by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 28, 2011 | Executive Functioning
Recently I did a workshop called, Bullies, Victims and Parents: A Complicated Brew. Never one to be shy on offering my opinions, I sometimes find myself going against current "political correctness." When I presented my notion that we try and help the...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 25, 2011 | Parenting Misc
Sometimes parents are living in Dreamy-Dream Land when it comes to accommodations and 504 Plans. They come up with all these schemes and interventions that may make some sense (although often it doesn’t) on paper, but in reality the child wants no part of the...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 21, 2011 | School/Special Education Misc
A mom of a fifth grade child, Alison, who had some reading issues (decoding, fluency, etc.) asked, "Was this a problem that could have been averted? My answer: "There are essentially two categories of kids. In the first category, these kids get out of...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 15, 2011 | ADHD/ADD
The followings question came to me regarding the pros and cons of having a child on medication while being tested: “Please address whether a child should be on medication while assessing a child with executive function issues. Some of the specialists we refer to...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 10, 2011 | Parenting Misc
In the 1950’s into the early 1960’s rigid, authoritarian parenting was one of the predominant styles of parenting. Perhaps a function of so many men formerly being in the military, children were often treated like little soldiers who had to march to...
