Our guest today, Simon Blair, is an ultra-endurance athlete and entrepreneur; who is also the founder of the successful London-based property company SHB He is a husband, and father of three. Diagnosed with ADHD later in life, Simon has turned his diagnosis into a source of strength, using ultra-endurance sport as a tool for personal […]
SAT, ACT and standardized testing are words that every student dreads – ADHD or not. So much studying and preparation take place that it’s not a stretch for students (and parents) to call the whole process a nightmare. What’s worse, the popular study guides, workbooks, and standardized test prep for kids aren’t typically tailored for […]
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Do you sometimes feel like you don’t know how to talk to your child about their learning challenges and how to overcome them? Do you want to be able to empower them to believe in what they CAN do, but it feels like a losing battle? Let my daughter, Sydney, do the heavy lifting for […]
Illustration by Samuel Kerr Ari Ne’eman PhD student, Harvard University Register for the next Spectrum webinar with Ari Ne’eman, a PhD student in health policy at Harvard University and president and co-founder of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. Ne’eman will discuss ways to assess clinical progress in people with autism that do not encourage them […]
I remember the call from the psychologist who had completed my daughter’s neuropsychological test: “She is very intelligent, so it’s difficult to measure her IQ accurately.” That sounded like good news. Then there was the “but …”. My seven year old daughter, who initially enjoyed the challenge of the test, got bored and frustrated and […]
When Christina Olinger comes into a classroom as a substitute, she knows that her first job is to set the tone. And that tone, as she explained, could contain more than a single tone. Students, she said, might think there is a day off stretching out before them when they see a substitute. Or they […]
Remedial education, also known as developmental or compensatory education, is a type of education designed to help children achieve their expected level of proficiency in key academic skills such as reading and writing and arithmetic. In the truest sense of the word, “heal” means heal or repair. Similarly, curative education helps disadvantaged children or children […]
Southfield (KW50) – Being a teacher had already established itself as one of the most demanding jobs in the world. Teachers do an incredible amount of work, are underrated and many believe they are underpaid for their value to our society. So taking on an already challenging task and adding a global pandemic on top […]
Kate Doctor’s four year old completed a year of virtual preschool. It didn’t go well. While the long-term effects are still unknown, there is no question that virtual learning caused by a pandemic has left many students behind. As schools across the state reopen for the new academic year, many are devoting time to re-educating […]
9. the “Know your Author” series as part of BlogChatterHalfMarathon. Momlifeandlifestyle would be 1 year old this October and for almost 1 year I have participated in many blog challenges because I want to explore the different topics related to writing. Do you know your author series: Blogging is the reason I chose blogging. Why […]
Parenting a child with ADHD includes finding the right combination of treatments and strategies for your kid’s specific needs. But first, it’s vital to get a proper diagnosis. Parenting a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be challenging. It may seem to you like they always lose something, fidget or talk constantly, don’t […]
