Successful Treatment Planning for Attention Deficit Disorder
If you, your child’s teacher, or someone else significant suspects your child may have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or AD/HD), by this time of the school year you really need to get something going to help them as soon as possible. What is really needed is to first, find out definitively if it is really there, and secondly, get started immediately […]
Read More →Getting the Most Out of Parent-Teacher Conferences
Having been in the field for over 16 years, helping children and parents with school related problems, and also having worked closely with teachers, I have learned a few things about parent-teacher conferences. Conference time is just around the corner, and for some it may already be here. These conferences should be seen as a rich opportunity to build understanding […]
Read More →Teenagers and Depression
As many as 25% of all teenagers with ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder with/without Hyperactivity, ADD) are clinically depressed. All three types of this disorder; Primarily Inattentive, Hyperactive-Impulsive, and Combined Form, are capable of producing depression in teens. Depression is a serious disorder, capable of depriving a person of much needed energy, mental clarity, objectivity reasoning (a crucial skill for this […]
Read More →“Impulsivity” In Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)
There are three sub-types of ADHD; Primarily Inattentive, Hyperactive-Impulsive, and Combined. While most people have a pretty clear understanding of inattention and hyperactivity, the terms “impulsive” or ”impulsivity” can be somewhat confusing. These terms are often confused with “compulsive”, which is quite different. Compulsion can be defined as a repetitive stereotyped act performed to relieve fear connected with an obsession. […]
Read More →Treatment Options for ADHD
About this time of the school year, for the child with Attention Deficit Disorder, significant problems are really starting to raise their head. If the problems of inattention, difficulty with homework, poor behavior, and/or hyperactivity (there are several forms of this disorder) are starting to occur again, or are appearing for the first time, you are probably wondering what you […]
Read More →“Next Year Will Be Better”- Using Summertime to make that come true for children with ADD/ADHD
If you have a child (or an adult) in your family who has, or you suspect may have this disorder, the conflict, chaos, and frustration that it generates can be so disrupting to family harmony that you may sometimes wonder if it will ever get any better! Helping the individual with this disorder not only can turn the world around […]
Read More →“Running Out of Gas” in School
About this time of year (if it hasn’t happened already), children with ADHD (ADD) begin to “run out of gas” at school. They are past the high point of Christmas, summer seems a long way off, and they’ve been working at school for over six months. After all, they’re kids. Often, they start to struggle and misbehave, and grades can […]
Read More →High I.Q. Typical in Children with ADD – Dr. Stephen A. Ferrari
Persons with ADD typically have a higher than average intelligence level. Although the many guises of this disorder, along with possibly poor performance and/or behavior, may make it sometimes difficult to recognize, individuals with ADD (both children and adults) tend to be some of the brightest members of our society. You may have noticed how children with ADD seem to hear […]
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