In my corner of the universe most of the issues that are brought to me include some variation on the following:
- Struggling with reading (and writing)
- Difficulty with attention and what is commonly referred to as “sustained mental effort”
- Low level “executive functioning”
- Poor Frustration tolerance
- Disconnected/Shut-Down/Unmotivated
- Ignoring Rules/Social Problems
- Parent frustration with the school/special education
There are many other issues that parents may be encountering with their children, but these are the common ones that land on my doorstep.
Over the next few weeks we will weave through these categories with a Selznick Primer of Struggling Children, while doing my best to offer a thumbnail overview and a few essentials for you to consider
Please understand that these blogs represent my view. I am not presenting them as absolute truths, but offering my perspective.
It is always my mission to talk to parents, whether through the blogs or face-to-face, in down-to earth, plain language with as little jargon as possible.
It is my impression that there is a great deal of misconception and misinformation out there, and I do my best to try and counter these.
Feel free to disagree, pushback or raise questions. In fact, I would welcome those, but you need to do this through email (rselznick615@gmail.com), as the comment feature has been disabled because of spamming. (In future posts related to the category being discussed I may post some of the questions, anonymously of course.)
If you are a long time reader of this blog and have come along some 500+ blogs later, thanks for staying with me over the years.
If you’re relatively new to these, welcome.
Hope you enjoy the ride.
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