Learning disabilities and ADHD (Written for kids)
ADHD is not a learning disability, but it may affect how you learn. By becoming knowledgeable about your learning disability, you can learn to tackle it.
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ADHD Child/Adult Primer
What is ADHD? How can it be treated? How is ADHD diagnosed? These are just a few of the many basic questions asked and answered in this primer to help create a better understanding of the disorder for the diagnosed, and the parents of the diagnosed.
Executive Function Impairments in High IQ Adults With ADHD
Assessing the executive functioning of High IQ adults with ADHD.
Extended Time Improves Reading Comprehension Test Scores for Adolescents with ADHD
“Allowing extended time for adolescents with ADHD to complete tests involving reading may help to compensate for their impairments of working memory and processing speed, allowing them to score closer to their actual verbal abilities.â€
ADHD Executive Function And School Success
It has been discovered that the executive functioning (EF)—also known as critical cognitive skills—deficits of students with ADHD causes them to take three years longer to mature than those without the disorder. What are examples of EF deficits? How does this impact an ADHD student? And how does one overcome their executive functioning deficit?
Sleep Tips When You Have ADHD
Those with ADHD often have troubling sleeping at night. Try a few strategies to help ensure a better night’s rest.
An Evening With Edward (Ned) Hallowell – February 2012
Audio presentation by Ned Hallowell.
6 Ways to Combat Procrastination
“Procrastination can be caused by several things. You may procrastinate because you don’t enjoy a task. You may procrastinate because a task is large and challenging to organize. Or, you may procrastinate because you aren’t sure how to accomplish the task.”
ADHD and Emotional Regulation Video by Dr. Russell A. Barkley
Video presentation by Dr. Russell Barkley.
ADHD And the Role of The Educational Therapist
Audio presentation by Susan Macari on educational therapists.