I ran across this article in Time magazine about how kids with ADHD can learn better when they fidget and move around. And it’s true! ADHD children like to move when they learn and so do many “regular” people.
In fact, all of us moved a lot when we were starting to learn. In the early [...]
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(that actually hold their children back!)
· “Maybe she just needs more tutoring.”
o Haven’t you tried tutoring already? If it didn’t fix the problem, maybe no one’s identified the full problem yet.
· “I was never good at math either. He must have gotten it from me.”
o Every child can succeed in school. If [...]
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How to Take the First Step
Understand Why Your Child Struggles in School
You have three options right now:
1. Continue what you’ve been doing. Next year’s Report Card will look the same.
2. Try tutoring. You’ve tried that before – it will only help in places.
3. Read Beyond Labels to determine what the problem actually is so that [...]
The brain grows in stages. Each stage lays the foundation for the next stage. In stage #1the cerebellum grows from birth to 7. In stage #2 the left and right hemispheres take their growth spurt from 7 to 13. The cortex starts its rapid growth spurt at 13. At 17 the frontal lobe begins its [...]
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Q: Thank you for responding to my inquiry so quickly. My daughter is 11 years old. She has been diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalcula, other language and auditory processing deficiencies, ADD – I think you can get the picture. We have tried different therapies including neurofeedback. Are you familiar with that? It actually helped
her a [...]
I wondered: Is knowing how to learn and pay attention impossible?
I knew I was not the only parent to face this frustration.
The worst part was: the teachers and tutors really had no idea how to help or what to do. I worried that my child would start to believe what their teachers thought — that she was stupid, hopeless, inattentive and lazy.