by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 30, 2015 | ADHD/ADD
I met a mom and her kid this week, a wiry nine year old giving the teacher the usual amount of stuff typically attributed to ADHD. You know, calling out when he is not supposed to; talking too much; rushing through his work – those sorts of things. It sounded like...
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. | May 23, 2014 | Executive Functioning
“Marlene, just doesn’t follow directions. You know when she goes into fourth grade there’s going to be no more hand-holding. ” “All the kids in the class, but Benjamin, know what to do. He really should be able to do the...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Oct 4, 2012 | Executive Functioning
If you have a shut-down learner style teen (especially a boy) you know the scene – not handing in homework consistently, not getting started on tasks, poor follow through, lots of video game playing or cell phone activity – that fun package. Typically...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jul 13, 2012 | ADHD/ADD
A central principle discussed in the soon to be released “School Struggles,” is the notion of the “Soup Pot Theory” of everything. As I note in School Struggles: “I subscribe to the soup pot theory of practically everything. ...
