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By Lisa Rappaport, Ph.D.
While it certainly isn’t what anybody wants to aspire to, disappointing outcomes along the path to learning can be formative in the best ways. Surely, we all want to set our children up for success, but sometimes that can actually mean allowing them the freedom to fail, particularly when the consequences are not devastating or emotionally harmf...
A common hallmark of kids with ADHD is their inability to sit still and stay focused for extended periods of time, especially when they’re doing something they’re not interested in. Yet, one of the most frequently used accommodations provided to these students is extended time for test-taking.
What’s wrong with this picture? That’s the question EducationWeek writ...
By Daniel Franklin, Ph.D.
Getting and staying organized requires a broad range of executive functioning skills, time, and energy that your child may not have. Routinely engaging in organizational tasks with you, your child will become familiar and comfortable with organizational routines.
Let’s start with one of the most common organizational problems stud...
By Eve Kessler, Esq.
Take a quick scan of mainstream or social media and you’re likely to find a story about rising social isolation among adolescent boys and young men. They spend less time with family, classmates, and co-workers, and have trouble communicating except when playing virtual video games with peers from afar. While loneliness, depression, and social anxie...
By the time a child with learning disabilities is in middle school, they should be preparing for what’s ahead.
The first step in that process is developing the self-advocacy skills necessary to navigate in high s...
