by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 20, 2014 | Executive Functioning
Franklin, age 8, can build wonderful Lego cities. A creative and thoughtful child, he is also a wealth of information when it comes to anything about nature – he can talk about swamps like no one’s business. The problem is Franklin is having trouble keeping up...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 8, 2014 | Parenting Misc
It’s that time again. Another summer slips away. They just don’t make them like they used to. Soon you will be bombarded soon by all of “top tips for having your child to have a great school year.” They will be in all of the magazines and the evening news. Even...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Aug 1, 2014 | ADHD/ADD, Executive Functioning
Every 10 years or so in education and psychology there is a trendy hot topic or new term that was essentially unheard of the previous decade. Before learning disabilities became a hot term in the 1970s, these were virtually unknown in the public. The same was true...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 25, 2014 | Dyslexia/Reading & Learning Disabilities
Many struggling kids have considerable trouble with facets of the language that many of us take for granted. Take Allison, age 8. One night Allison was told by her mother that her father was, “tied up in traffic.” Allison burst into tears. “Why is daddy being tied...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 11, 2014 | Modern Childhood, Parenting Misc
Eli’s parents are concerned. They think that their twelve-year-old child lacks social skills, as they rarely see kids coming to the house or calling on the telephone. Eli, himself, seems not to be concerned. He thinks he has lots of friends and plays with them all the...
