executive funcition

Sleep Tips When You Have ADHD

May 11, 2010

Many children and adults with ADHD experience sleep problems. These often include problems falling asleep at night, frequent awakening at night, trouble waking up in the morning, and difficulty maintaining alertness during the day. If you are finding that you, your child, your spouse or other loved one is having issues around sleep try these [...]

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6 Ways to Combat Procrastination

December 31, 2009

6 Ways to Combat Procrastination Monday, December 28, 2009 Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D. in Procrastination With Permission Procrastination can be caused by several things. You may procrastinate because you don’t enjoy a task. You may procrastinate because a task is large and challenging to organize. Or, you may procrastinate because you aren’t sure how to accomplish the [...]

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What Conditions Can Coexist with ADHD?

November 20, 2009

What Conditions Can Coexist with ADHD? Some children with ADHD also have other illnesses or conditions. For example, they may have one or more of the following: A learning disability. A child in preschool with a learning disability may have difficulty understanding certain sounds or words or have problems expressing himself or herself in words. [...]

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ADHD Executive Function And School Success

October 9, 2009

by Chris A. Zeigler Dendy, M.S.* 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 skills known as executive functions are slower to mature in many [...]

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