Category Archives: ADHD

ADHD & Crossing the Street

From jaime over on Bignity. Kids with ADHD are more likely to be hit by cars, suggests a new study by Despina Stavrinos, assistant professor at the University of Alabama Birmingham’s Injury Control Center. The reason: differences in perceived risk. … Continue reading

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ADHD Myths Exposed

From jaime over on Bignity. Working in both public and private schools, even simply being a student myself, has left me a bit numb to term ADHD. Most people through it around as if it were akin to having brown … Continue reading

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Special Needs & Swimming: Essential!

From jaime over on Bignity. Before I earned my masters degree in communication sciences and disorders, I worked as a lifeguard and WSI (water safety instructor). I began my illustrious pool-based career at the age of 15 and worked through … Continue reading

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Smoking while pregnant and ADHD

Over on LD Blog I have a couple of posts about biological studies firming up possible neuropsychological linkages for maternal smoking and disorders such as ADHD. There are brief stories about two studies presented at Neuroscience 2010: Preliminary evi… Continue reading

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Sugar’s still not to blame

The sugar-makes-kids-hyper hypothesis is still false. Dan Willingham stuck another fork in it. Roasty-toasty. All done. Fizzle. Now, I’m not advocating a high-fructose, feed-’em-soda-and-sweets diet, to be sure. It’s just that folks n… Continue reading

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Another photo for fun

E. Guetzloe, G. Sugai, & R. Simpson I was moving some materials from one office to another when I came across this photo of some friends. Believe it or not, I took this with a film camera. Yes, it is from the 1990s, even before 1997 or so, I think…. Continue reading

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What do educators need to know?

I’m asking readers of EBD Blog to help me identify important research questions about interventions for students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. As I noted in a parallel post on LD Blog, these need to be BIG IDEA questions. What do teachers and parents need to know about how to help students with EBD?
Examples (just [...] Continue reading

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Texting +ADHD = DISASTER

From Shane over on ADHD & LD Resource Blog.

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Texting +ADHD = DISASTER

From Shane over on ADHD & LD Resource Blog.

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Texting +ADHD = DISASTER

From Shane over on ADHD & LD Resource Blog.

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