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...
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. | Jan 17, 2013 | Parenting Misc
Over the last thirty years, research in education and psychology that is focused on reading disabilities produces one consistent truth—early identification and intervention trumps waiting and acting later. The title of Dr. Joseph Torgesen’s seminal...
by Richard Selznick Ph.D. | Jan 3, 2013 | Parenting Misc
The more miles I have logged in working with children and their parents, the less definitive I find myself. There are few absolutes when dealing with kids and the complexity of variables affecting them. Variables such as the child’s...
