by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 27, 2021 | ADHD/ADD
Practically every week I hear an array of concerns regarding distractibility and inattentiveness. There’s always the question of, “Does my child have ADHD/ADD.” In the discussion with parents a lot of territory is covered and I do my best to...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 20, 2021 | Executive Functioning
My overall mission on www.shutdownlearner.com is to present to parents in down-to-earth, understandable terms, concepts that I think have become unnecessarily complicated. “Executive Functioning” is a term I hear parents use a great deal, but when I ask them what they...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 13, 2021 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia
Let’s say your 12-year-old sixth grader, spells the following words: bref (brief) susess (success) edcccate (educate) resolt (result) kicten (kitchen Then he writes the following story to a picture prompt: “Once a o pon a time there was a kid that was a...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 23, 2021 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia
Let’s say a child knows a few notes on the piano, but does not yet know any songs. Would it make sense to ask him to play a challenging song that was clearly beyond his/her ability level? I don’t think so. It would only create undue frustration. Well,...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
I don’t know how to describe it in more clinical or scientific terms, but there are a bunch of kids I’ve assessed recently who seem to me to lack, “oomph.” While “oomph” may be one of those words that are not currently in modern usage, I think it conveys an important...
