School Issues Articles
Listed by most recent articles first.
- OCD and College Accommodations
An interesting article recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal. “A Serious Illness or an Excuse” is worth reading and talks about ...
- Does Facebook Help Students Adapt to College?
Recent psychological research suggests that social networking can help university students feel supported in their first few weeks at school. Investigating the possibility, ...
- The Challenge of Children with Special Needs
Labels abound, some of them distasteful, some inaccurate, some just in vogue, others useful to understanding and planning. I ...
- Do Children Really Spend Too Much Time in Front of Screens?
Once again the experts in child development and child health are warning parents about exposing their ...
- Questions Teens Ask about ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a fairly common mental health concern among children and teenagers today. It is readily treated by medications, psychotherapy, or a combination of the two. Here are some commonly asked ...
- Courage and Limits with Your Teen
This column uses a story based on a real-life situation in therapy to represent both the teen and parent viewpoints on ...
- Keeping Your Child in Mind
A 3-year-old is happily playing on the floor near his mommy’s feet as she works on her laptop. Unknowingly, she knocks a ballpoint pen onto the floor. The little boy picks up the ballpoint pen, ...
- Length of Stay for Residential OCD Treatment
Toward the end of his freshman year of college, my son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was so severe that he ...
- OCD and ADHD: Is There a Connection?
By the end of his freshman year in college, my son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was so severe that he ...
- A Toolkit for School Success: 15 Study Tips for Students with ADHD
Because of the nature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), students with the disorder ...
- College Life: Freshman Friends
Perhaps it has already happened to you.
In the first week or two of school, you quickly made a group out of the ...
- Executive Function Problem or Just a Lazy Kid: Part 2
Executive development happens primarily in the prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain more sensitive to stress ...
- Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Mainstream Classroom
Barbara Borosonʼs Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Mainstream Classroom: How to Reach and Teach Students with ASDs is an engaging, thoughtful and valuable resource for instructors, parents and administrators that enable them to reach, understand ...
- When You’re the New Kid in School
“So what’s your name new kid in school
tell me something do you feel lonely “
-- Song lyrics by The Donnas
Here comes September. You’ve been bracing yourself all summer. Here it is, the middle of your ...
- Mistaken for ADHD
After reading this book I believe the title says it all: “Mistaken for ADHD.” The author, Dr. Frank Barnhill, attempts to help parents, teachers, social workers and doctors who deal with adolescents and young children ...
- Home-School Collaboration for Children with Learning Disabilities
The transition into elementary school can be especially tough for our children with learning disabilities and challenging behavior. Whether ...
- 4 Facts About Teen Depression and How Parents Can Help
Teens are known for being a moody, rebellious, egocentric and emotional bunch. But while this is ...
- Teens with Intellectual Disability Have it Harder
Trudy is 16 and attends the local high school. Her mother tells me she’s always been an affectionate, optimistic ...
- Better By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong
Intellectually we know that making a mistake gives us the opportunity to learn and grow. Still, that usually does little to assuage our shame, embarrassment and guilt when making an error. Of course, it depends ...
- What I Wish I Knew in Grad School: Current and Former Students Share 16 Tips
Graduate school is both an incredibly challenging and rewarding time in ...
- 9 Ideas for Increasing Your Chances of Matching
“The number of students seeking internships significantly outnumbers the availability of internship positions,” according to Sharon Berry, Ph.D, ...
- Help Your Intellectually Disabled Child Handle Bullying
“Sticks and stones will break my bones
But words will never hurt me.”
~Children’s chant
The chant is a lie! It may ...
- Intelligence Linked to Bipolar Disorder
Research has indicated that bipolar disorder may be up to four times more common in young people who were straight-A students.
A link between high IQ and bipolar disorder has been proposed for many years, ...
- The Second Half of the Semester
Midterms are over and you are now confronted with the state of your grades. Maybe you did okay or even more than ...
- A Day at a Time: A Journal for Parents of Children with Autism
Finally someone has stepped forward with a handy book that helps parents of children on the autistic spectrum organize their complex lives. Jen Merheb has created A Day at a Time: A Journal ...
