Empowering Minds, Bridging Understanding, Celebrating Neurodiversity: Support for Individuals with ADHD/Autism, Their Families, and Professionals.
Of all the student body of public 4-year colleges and universities, 29% have enrolled in remedial classes. Consider, nearly 80% had a high school grade point average (GPA) of 3.0. Worst of all, students with ADHD perform well below those levels. How can this be? What can we do? Living in a global economy of…
ADHD can affect anyone regardless of age, culture, gender, ethnicity, or social class. Public attitudes and beliefs expose them and their loved ones to prejudice and discrimination. Internalization can result in embarrassment or self-loathing. There are strategies to turn these negative perceptions around over time. The challenges of ADHD are not always limited to primary…
Learning Styles…It’s just like ice cream: Everyone has favorites. It’s the same when it comes to learning. The challenge is that we may not know our preferences. This is the challenge in the classroom too. ADHD doesn’t just affect behavior. It significantly impacts learning in a variety of environments. Adapting teaching strategies to incorporate learning…
People with ADHD and thinking skills? It’s tough… how about critical thinking? It’s tough, but there are strategies. Critical thinking uses working memory to think and solve problems. It requires learners to recall previous information, training the brain during the process. It recognizes the changes as a result of greater demands. The United States ranks…
“Our kids” with ADHD are special gifts. It might be more…they may be gifted. How can you tell? Being gifted can be somewhat unclear, especially for students with ADHD. Confusing and contradictory information can be misconstrued. Delayed diagnosis further complicates the situation. The term “gifted and talented” is used when students give evidence of high…
Act your age! Immature? You bet, and there’s science to back it up. It takes longer for people with ADHD to mature. This nonlinear process causes a back-and-forth that stifles long-term development. Children can be more than 3 years behind. It takes adults until their late 30s to reach maturity levels of 21-year-olds. The decreased…
Spanish. French. Chinese. Maybe Latin. Students with ADHD often struggle with foreign language classes. Some fail. Some avoid. Can they get around it? Struggles often result from phonological difficulties, even in their native language. These deficiencies often result from language processing delays. In addition, learners can be exposed to a new alphabet, which exasperates reading…
Beginning in 2006, researchers and government advisors urged new warnings and information for parents using drugs to treat ADHD. To date, these recommendations have not been fully implemented. People with ADHD are well known for their impulsivity and hyperactivity. With medication, sometimes side effects further aggravate this depiction. Sleep problems Headaches Cardiac risks Loss of…
Having ADHD alone can be a contributing factor in getting PTSD due to their many risk-taking behaviors. Post traumatic stress disorder is a condition that looks similar to ADHD, however there are varying differences. The underlying reasons for the symptoms of both can be confusing. Survivor’s guilt Hypervigilance (constantly on the look-out for possible threats)…
“Our kids” aren’t known for co-existing peacefully with their ADHD. Whether it’s poor self-esteem, overwhelm, or behavior, there are strategies to break through obstacles. Individualized attention that is student based provides better opportunities for success.