by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 14, 2010 | ADHD/ADD, Uncategorized
By its nature, school places a certain demand on the child throughout the day. Most children throughout their day typically face a number of tasks that they find challenging and difficult to manage. When faced with such challenges many will work through their...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 5, 2010 | Assessment
Many shut-down learner kids, have great trouble with different facets of language that we often take for granted. Take Emma, age 8. The other night, Emma was told by her mother that her father was “tied up in traffic.” Emma burst into...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 1, 2010 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Young Jack, age 14, a sweet boy who has very significant learning disabilities, couldn’t tell you how much a quarter, dime and a nickel totaled. Yet his mother brought in worksheets showing me that he was being asked to multiply negative numbers such as the following,...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2009 | Executive Functioning
I know. It’s heading into those dark days. Kids don’t want to get out of bed. Homework’s becoming a misery. As the weather gets colder, the household tension meter is rising. If you can, try if you can to step back a...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 6, 2009 | Assessment
I know it’s been some time since I last posted. A lot has been going on that has kept me from writing, not the least of which was my taking part in the “TeachME” conference in Dubai on 11/11 & 11/12/09. “TeachME” is...
