by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Feb 19, 2016 | ADHD/ADD, Modern Childhood
“Children surrounded by fast-paced visual stimuli (TV, videos, computer games) at the expense of face-to-face adult modeling, interactive language, reflective problem- solving, creative play, and sustained attention may be expected to arrive at school unprepared...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 23, 2015 | Executive Functioning
I had the pleasure the other night presenting to parents at the Orchard Friends School. The topic was “Executive Functioning & Shut-Down Learners.” As I always try to do, my mission is to present concepts that I think become unnecessarily overcomplicated (like...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Apr 24, 2015 | Executive Functioning
Maybe I am pulling for it by writing these blogs about anger (see last two blog posts: https://shutdownlearner.com/blog), but lately I’ve had a run of angry kids. While the content varies in terms of the specifics of each case, there are commonalities: 1) The...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Apr 10, 2015 | Executive Functioning
In a recent blog post I discussed how anger can be depleting a child from the necessary emotional fuel to manage school https://shutdownlearner.com/blog/2015/03/anger-you-cant-make-me-depleting-emotional-fuel. Many of the typical “ADHD” style behaviors such as...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Apr 9, 2015 | Executive Functioning
What do these behaviors sound like to you? · Not handing in homework consistently · Responsibility avoidance · Procrastination · Not able to sustain mental effort · Forgetful I bet you are thinking something like ADHD, of the inattentive variety, or some form of...
