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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
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
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
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
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
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.
Posted in ADHD, bullies, LD, social skills
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Texting +ADHD = DISASTER
From Shane over on ADHD & LD Resource Blog.
Posted in ADHD, bullies, LD, social skills
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Texting +ADHD = DISASTER
From Shane over on ADHD & LD Resource Blog.
Posted in ADHD, bullies, LD, social skills
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