This guide provides quick, life-saving strategies to help students in middle and high school and college finish homework assignments. There are strategies related to writing papers, studying for tests, completing math homework, writing history papers, reading in history, and working with teachers. Buy the book on...
Reprinted from The Huffington Post, August 4, 2016 by Ari Fox, Psychotherapist and Founder, Cope With School NYC The beginning of the school year brings up a range of feelings for students of all ages. There is the promise of a fresh start: new notebooks, pencils and...
by Austin Frakt, March 24 2016 Reprinted from The New York Times In January, I devoted every walk from my home to the train to the contemplation of work details, hoping to improve my recall of them. That was my New Year’s resolution, and so far I’ve...
By Kate Kelly for Understood.org At a Glance Many kids with ADHD rush through homework. Issues with executive functioning are a frequent factor. Rushing leads to sloppy, incorrect or incomplete homework. All kids rush through homework once in a while so they can get to the things they’d rather be doing....
In the News blog post by Geri Coleman Tucker from Understood.org Oct 23, 2015 It’s always been OK to say “dyslexia,” “dysgraphia” or “dyscalculia” in an IEP. But now the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is encouraging states and school systems nationwide to use these terms when...
Rachel Ehmke Senior Writer Reposted from the CHILD MIND INSTITUTE website The first time you hear that your 7-year-old son is weak in "executive functions" it sounds like a joke. No kidding—that's why he's a first-grader, not a CEO. But executive functions are the essential self-regulating skills that...
I vividly remember the first time I had to justify getting extra time to take a test. It was my sophomore year of high school, and the other special kids and I had been cordoned off to take our finals. My crush walked by and...
This article originally appeared on http://www.mylowrites.com. As if the junior year of high school weren’t stressful enough, now, students and their parents have to choose between two college admissions tests. The SAT and ACT are college admissions tests accepted by every university and college in the...
Dr. Blythe Grossberg (co-founder of Themba Tutors), recently wrote two new books. The first deals with strategies for helping those with ADHD called Focused: ADHD & ADD Parenting Strategies for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder So far it has received rave reviews on Amazon. Here's some more...
From the New York Times, an article about how math-anxious parents can actually harm their children's homework. http://nyti.ms/1MJ42W7...