by Dr. Selz | Mar 27, 2025 | ADHD/ADD, Modern Childhood
“Children surrounded by fast-paced visual stimuli at the expense of face-to-face adult modeling, interactive language, reflective problem- solving, creative play, and sustained attention may be expected to arrive at school unprepared for academic learning—and...
by Dr. Selz | Mar 21, 2025 | ADHD/ADD, Assessment
“‘I think the current diagnosis of ADHD is a mess and has been wildly overdone. It blames a variety of symptoms entirely on the child’s brain, and ignores the child’s environment and the interaction with it.” (Dr. William B. Carey, pediatrician, researcher,...
by Dr. Selz | Mar 14, 2025 | Assessment
Even though schools will tell parents that they need to see a neurologist to diagnose dyslexia, the following are essentials that must be considered in an assessment: Reading aloud from a graded word list to determine word identification skills and how automatically...
by Dr. Selz | Mar 6, 2025 | Assessment, Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Without turning this into a confessional, when I look back on my schooling here are a few things I know: Math was far my strong suit. I probably needed tutoring, particularly as I had to suffer through geometry, algebra and calculus. So, did that make me...
by Dr. Selz | Feb 28, 2025 | Executive Functioning, Modern Childhood
Many of the kids I talk to seem to be fairly delusional about school. Somehow they have gotten the notion that school should be this fun, Candyland-type of experience and when it is not, they are, well,…outraged. 13-year-old Liam offers a litany of complaints about...
