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Education > Tutoring
ADHD: When Your Child Needs a Tutor vs an Executive Functioning Coach
...explain the Krebs cycle in detail at dinner. Two...with it is where many ADHD students live. The breakdown...breakdown isn't happening in comprehension; it's...comprehension; it's happening in the systems that govern...families frustrated and children stuck in the same patterns....and children stuck in the same patterns. Knowing...across subjects Most ADHD students who are struggling...
Education > Accommodations
Sensory Accommodations Checklist: What to Request for Autism, ADHD, and SPD
...wall pushes or weighted compression, documented in teacher notes" is clear, actionable, and trackable....sidestep or misinterpret. Auditory Accommodations. Children with auditory sensitivities may struggle with classroom...sudden sounds, or overlapping conversations. For children with auditory processing delays, the issue isn't...
News > Research
When Studies Disagree: How to Make Sense of Conflicting Research as a Special Needs Parent
...gluten-free diets for autism, screen time limits for ADHD, optimal therapy intensity, medication timing, classroom...now. Here's how to navigate research that points in different directions. Why Studies Contradict Each...They mean researchers studied different things, in different ways, with different people. A study on...
Therapies > Other
Deep Pressure Therapy and Weighted Blankets: What Parents of Children with Special Needs Should Know
...themselves in blankets...is stuck in high alert....research in the 1980s...reductions in anxiety and...increases in calm-alert...replicated in children...replicated in children with autism,...autism, ADHD, and anxiety...anxiety in children...anxiety in children with autism...evidence for ADHD is less consistent,...benefit for children who seek...Pressure Works in the Nervous...mechanoreceptors in the skin...
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...therapist coaches you in real time through...earpiece while you're in the room with your...families raising children with developmental...delays, autism, ADHD, or sensory processing...Therapy was developed in the 1970s by psychologist...It's designed for children ages 2–7 with disruptive...it to age 12 for children with developmental...Interaction (CDI). In CDI, you learn to...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy for Special Needs Children: What Parents Should Know
...from the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). In practice, it means a trained clinician uses musical...They might use songwriting to help a teenager with ADHD process emotional regulation strategies. The music...skills: how to read notation, play an instrument, sing in tune. The objective is musical proficiency. Music...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
When ADHD Isn't Alone: Understanding Co-Occurring Anxiety, Dyslexia, and Learning Differences
...has an ADHD diagnosis....signal that ADHD isn't...80% of children with ADHD...children with ADHD have at...30–50% of children with ADHD,...children with ADHD, and learning...alongside ADHD. These...pathways. ADHD and dyslexia...Anxiety and ADHD share...ask for in evaluation...prioritize in treatment....Overlap. ADHD doesn't...appear in both ADHD...in both ADHD and dyslexia....define ADHD also make...common in ADHD,...common in ADHD, worsens...untreated ADHD can lead...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
ADHD Medication: Separating Facts from Fear for Parents
...recommended ADHD medication...alone in these...risk goes in the opposite...study in Psychology...effects of ADHD stimulant...medication in children....medication in children. The findings...clear. Children on ADHD...Children on ADHD medication...peers with ADHD. The risk...untreated ADHD are more...Treating ADHD with medication...this. Children on ADHD...Children on ADHD medication...unmedicated children with ADHD....children with ADHD. The medication...dose, most children feel more...
Research > Brain Science
How Executive Function Shapes Learning: What Parents Need to Know About the Brain Science Behind Reading, Math, and Organization
When a child with ADHD loses their homework...isn't happening in the part of the...It's happening in three interconnected...interconnected systems in the prefrontal...hold information in mind while using...slowly, as they do in ADHD, dyslexia,...slowly, as they do in ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia,...processes that develop in the prefrontal...all three steps in mind long enough...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Sensory Self-Care Strategies for Neurodivergent Adults and Children
...helped you focus in third grade still...you're no longer in an IEP meeting. For...individuals with autism, ADHD, and sensory processing...differences are common in both autism and ADHD....in both autism and ADHD. Research shows that...processing difference, and ADHD frequently includes...when every sound in the room is competing...Studies on autistic children and...
Lifestyle > Art
How Art Therapy Helps Children and Adults with Special Needs: Benefits, Methods, and Getting Started
...applications for autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, ADHD, and other disabilities. The confusion comes from...art itself isn't the therapy. The therapy happens in the relationship between the person, the materials,...Therapist, credentialed as ATR-BC, has a master's degree in art therapy, completed 1,000+ supervised clinical...
Health > Diagnosis
Getting Diagnosed as an Adult: The Late Autism and ADHD Discovery
...sitting still in class, did you...of autism and ADHD is not rare. It's...tools designed for children who present disruptively...present disruptively in clinical or school...can't function in a classroom. They...decades compensating in ways that eventually...Many. Autism and ADHD are both diagnosed...observation of children. The DSM-5 requires...before age 12 for ADHD and during early...