ADHD/ADD | 0 Comments
“My Child Doesn’t Pay Attention – Do You Think He Has ADHD?”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | August 27, 2021 | ADHD/ADD | 0 Comments
“Got My Kid On Medication”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | April 16, 2021 | ADHD/ADD | 0 Comments
“Is ADHD a Valid Disorder?”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | January 15, 2021 | ADHD/ADD | 6 Comments
Rushing As a Style
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | October 30, 2020 | ADHD/ADD | 0 Comments
Assessment
“Hemming & Hawing”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 19, 2023 | ADHD/ADD, Assessment, Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities | 0 Comments
“Tipping the Scales”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | December 8, 2022 | Assessment | 0 Comments
Why Ask ‘Why?'” (Part II)
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | October 21, 2022 | ADHD/ADD, Assessment | 0 Comments
“Pie Chart Revisited”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | March 11, 2022 | Assessment | 0 Comments
Our Explanations & Theories of Struggling Children
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | October 29, 2021 | Assessment | 0 Comments
Getting a Roadmap
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | September 16, 2021 | Assessment | 0 Comments
Bewildering Treatment Options
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | May 7, 2021 | Assessment | 0 Comments
“We Got the Diagnosis”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | February 26, 2021 | Assessment | 2 Comments
Our Theories & Explanations: #Child
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | February 19, 2021 | Assessment | 0 Comments
Wrestling With My “Underself”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | February 5, 2021 | Assessment | 4 Comments
Executive Functioning
“Rolling the Dice”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | January 6, 2023 | Executive Functioning | 0 Comments
“Rudderless”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | December 23, 2022 | Executive Functioning | 0 Comments
“Stamina” (Part II)
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | June 10, 2022 | Executive Functioning | 0 Comments
“Stamina?”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | June 3, 2022 | Executive Functioning | 0 Comments
“Executive Functioning” – Are You Too Hot or Too Cold?
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | April 1, 2022 | Executive Functioning | 0 Comments
“P.A.D. – ‘Pain Avoidance Disorder’ & the Reality of School”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | November 12, 2021 | Executive Functioning | 0 Comments
Executive Functioning & the Goldilocks Standard
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | August 20, 2021 | Executive Functioning | 0 Comments
Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up: My interview with Dr. Ellen Braaten
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | February 14, 2021 | Executive Functioning | 2 Comments
“What’s the Ratio?”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | February 12, 2021 | Executive Functioning | 0 Comments
“But, I Have ‘FOMO'”
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | December 4, 2020 | Executive Functioning | 2 Comments