by DrSelznick | Jul 26, 2024 | ADHD/ADD, Reading Comprehension
When Kids struggle with reading comprehension it is interesting that there often is an overlap in “real life,” that is in the way the child interacts in their personal world. In this era of automatically labeling and pathologizing behavior as “ADHD,” this...
by DrSelznick | Jul 12, 2024 | ADHD/ADD, Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
This blog can occasionally serve as a bit of a confessional, providing me with a forum to voice some concerns regarding the issues that emerge while working with struggling children and their parents. So, with that in mind here’s a confession. Sometimes I honestly...
by DrSelznick | Jul 5, 2024 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Even though I’ve probably evaluated a few thousand dyslexic kids in my career, it still takes my breath away when I meet those who are on the more significant to severe end of the spectrum. This week my breath was taken away on back-to-back assessments. Both children...
by DrSelznick | Jun 28, 2024 | ADHD/ADD, Parenting Misc
Oliver, age 8, has difficulty behaving in his third grade class. They were told by the school, “We’re not doctors, so we don’t know why he’s doing these things, but we think you should see a neurologist.” The last statement is code...
by DrSelznick | Jun 21, 2024 | Modern Childhood, Parenting Misc
So much of a child’s world can be framed in an ongoing series of different skills. For example, some kids have the “skill of” saying hello and greeting someone they meet for the first time. Others may have the “skill of” manners in social interactions by saying...