a mom's view of ADHD

Classroom Strategies Series from My Attention Coach: #4 Involve the Student

2012-02-13T09:51:00.000-05:00

Self-Advocating Skills I know that advocating is very familiar to parents of students with ADHD and other challenges around learning. I also encourage teachers, school social workers and school...

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Kids with ADHD are Hungry for Praise: Let's Feed Their Need

2012-02-10T06:00:00.000-05:00

If you've visited the Easy to Love but Hard to Raise blog or Facebook page lately, you may have seen the announcement that books 2 and 3 in the “Easy to Love” series are in the works. Book 2 will be...

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Liar, Liar, Brain on Fire

2012-02-09T06:00:00.000-05:00

“I’m concerned that you are possibly misrepresenting yourself,” the soft-spoken, middle aged woman said, “Or at the least, you’re exaggerating some small problem of yours for dramatic effect.” It’s...

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ADHD & The Age of Independence

2012-02-08T13:01:00.001-05:00

Me: Lock this door and don't answer it if someone knocks. I don't care if it's grandma or Jesus. You don't come to the door and stare at the person knocking, you don't make gestures at the person,...

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Keep looking out the windshield

2012-02-07T09:45:00.001-05:00

"I AM NOT GOING TO SCHOOL! I AM NOT GETTING DRESSED BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO SCHOOL! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" "Well, I have to turn off the T.V. if you can't continue to get ready for school by getting...

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Classroom Strategies Series from My Attention Coach: #3 Lighting

2012-02-06T08:52:00.000-05:00

Lighting: Can it impact your students? I believe it can help all students of all ages to consider the distraction of the bright fluorescent light. There is some research that has been done by...

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GIVEAWAY: Telephones That Tackle Reading and Social Skills

2012-02-02T08:34:00.000-05:00

WHY: Sigh...studies show about HALF of children with ADHD present with a reading disability. Click here for full Pediatrics article WHAT: Whisperphone Duet DOES: choral reading is engaging and helps...

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Classroom Strategies Series from My Attention Coach: #2 Organizing the Student with ADHD

2012-01-30T09:07:00.000-05:00

Welcome back to Classroom Strategies from My Attention Coach. This post focuses on organization strategies that teachers can use to help the student with ADHD succeed. Customization I love it...

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ADHD Scholarship Application Deadline 3/30/2012

2012-01-27T08:00:00.001-05:00

It’s no news to readers of {a mom’s view of ADHD} that the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can be most difficult to manage in school. Under a watchful eye of a parent,...

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College won't kill us but it feels like it.

2012-01-26T09:03:00.000-05:00

Once upon a time, long, long, ago, Clark skipped kindergarten before we knew he had ADHD. The well-intentioned suggestion from his private school and...

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The Dark Side: ADHD and Suicide

2012-01-24T18:07:00.009-05:00

Welcome to your worst nightmare: Your child says he or she wants to die, or even worse, attempts suicide. I get asked a lot about suicide, and given that it's a timely topic on the "A Mom's View of...

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The Song of the ADHD Househusband

2012-01-24T06:00:00.015-05:00

Beep beep BEEEEP - 4:30 AMOut of bed, half-awake at mostHit the shower, hit the kitchen,Make coffee, oatmeal, eggs and toast Wife to work, out the door in rain,I get daughter to school before the...

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Classroom Strategies Series from My Attention Coach: #1 The Classroom

2012-01-23T10:12:00.000-05:00

I want to thank Penny for the invitation to share some classroom strategies here at {a mom’s view of ADHD}. Our goal is to share practical strategies that teachers, social workers and school...

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ADHD has us in irons, but I'm still fighting to turn around and find our tail wind.

2012-01-20T10:07:00.001-05:00

I learned an interesting sailing term recently -- "in irons." When you are in irons, you are sailing against the wind so directly that the boat stalls and is unable to maneuver. You are stuck, to put...

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Adjusting Expectations or Breathe More

2012-01-19T04:00:00.000-05:00

I have a pair of rain boots and snow boots. They are both soaking wet. There is a skateboard in the living room. The snow fort in the front of the house is covered in scrap metal pilfered from...

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THOSE kinds of teachers

2012-01-18T09:19:00.005-05:00

A friend of mine requested this blog topic... hope you find it helpful! I never wanted to be a teacher; let alone an EC teacher. When my mother mentioned this to me, as I was floundering through...

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A Letter to the World From My ADHD Son

2012-01-17T14:27:00.005-05:00

I had another blog post ready to go today, but things changed.My 12 year old son handed me his "Letter to the Editor" assignment. The assignment asked him to write a letter to the editor of a...

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#homeschoolfail, pt. 1

2012-01-11T15:34:00.004-05:00

Little J spent the last year homeschooling. We pulled him out of his public school classroom half-way through 2nd grade because the problems he’d continually experienced in school up to that point –...

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#homeschoolfail, pt. 2

2012-01-11T15:26:00.003-05:00

(read part 1 here)…although J loved having his time as his own, and by focusing on play and being friendly when we were around kids and limiting social encounters to supervised situations he actually...

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a mom's unfinished story {that needs a happy ending}

2012-01-09T06:00:00.010-05:00

Several parents who write for this site also contributed to the book Easy to Love but Hard to Raise, whether in the form of personal essays (Penny Williams, Adrienne Bashista, Frank South, and Pamela...

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Fast Kids Need Fast Pencils: A Simple New Year's Resolution

2012-01-03T00:01:00.000-05:00

Smoother writing means faster writing (and drawing) and less tired hands WHAT: Bazic Pencils #2B DOES: Let's you write more smoothly, less tiring to your hand, good for drawing...

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Tips for a good meeting... and response to questions

2011-12-27T07:45:00.004-05:00

Let's dive into the questions and frustrations many of you expressed on my last article on IEP meetings. Generally, I encourage all of you who are frustrated to bring tape recorders to your...

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The ADHD Christmas Cure

2011-12-22T13:58:00.009-05:00

Most of my memories of childhood Christmas mornings have blended together into a pleasant haze of torn wrapping paper revealing box after box of just what I always wanted and one holding a dopy...

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Product Review: Move Stool provides sensory input to assist with focus

2011-12-20T09:30:00.000-05:00

We talked this week about how movement, fidgeting, is scientifically proven to help focus. Longtime ADHD researcher Dr. Mark Rapport, believes movement is a key component in the ability of...

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I Left A Child Behind! (How I dropped the ball with my non-ADHD child)

2011-12-19T17:04:00.012-05:00

Even though I don't write about the other one much, I really do have two children. One (my 12 year old son, D) has ADHD, the other (my 9 year old daughter, L) does not. If you met them both on the...

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