High school graduation can signify many things: an entry into the adult world, the end of childhood, the beginning of working full time or maybe entering college. For many parents of children with ADD/ADHD, high school graduation high school graduation can be a turning point. The many years of struggling with homework are finally over. The daily struggle of keeping up with schoolwork, projects and teachers has ended. Their children can now move on, they can create their own lives, enter...
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For high school and college seniors, this is an exciting time. So close to the finish line! All that hard work is about to pay off with a... Read more »
Its spring and that means around the country young adults will be graduating from high school, college or graduate school. As a graduate... Read more »
August 1 has always been the date that I begin to prepare for the upcoming school year with my children. I begin reviewing with them math... Read more »
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Teens with ADHD are twice as likely to drop out or delay finishing high school as their healthy peers, a study has found. In fact, researchers from... Read more »
For high school students with ADD/ADHD, tests can be a source of great frustration. Studying the night before certainly doesn’t guarantee that you... Read more »
If the transition between second and third grade seemed like a difficult one for the child with ADHD, the transition between grade school and middle... Read more »
As teens with ADHD near the age going off to college, fears and apprehensions may begin to take over. Living on their own and being responsible for... Read more »