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  • Advocacy for ADHD and Autism

    Advocacy for ADHD and Autism

    Parents of teens with ADHD and Autism: Got a beef with your school? An advocate can help.   Advocates are experts in the placement of children with special needs. Check it out. Advocates can teach you how to go assist with your child’s school. These strategies help to increase possibility for each time. Together, they can…

  • Reading and Science for ADHD and Autism. It’s a Mess!

    Reading and Science for ADHD and Autism. It’s a Mess!

    ADHD and Autism: Reading and science. Important part of many professions.  It’s not enough to read aloud. It`s important to understand upper-level books. Classroom strategies help students to gain knowledge. Science teachers often hold the responsibility for much of teaching reading in high school. Are they prepared? Not alone. What’s the problem? Reading is extremely…

  • What Can Parents Do For ADHD Behavior?

    What Can Parents Do For ADHD Behavior?

    ADHD teens and young adults out of control? Parents hold the key. But how? What is the behavior for ADHD teens like? Greater highs and lows for sure. Difficulty to deal with frustration. Poor decision making. Wow! Behavior of teens with ADHD is off the hook. This is especially true with behavior in school. Problems…

  • What do you do when students with ADHD don’t have an IEP or 504 Plan?

    What do you do when students with ADHD don’t have an IEP or 504 Plan?

    Does a student with ADHD show up without an IEP or a 504 Plan (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973)?  They benefit from being actively engaged. What happens if they don’t get acccommodations? Traveling on the Wayback machine to the world of math… Ahhh…heaven.  Pre-algebra for 6th graders.  What could be better than…

  • ADHD Related Burnout – Yes, it’s Real!

    ADHD Related Burnout – Yes, it’s Real!

      Exhaustible! Exhaustion! Fashionable complaint? Nope. Burnout is an official diagnosis. Yes…it’s legitimate. Especially people with ADHD. Legitimate symptoms are used to qualify for burnout. There are feelings of exhaustion or energy depletion. There is an increased mental distance from one’s job or negativism related to one’s job. Evaluating the job performance, there is reduced…

  • ADHD and Autism: Emotions What Do You Need to Know?

    ADHD and Autism: Emotions What Do You Need to Know?

    Meltdown! We’re hanging around “our kids” with ADHD and Autism. Behavior goes up. Then it’s sIowly down. Yelling. Crying. As a former teacher, I’ve got this long enough to know the issue. It’s called emotional self-regulation. Emotional-control is the ability to respond to ongoing intense demands. It establishes a range of emotional experiences in socially…

  • “Just sound it out.” “Say what?” Reading 101 is for babies.

    “Just sound it out.” “Say what?” Reading 101 is for babies.

    Reading is for teens and young adults with ADHD and Autism (ASD). Now it inclues special education, learning disabilities, and content-area reading.  Decoding is the letter-sound relation used to pronounce written words. It’s contention regarding decoding interventions. Some focus on translating print into speech by rapidly matching letters. Others find the key in the combination…

  • 10 Tips to Stop Summer Learning Loss

    10 Tips to Stop Summer Learning Loss

    The time has come around again. Summertime. Recent analysis shows that most teens with ADHD and Autism (ASD) lose 2 to 3 months of academic skills. Fortunately here are strategies to prevent losses. There are also specific ones based on the disability as well. Here we go! The brain is a muscle. You must exercise…

  • ADHD and Autism: Science and Reading

    ADHD and Autism: Science and Reading

    ADHD and Autism: Reading and science. Important part of many professions.  It’s not enough to read aloud. It`s important to understand upper-level books. Classroom strategies help students to gain knowledge. Science teachers often hold the responsibility for much of teaching reading in high school. Are they prepared? Not alone. What’s the problem? Reading is extremely…

  • ADHD & Autism: 5 Tips to Success in Upper-Level Math

    ADHD & Autism: 5 Tips to Success in Upper-Level Math

    Can our teens with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) be successful in upper-level math? Yes. They just need the right instruction. High school students with ADHD and Autism often struggle in math. From early elementary grades, their math skills are unstable. The deficiencies can last through high school. Fortunately there are strategies to help…