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11 Homework Tips for Kids with ADHD   Homework, homework… Does anyone actually enjoy doing homework? Simply getting the assignment written down and the relevant books in the backpack to take home can be a huge struggle for a young student with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD....

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] What Are the Four Types of Attentional Focus? It is an established fact that the brain is a complex organ. As fascinating as it sounds, there are parts of it that we are yet to understand. What we do...

How Can Mindfulness Improve Executive Function Skills: Teaching Kids the Art of Meditation and Slowing Down Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being highly aware of what you are sensing and feeling at the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Mindfulness involves breathing...

What You Need to Know About Time Blindness and Executive Functions Have you ever gone to spend five minutes on a task only to realize it's been an hour since you sat down? Have you ever put off sending an email because you didn't realize it...

Carol Dweck’s Fixed and Growth Mindsets: How You Think Can Determine Your Success   One’s intelligence has always been attributed as one of the main contributing factors to one’s success. And it only makes sense–a smart person will surely make the right decisions, find solutions to overcome...

What Are the Executive Functioning Skills: 12 EF Skills Your Child Needs to Succeed   Executive functioning skills are the brain-based cognitive processes that help us govern our behavior, make decisions, and create and attain goals. There is a strong and undeniable correlation between executive functioning skills and...

What is Executive Dysfunction? Here's Everything You Need to Know What is executive dysfunction or  executive functioning disorder (EFD)? Like that of a business executive or CEO, executive functioning allows a person to coordinate their resources to achieve a goal. Hence, executive dysfunction or executive functioning disorder...

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