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ADHD Executive Function And School Success

October 6, 2011

ADHD, EXECUTIVE FUNCTION AND SCHOOL SUCCESS       Chris A. Zeigler Dendy, M.S.                                                                                                                                                                                                        (updated in 2011)   Five years ago, most parents and teachers of students with ADHD didn’t have a clue that a child’s academic success was contingent upon strong executive skills. However, today’s savvy parents and educators realize that deficits in critical cognitive [...]

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ADHD And Teens

October 5, 2010

Download the pdf ADHD and Teens:  Information for Teens

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A Parent’s Guide to Surviving the Teen Years

April 21, 2010

A Parent’s Guide to Surviving the Teen Years You’ve lived through 2 AM feedings, toddler temper tantrums, and the back-to-school blues. So why is the word “teenager” causing you so much anxiety? When you consider that the teen years are a period of intense growth, not only physically but morally and intellectually, it’s understandable that [...]

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Six Ways for Fathers with ADD to Nurture and Enjoy Their ADD Teens.

January 31, 2010

Dads: Give Your Son a Break BY HAROLD MEYER AND SUSAN LASKY http://addrc.org Dads with ADHD often have stormy relationships with their  teenage sons. Some feel guilty about passing the condition on to their child; oth­ers find it painful to watch him struggle with the same problems they had as a teen. Here are some [...]

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Child & Adolescent Screening Tests

October 12, 2009

VANDERBILT ADHD RATING SCALES This initial assessment tool, available on the website of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for use with children ages 6-12, contains rating scales for symptoms of disorders and for impairments in academic and behavioral performance. Although this tool is not intended for diagnosis, it is widely used to provide [...]

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Discipline Counts

October 9, 2009

Most Students WANT Rules & Consistency.

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Teens and Privacy: Should I Spy on My Child?

June 30, 2009

Plus: The 4 Tactics Kids Use When They Get Caught Reprinted with permission from: by James Lehman, MSW Note from James: A lot of the things we do to protect our children might be considered “spying” by our kids, but they are in fact measures we take to keep them safe from others, as well [...]

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