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Guest Post: Tips for Teachers of Students with ADHD
by Jonathan Chesner, Free Spirit author of ADHD in HD: Brains Gone Wild Jonathan Chesner School is a really difficult place for people with ADHD, like me. A high percentage of special brains (as I call...
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Guest Post: Eating Better, Feeling Better—Even at School!
By Jonathan Chesner, author of ADHD in HD: Brains Gone Wild Jonathan Chesner Whattup Free Spirit peeps. Parents and teachers, this is a special post for the teen students in your lives. It’s okay for...
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Cash in on Learning: Starting the Year Off Right with the Boys in Your Classroom
By now, most teachers have had time to interact with their new class of students and get to know them. Most of you are recognizing the unique qualities of all of your learners, which you can use when...
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Guest Post: Diagnosis ADHD? Awesome!
By Eric Braun For many parents, my wife and me included, the journey toward a child’s diagnosis of ADHD begins with a note or phone call from the teacher. You probably already knew that your child...
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Guest Post: The Management of Time
By Trevor Romain, author of How to Do Homework Without Throwing Up and coauthor of Stress Can Really Get on Your Nerves As we all know, one of the hardest things for kids to do is manage their time....
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Supporting Students with ADHD
By Tom McIntyre, Ph.D., author of The Survival Guide for Kids with Behavior Challenges Research shows that certain classroom characteristics promote success for students with ADHD. Predictability,...
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Friday Link Roundup
This week, we continue to watch the world’s responses to the ongoing refugee crisis. PBS’s NewsHour has the story of a school in Texas where “Telling stories helps refugee children learn a new...
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Friday Link Roundup
No Child Left Behind was one of those wonderful and increasingly rare things that everyone could agree on—conservatives and liberals, teachers and business groups, parents and students, politicos at...
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Friday Link Roundup
As educators make their way back into the classroom after the winter break, some may be feeling weary—but nonetheless, they will return, and they will continue the good work of teaching tomorrow’s...
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How Drawing Helped Me Cope with My Learning Difference
By Trevor Romain, author of Bullying Is a Pain in the Brain I remember the very first time I experienced the power of art in learning. It was in my special education class at primary school in South...
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Students with LD: What’s the Difference Between an IEP and a 504 Plan?
By Rhoda Cummings, Ed.D., author of The Survival Guide for Kids with LD In my book, The Survival Guide for Kids with LD, I describe LD as a learning difference instead of a learning disability. That’s...
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Legal Protections for Kids with LD
By Rhoda Cummings, Ed.D., author of The Survival Guide for Kids with LD Kids with LD (learning differences) are most successful at school, at home, and in their communities when they have strong...
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A Summertime Survival Guide for Parents of Kids with LD
By Rhoda Cummings, Ed.D., author of The Survival Guide for Kids with LD Songs about summertime have lyrics that tell us it’s “time to sit back and unwind,” or that “the living is easy.” Other songs...
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Spotting ADHD in Girls
By James J. Crist, Ph.D., author of What to Do When You’re Cranky and Blue In the United States from 2011 to 2013, 9.5 percent of children ages 4–17 were diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity...
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Classroom Interventions and Modifications for Students with ADHD
By Rhoda Cummings, Ed.D., author of The Survival Guide for Kids with LD Children and adolescents with ADHD often present classroom challenges severe enough to interfere with their learning because of...
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Mindfulness Strategies for Kids with ADHD
By Barbara Gruener Part of our Counselor’s Corner series. Click to read other posts in the Counselor’s Corner. If you’ve been a caregiver for any amount of time, you may be familiar with the...
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ADHD and Gifted Students
By Richard M. Cash, Ed.D., author of Self-Regulation in the Classroom: Helping Students Learn How to Learn Part of our Cash in on Learning series by Richard M. Cash, Ed.D. Click to read other Cash in...
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10 Strategies for Helping Students with ADHD Cope with Frustration
By Katherine Quie, Ph.D., L.P. As a child psychologist, I have years of experience working with children and adolescents with ADHD who struggle to cope with frustration. My therapy and testing...
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3 Visual Teaching Strategies for Students with ADHD
By Ezra Werb, M.Ed., author of Teach for Attention! A Tool Belt of Strategies for Engaging Students with Attention Challenges Classrooms are busy little ecosystems: 20 to 35 students buzzing around,...
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Diagnosis: Awesome! The Benefits of ADHD
By Eric Braun, coauthor of How to Take the ACHE Out of Mistakes This post was originally published on February 24, 2014. For many parents, my wife and me included, the journey toward a child’s...
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