ADHD: Could My Child Have ADHD?
Attention deficit disorder in children, also referred to as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, refers to children who often have difficulty focusing their attention, listening, remembering things, staying still, and/or waiting their turn. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Addition, DSM-IV, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a “persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity [...]
Dyslexia: Does My Child Have Dyslexia?
Dyslexia impacts all areas of life. Reading is one of the most important skills your child needs to master. He will need reading in every subject in school and in almost every facet of life. Yet, millions of kids have poor reading skills, which may be due to lack of practice or something more organic [...]
Key to the SAT, PSAT, and the SAT Subject Tests Part 1—Attitude, Traps, and Trust
SAT Prep and PSAT Prep Advice
Whether your SAT test preparation consists of working on your own, in a group or class, or one-to-one with a qualified SAT tutor, the following advice will help you get the best scores possible.
SAT Prep Advice: Think of the SAT’s as just a game.
It is a mindset that helps keep [...]
Homework Help!
Homework debate: Too much homework vs. Ban homework; No homework vs. Is homework beneficial?
What are parents and children to do solve the homework dilemma?
Homework has become one of the biggest issues for parents and kids. It brings with it anger, frustration, tears, fears and family disharmony. Jack, a nine year old, often spends all afternoon [...]
Autism Teleseminar - Webcast: Information Packed
Dr. Linda Silbert and her guest, Michelle Dyson, an experienced mother of an child who is diagnosed with autism, recorded an information-packed one-hour Teleseminar Webcast on 12/11/08. It is available as a podcast or MP3 download.
Parents Helping Parents: “How to Find Answers to Help Your Child on the Spectrum” will help parents of newly-diagnosed children as well as parents [...]
Disjointed: Funny in Television, Not Funny in School
Old timers will remember the hugely popular radio and TV show, “Children Say the Darndest Things.”
The host, the kindly Art Linkletter, interviewed one child after another. The humor results from the disjoint between children’s and adult’s thinking and their very different interpretation of words and phrases. In other words, the humor comes from the children [...]
Have trouble taking notes? This computer-in-a-pen can change all that
If you or your child has as much trouble taking notes as I do, this cutting-edge new product can change your life. I’ve owned mine for two months and it has made my life a lot easier. I love using it.
By the way, I’m not one to be influenced by commercials or advertisements. A rare [...]
Tutoring + Coaching, Better Than Tutoring Alone
Tutoring is good and Coaching is good, but Tutoring / Coaching is best. Here’s why.
Tutors usually teach, or re-teach, content. Examples include how to regroup when subtracting and how to remember the amendments to the Constitution for a test on Friday. Whenever possible, a good tutor will also attempt to make the content relevant, by [...]
Geometry Proofs: Junk or Gems?
Are geometry proofs Junk or Gems?
The answer is both.
High school students taking geometry, including the new NYS Regents Geometry Course, will be doing lots of geometry proofs.
“When will I ever use this junk?” will almost certainly cross their minds.
The answer is “probably never,” which clearly favors the “junk” designation in the title.
Then why make kids [...]
Stop Turning Kids Off to Learning—HW Answers Don’t Always Need Full Sentences
Here is a primer on how to take fascinating subjects—that we adults are passionate about—and make them deadly dull for schoolchildren.
Assign a large number of homework questions and make children answer them in full sentences.
Full sentences? Toward what end?
Let’s say the homework question is: What is the capital city of Sweden, and, what popular singing [...]
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