When you suspect LD in your child and he refuses to be tested, what should you do?
Can a child's resistance to medication be used as a way to help him become more efficient?
Learn how to identify whether ADHD is getting in the way of your child's learning, and what steps to take next.
Our expert advises a mother whose child has gone through seven different educational placements.
Children are sometimes misdiagnosed as having ADHD, when it's really a learning disability known as CAPD.
Some of the traits noted in children with ADHD are also seen in children who are gifted or talented.
When a child gets involved with a "bad element" at school, he needs to find interests outside of school.
Every year 20 million kids register for youth hockey, football, baseball,soccer, and other competitive sports. So why do most kids quit sports by the time they turn 13?
When a child seem young for his age, his teachers should be able to individualize in a way that will make the boy feel good about himself.
Our expert addresses a parent's concerns about putting her child on ADHD medication.
What can a parent do when her child makes up her mind not to attend a particular school?
Can a discipline problem be chalked up to early school jitters?
Professionals who diagnose ADHD use the diagnostic criteria set forth by the American Psychiatric Association (1994) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
The characteristics of ADHD evident 40 years ago are still the same seen today. It is our understanding of ADHD that has evolved.
Learn what schools are doing to keep children safe, and what you can do to help promote school safety.
A mother seeks advice on how to help a child respond appropriately to teasing by schoolmates.
A grandmother seeks advice on how to stop her granddaughter's misbehavior.
The many kids who attend child care share their bodily fluids (saliva, for example) and tend to have increased exposure to germs.
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