What are your child’s strengths? Figuring that out can build the foundation for a productive and joyful life. Learn how to identify and nurture them. Parenting a child with learning and attention issues often involves focusing on issues of remediation or accommodation. Basically, how to make things better. Or how to cope with or manage […]
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ADHD And Empathy: Is It Really Missing In Your Child?
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. It’s a key part of social interactions and helps us to build relationships with others. When someone is lacking in empathy, they may have difficulty understanding how others are feeling or why they feel that way. They may also seem insensitive or […]
Want to Help Your ADHD Kid? Focus on Evidence Based Interventions
If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD, chances are you have so many questions that you don’t even know where to start. Can your child succeed in school? What does he need from you at home? How can parents and teachers help her in her relationships with peers and family members? And most of […]
The Promising Benefits of Weighted Blanket for ADHD: How to Really Help Your Kid Now
While it’s well-known that ADHD can be managed with medications, therapy and/or lifestyle changes like diet and exercise, other simple tools exist that can help with managing symptoms as well. And, one in particular – the weighted blanket – has grown in popularity in recent years. And that’s for good reason! As explained below there […]
Worried About ADHD Medication Abuse? This is What You Need to Know
There can be a great deal of stigma and confusion surrounding the use of prescription medications to treat ADHD. And many parents worry about the long-term effects of ADHD medications. Although ADHD medications can be extremely effective when used appropriately, many families fear exploring such options because they fear that the medications could harm their […]