by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 2, 2019 | Assessment
While reviewing her concerns to me regarding her 9-year-old daughter, a mom said to me, “They keep telling me I should go see a neurologist? What for? She doesn’t need a spinal?” I have to admit, when the mom said that I “LOL’d.” She was 100% correct. Troubled by...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 26, 2019 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
One of the issues often forgotten in ADHD land is the underlying variable of social judgment and difficulty in being able to “read” cause and effect. Difficulty with reading cause and effect impacts both social and academic functioning. This is one of the reasons I...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 19, 2019 | Parenting Misc
Every year I get older the kids stay roughly the same age. So, when I was younger in the business the gap between the average 6 or 7 year old child and me was about 25 years. Now…forget about it…you get the point. The gap is hefty. The reason I am mentioning an age...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 12, 2019 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia
I find myself shaking my head a lot in utter disbelief when I talk to parents about what’s happening with their children in school.. I also find myself being more and more outrageous in ways that I would probably not have been in my younger years. This week to a mom...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jun 28, 2019 | Assessment
Dyslexia was barely spoken of some years ago and now it seems to be front and center on everyone’s mind. I honestly don’t know how it happened, but parents are streaming in worrying and preoccupied with dyslexia. Dyslexia has become mainstream. At its core when a...
