Tag: ADHD
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ADHD and Social Skills: 10 Tips to Turn Things Around
Teens and adults with ADHD often struggle getting along with others. This is true whether at school, home, or in the workplace. While symptoms can but in, their reactions can be improved with specific strategies.
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IEP Roadblocks? 10 Tips to Reach Your Goals
Doing poorly academically? Behavior problems? In danger of failing socially? Your child with ADHD may qualify for an IEP (Individualized Education Program). Federal laws provide for services for students with disabilities in public schools. Students with ADHD can be eligible under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA).…
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Computers in the Classroom: What Does That Mean for Students with ADHD?
In K-12 and higher education, technology is all the rage. However, there’s no secret that parents, teachers, policymakers, and students have disagreeing opinions on its potential benefits. Add the fact that it can be a distraction and the table changes for students with ADHD. In some cases, if computers are used to an excessive extent,…
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Math Learning Disabilities and ADHD: What does it mean?
Math Learning Disabilities: Do they exist? Students with ADHD often struggle in math. The question is: Are there really math learning disabilities? Yes, but they’re tough to diagnose. Some research contends that 26% of students with ADHD have dyscalculia. Others say that the number is higher (71%). Identifying when a challenge rises to something…
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Is ADHD a Mental Illness? (Research)
The diagnosis of ADHD is an ongoing controversy. Should we use interviews? What about checklists? Current research extoles the importance of using medically based diagnostic tools. DSM-5 provides a list of characteristics that must exist for the answer. Yes…it’s the reference tool used for mental illness. Research continues…
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Girls with ADHD. How can you tell?
Girls with ADHD are more common than you think. As many as 50% to 75% of girls with ADHD are missed, both by parents and at school. Why? They often have different symptoms than boys. DSM-5 uses male-type characteristics for diagnostic criteria. The power is learning the symptoms and how they manifest themselves. Stay current.
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Feel Like Torture? 15 Writing Tips for College Students with ADHD
Time out of hand, papers everywhere. Assignments late or undone. There are definite ways to make a change. The question is: What are they? College students with ADHD often have a severe impact on their studies. Inattentiveness leads to a disorganized writing process. They struggle keeping ideas in their mind long enough to remember what…
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What’s the Perfect Situation? Choosing Your Teachers
Parents choose their child’s caretaker and babysitters. It seems natural to have the same say in their kid’s teacher too, especially with ADHD. Right? Maybe. High teacher turnover. Low performance. Lack of potential of non-tenured teachers. The controversy of choosing teachers is traveling around the world. It is a plague for large schools and occurs…
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ADHD and ODD: An Explanation for Anger, Aggression, Defiance? Ask 65% of them.
Overly aggressive. Bad temper. Spiteful and vindictive. Not all people with ADHD qualify for the Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). But, an estimated 65% do. People with ODD can look like anyone, but the negative behavior must last at least 6 months. A timeclock is one way. More common is to determine the frequency that is…
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Intrinsic Motivation for People with ADHD: Reach for the Sky
A whirlwind of excitement followed by an enormous crash. Push, push, push. Here’s a piece of candy. That’s our folks with ADHD. What do we want? Motivation.. Extrinsic motivation is the one we know. Intrinsic maybe not. Research has found that they differ in how effective they are at driving behavior. Is one better than…