by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 11, 2020 | Parenting Misc
If you’re a parent with kids still under your roof or you are a parent with grown children, let me ask you this. When you make comments or ask questions like the following, what kind of response do you get? “Why haven’t you started your homework?”...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Dec 4, 2020 | Executive Functioning
Mitchell, a 16 year old boy I work with was recently found by his parents to be using their credit card, let’s just say, a bit inappropriately. In other words, he took their card without asking for permission, deciding he wanted to buy a video game to play with his...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 20, 2020 | Executive Functioning
One of the biggest challenges in this business of struggling children is deciding what’s the ratio between a legitimate disorder of some kind or another and a child’s choice. For example, homework or chore avoidance is frequently explained due to a disorder not...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 13, 2020 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Last week we discussed Gina, a frustrated 17 year old who was not getting the results she had hoped on tests like the SATs, in spite of her putting in a great deal of effort prepping for the test (Gina, Part I). Gina had been previously evaluated by the school’s...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Nov 6, 2020 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Gina is a frustrated 17 year old junior in high school. Feeling that she’s done everything people have asked of her and more to prepare for the SAT’s, have left her frustrated with not great results. Putting in practically an hour a day studying for the SAT’s (in...
