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positive parenting, but discipline remained the most difficult subject. Though I learned and practiced many helpful processes for anticipating and avoiding or quelling tough behavior, “discipline” in itself (as I knew it) never seemed to fit into the equation.

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4 Reasons Why My ADHD Brain Rejects Zoom

connect kids with their teachers on the web conferencing platform. Office meetings — once held in bare rooms with limited distractions — were now multimedia affairs with kids and pets as a backdrop.

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Why Parents Underestimate Boys’ Flexibility and Resiliency

“Can I pack him lunch? He won’t eat what you’ll have.” “He’ll never do that activity. He wouldn’t try it when we wanted to go as a family.” “He won’t be able to handle that.”Without fail, each year before my summer camp starts, I receive a litany of questions or comments from parents about what they perceive their sons cannot or will not do.

Can I (I) treating kids ADHD in Boys guest blogs

5 Daily Rituals to Reduce Stress In Your ADHD Household Right Now

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.

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From Denial to Hope: My Son’s ADHD Diagnosis Journey

ADHD, but at the time I dismissed his behaviors saying, “boys will be boys.” It was only when these behaviors affected his academic progress that I realized, reluctantly, that something could be up. That started us on a path that, to my dismay, would not be easy.

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“I Thought I Was a Weed. Now I Nourish Wild Flowers in My Classroom.”

ADHD lose their confidence because they have to work twice as hard and are acutely aware of their shortcomings. Why can’t I just be like everyone else? Why am I dumb? Why does everyone else seem to be able to do this? Why am I getting in trouble? I must be a bad student if I can’t even do this one thing on time.Feedback can make or break a student with ADHD.

My Classroom for teachers school & learning guest blogs

COVID Time is Warped, Dodgy, and Baffling — a Lot Like ADHD Time

on time thanks to many ADHD-friendly strategies: I calculate when to leave well in advance, schedule in lots of extra time, and set reminders (possibly two or three) to get ready to leave – for a virtual, socially distanced meeting. I pull all this off using my three analog clocks and two Time Timers.

Time Management ADHD in a Pandemic guest blogs

“The Model Minority Myth Left No Room for My ADHD”

impossibly heavy expectations — put in place by my parents and society as a whole — and I thought it was totally normal.It was not. And neither was I.I grew up in an extremely competitive school environment, and my friends were all class-toppers.

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“The Story of My Not-So-Empty, Very-ADHD Nest”

got into college. And, with some support from the learning centers at their schools — plus a few dropped classes and grades that barely squeaked by — for the most part, they are thriving.

teens with ADHD ADHD in a Pandemic guest blogs ADHD in College

“We Affix Labels to Things We Don’t Understand”

On the heels of our daughter Laila’s graduation from high school (thank the Lord!), I found the leading learning disability practice in our area and sent Laila for an eight-hour behavioral assessment.

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“What the 80% Can Learn from the 20% with Learning Differences”

Most people know Pareto’s principle as the 80/20 rule. Simply put, 80% of results come from “the vital few,” or 20%. So, 80% of business comes from 20% of your customers. Or 80% of your tomato crop comes from 20% of your plants.

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3 Good Summer Activities for the Long, Hot Days Ahead

It’s official: Our hopes and dreams of a return to school — even if only for a socially distant Field Day or a quick graduation ceremony — have been squelched. For the weeks remaining in our academic calendar, we have now fully surrendered to distance learning.

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