by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 21, 2011 | Executive Functioning
What is it about homework that gets everyone’s blood pressure so elevated? The kids can be slugging each other in the family room, one hair from breaking their skulls open and there may be barely a peep heard. But, when the mom goes on the internet...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 3, 2011 | ADHD/ADD
What comes to mind when you read the following about a 10 year old? • Trouble focusing • Doesn’t stay on task • Easily distracted • Can’t retain material Of course, you would be thinking ADHD. My problem with stopping there (as many...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Sep 22, 2011 | Assessment
For those of you involved in any level of special education negotiations for your child, whether it be for a 504 Plan or an IEP, the likelihood is you are accumulating quite a paper trail. Accumulating (probably in a folder), are all the IEP’s, standardized test...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Sep 14, 2011 | Executive Functioning
My kid in college is teaching me how to behave. I keep messing up the rules, even though I am trying to be dutiful and behave appropriately. So I asked him to write a rules manual so I could keep it with me and consult it often. While he hasnt written the rules manual...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Sep 7, 2011 | Writing Difficulty-Dysgraphia
In a recent post, we discussed the perfect storm of ADHD/LD and writing. I noted that at the heart of ADHD and LD issues are deficits in active working memory. Open-ended writing can be dreadfully difficult to school-struggling children because of these...
