School Issues
Is College the Only Path? Understanding Success When Your Child Skips Higher Education
©2024 Harold Robert Meyer – All rights reservedhttps://www.addrc.org/ info@addrc.org Recognizing that career success isn’t solely contingent on higher education is vital if your son or daughter is hesitant about attending college. Alternative paths: Alternative routes such as associate degrees, certificates, and apprenticeships offer valuable, skills-based education tailored to specific career paths at a more affordable … Read more
Does ADHD Medication Help Children Learn More?
One of the most consistently found adverse effects of ADHD is on inhibiting children’s learning. In particular, many studies have shown that attention problems in particular are related to lower academic achievement over time.
What do you do when your child is being bullied at school?
Bullying can take various forms, including physical, verbal, and psychological. It is essential to recognize these signs early on to address the issue effectively and support your child.
How Do You Prepare Your Child For The First Day of Kindergarten?
Starting school can be overwhelming for children, but you can alleviate their anxieties by familiarizing them with what to expect. Additionally, being prepared academically and socially enables your child to make a smooth transition into the classroom setting.
Students with ADHD and College Success: 10 Study Tips
Executive functioning skills are essential to navigating the classroom and the social arena in college. To do well in your courses, you must be able to draw upon functional memory, focus, and observation to process and synthesize information from lectures and readings. To complete assignments and keep on schedule, you need time management, organizational, and goal-defining skills. All of these skills fall under executive function.
Executive functioning carries over into social settings, too. To effectively network and form valuable relationships, you need emotion control, observation skills, and self-awareness.
Does ADHD treatment help long-term academic performance?
Does ADHD treatment help long-term academic performance?
School changes – helping children with ADHD
children face a variety of changes in the way that they attend school. Some might be attending virtual classes; others might attend school in-person with many new rules. To help your child with ADHD adjust to these changes, learn about the resources available for parents.
Helping Students With Disabilities Understand Accommodations in College
High school educators can play an important role in preparing students to request accommodations in college. The transition to college is a challenging time for all students, and especially for students with disabilities who need to navigate the accommodations system at their new institution. A federal law, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, guarantees free … Read more
Why College Students Don’t Regularly Use Their ADHD Meds
The transition to college is challenging for many students and can be especially difficult for those with ADHD. Many who have relied on parents to help them with organization and time management struggle when this help is less available.
Compared to what they were used to in high school, life for most college students is less structured and there are often large gaps between when class assignments are due. Many classes have no attendance policy and it is solely up to students to get themselves consistently to class. Read More…