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Executive Function Unlocked: Tips for Teachers in Neurodiverse Classrooms
Executive functions develop in spurts and phases. Elementary school students learn to skillfully switch between tasks, resist distractions, and think before they act. Around age 10, cognitive...
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Why Are We (Still) Failing Students with ADHD?
We’ve come a long way in our understanding and treatment of ADHD. Decades of well-executed studies have yielded a vast collection of articles that resulted in greater understanding of the developmental...
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“Students with Learning Differences Need Outspoken Champions”
As a child growing up in the ‘80s, I was bombarded with messages about “stranger danger.” Imagine my surprise, then, when a stranger arrived at the door of my second-grade classroom to take me away,...
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“’It’s Okay to Not Be Okay:’ What Emotionally Struggling Students Need to Hear”
Growing up, I was a normal, active kid who loved school and participated in many sports and activities. I loved school and it came easily to me! When I was 15, my life changed when I had an accident...
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Engaging Latinx Parents: An IEP Meeting Checklist for Educators
Following a child’s ADHD diagnosis, many families struggle to understand the condition, accept its associated learning differences, and move forward with treatment and accommodations. Now imagine...
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Q: “My Student’s Daily Report Card Isn’t Working!”
Q: “We’ve recently started a daily report card with one of my students with ADHD to improve their behavior, but we haven’t seen any changes yet. What can we do to make this tool work more effectively?”...
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The Good Behavior Game Is a Hit with Students — and Teachers
You do your best to maintain a positive learning environment for your students, from reinforcing and encouraging good behavior to celebrating their contributions and achievements. But what if you could...
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Q: “How Can I Encourage Kindness Toward My Students with ADHD?”
Q: “As a teacher, how can I encourage my students to be supportive of their fellow classmates with ADHD? An inclusive classroom environment is my goal.” Students with ADHD thrive in a positive...
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Q: “Is It Fair to Ignore Inappropriate Behaviors from Students with ADHD?”
Q: “As a teacher, I sometimes struggle to ignore negative or inappropriate behaviors from students with ADHD. I worry about the fairness of ignoring these behaviors that other students would otherwise...
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“How Educators’ Implicit Bias Stifles Neurodivergent Learners”
During a recent training session I led on inclusion and learning differences in the classroom, I posed the following question – a tough one – to the teachers in the audience: “Raise your hand if, upon...
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When Gifted Kids Burn Out: How to Support Twice-Exceptional Students
Intellectually gifted students are highly vulnerable to stress and burnout when their high IQ is paired with a learning difference, condition, or disability. These twice exceptional (2e) students...
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“The True Value of ADHD Side Quests, Rabbit Holes, and Tangents”
A colleague recently sent me a meme that compared living with ADHD to constantly choosing to play a video game’s side quests – optional missions that are not required to complete the game – over its...
View ArticleA Classroom Exercise That Teaches Self-Advocacy and Celebrates Differences
A colleague of mine once devised a brilliant classroom exercise that gifted her students an enduring lesson in self-advocacy and accepting themselves — and others — for who they are. For the “project,”...
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Live Webinar on February 22: An Educators’ Guide to Fortifying Executive...
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View Article“4 Simple Strategies to Help Impulsive Students Stop Blurting”
We’ve all seen it. The student who inadvertently cuts off their friend mid-sentence because they have something they really, really want to say. The student who is excited and enthusiastic about...
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