Meeting the Needs of Special-Education Students

I don’t normally do posts like this, but I felt that the information it contained was important and I did not want this to become a game of telephone, with the message getting lost along the way. Therefore I would strongly encourage my readers to take a look at this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/education/31tuition.html?ref=education .
It is [...]

Some Setbacks…

Sorry for the delay in writing. We have had some good and bad days. OK – so we have had some bad days.
In my internet travels, possibly including here, I have mentioned the huge costs we have incurred with health insurance and out-of-pocket medical bills. I make a nice income, but when your medical [...]

ADD? ADHD? OCD? LMNOP?

Welcome to the alphabet soup!
We’ve all seen it before: Ignatius Stockdale, M.D., Lawrence Tuttleworth, Esq. or Mary Ellen Peabody, Ph.D.
Then, with a knowing wink you look at me and say, “It works a little different in our world, doesn’t it!”. In our world it goes a little bit more like this: “Hi, I’m [...]

You’re Too Smart to Have ADHD

Does this sound familiar? Or how about this variation: “Your child is very intelligent, therefore he/she does not need (select one of the following: medication, accommodations, an IEP, or additional help/support).”
I don’t know about you folks, but I can say first hand that this is the kind of thinking we tend to run into [...]

A Vision for ADHD – Part IV

We have stirred the pot in the area of education for ADHD kids. As a few had indicated, it certainly deserves further thought and discussion. We will revisit education for those dealing with ADHD in the coming weeks.
For now, I’d like to expand the field of view for my vision for ADHD. Let’s [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Just a quick but deserved tribute to many of my readers:
Happy Mother’s Day!
To so many of you, you deserve more than this dreadfully insufficient acknowledgement for all that you do. There are times you feel like it’s all more than you are capable of handling – yet each time you do. You pull [...]

ADHD Goes for a Drive

I’ll return to “A Vision for ADHD”, but right now I just need to go for a drive. The only problem is that my navigator for over 20 years has been ADHD.
Over the years I have had more accidents, tickets and close calls than I can count. Why? At times distraction has caused me to [...]

A Vision for ADHD – Part III

Now, a little more seriously, about that design framework for an alternative school concept…
Do you realize how little schools have changed in the past 200 years? Sure we have added some computer labs and there’s no doubt that we have perfected the teachers’ unions, yet so much is substantially the same. Look then or now [...]

A Vision for ADHD – Part II

As an ADHD adult, once again I find that impulsivity is riding shotgun. I have thrown out the idea that our schools, for a significant portion of society are due for radical change. But to be honest, I have not come close to fully fleshing out what they should be. It would be presumptuous on [...]