by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 20, 2023 | ADHD/ADD
Over the last couple of decades ADHD (commonly referred to as “ADD”) is frequently diagnosed with struggling children. Within the doctor’s office, the child’s history is reviewed along with the parent filling out a rating scale (typically the...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 14, 2023 | ADHD/ADD, Executive Functioning, Modern Childhood
A common complaint that parents bring to me is some variation on the theme of the child being poorly motivated. Parents will say things like, “He just doesn’t seem to care about anything (other than screens). We’ve tried everything and nothing seems to motivate...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 7, 2023 | Modern Childhood, Parenting Misc
Picking up on last week’s theme with Marla where we talked about her “anger issues (“Marla and Her ‘Anger Issues’”), there were other interactions with the world telling a similar story. A day or so ago, I was with our dog, Ella, in a pet store. Ella was on a...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 30, 2023 | Modern Childhood, Parenting Misc
One of my favorite kids, Marla, age 6, came in to see me. Nearly six and going into first grade in the fall, I had tracked Marla since she was three. As the mental health professionals like to call it, Marla’s had issues with, “behavioral self-regulation.” Marla’s...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 23, 2023 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities, Uncategorized
wuns a pon a time their was a boy wgo had no frends so he was always alon But than on day evry thing change His mom gave him a voilinto play it sounded horabel so he said I am never playing this again so one Day he went to in the stor and heard the guy play the...
