Recent Posts in the ADHD & Attention Category

• How Brain Training Could Save Your School Year

  Sep 28, 2020
  Many parents were already worried about the effects of school closures last spring. But as the 2020 school year began, we also realized that nothing was returning to "business as usual." Whether your ...
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• 4 Types of learning styles; What are they and do they matter?

  Sep 14, 2020
  In the late 1980s, Dr. Neil Fleming identified a variety of learning styles which he categorized as the VARK model. (Other researchers and educators have identified additional learning styles, with ...
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• 10 Tips to Help Your Student With Homework and Studying

  Aug 31, 2020
  The 2020-2021 school year might be the most diverse yet in terms of how kids and teens will be learning. Whether you're doing online classes, homeschooling, in-person learning or some hybrid mix, ...
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• 10 Tips to Help Parents (and Grandparents!) Who are Homeschooling

  Aug 24, 2020
  We scoured the web, asked our experts and compiled our best tips from personal experience to share some advice on homeschooling. Whether you're a working parent, a retired grandparent or a ...
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• Train Your Brain Tuesday is back!

  Aug 4, 2020
  Kim Hanson, CEO of LearningRx, if back with another video in the Train Your Brain Tuesday series! Check out the video HERE !
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• ADDitude Shares "The Homework System that really works" for Kids With ADHD

  Jul 20, 2020
  ADDitude Magazine has a great article about the importance of routines to help replace after-school tantrum among children and tweens with ADHD. Some of the highlights from the article include: 1. ...
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• Personal Brain Training May Help Combat the Covid Slide

  Jun 29, 2020
  Did you know that experts are predicting that students will likely lose twice as much during the Summer Slide due to Covid-19 school closures? It's true. Normally, the Summer Slide--significant ...
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• Steps to Manage ADHD During the Covid-19 Pandemic

  Jun 15, 2020
  For some children and teens with ADHD, it's difficult to maintain attention and/or control physical energy and movements. The stress of the Covid-19 pandemic and its restriction may pose even greater ...
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• ADD vs. ADHD: What's the Difference?

  Jun 8, 2020
  You've probably heard the terms ADD and ADHD used interchangeably, but you may not be clear on the difference. Here is a general overview of what they mean and where they fit into the bigger picture. ...
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• 7 Secrets to Engaged Online Learning for Students with ADHD; Tip #7

  Jun 1, 2020
  The final tip in ADDitude Magazine's piece on "7 Secrets to Engaged Online Learning for Students with ADHD" is "Help them learn better keyboarding skills now." The article suggests sites like ...
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