Mark Bertin's Blog, page 5
February 5, 2018
Legal Rights of Students with ADHD
The best approach is to accommodations for ADHD is to support them in the moment, while teaching student skills to be more independent and successful in the future.
December 5, 2017
Talking Back to ADHD
Pause and realize the difference between a person and their ADHD, then begin to identify where ADHD affects life.
August 7, 2017
Turning the Page on ADHD
Naturally, change is hard for all kids, and can be harder for those with ADHD. A new school year is the perfect time to pause, reconsider, and set up new routines.
June 19, 2017
Collaboration When a Family Has ADHD: Like Parent Like Child
Finding an empathetic, mutual path around ADHD aims families towards a shared goal instead of a battle, while adults build the same skills they’re aiming for in their children.
June 12, 2017
ADHD Summer Reading Challenge
Reading is one of the most crucial activities for children, promoting language development, building knowledge, and setting up academic success, but ADHD can make it hard.
April 24, 2017
ADHD and Self Compassion
What’s the impact of living life with ADHD, seeing exactly what ‘should’ be done and often not getting there anyway.
February 21, 2017
Give Technology — and Yourself — a Rest
The brain needs a break to recover from activity just like our bodies do.
January 30, 2017
Building Resilience: How to Shift Mental Gears
Stress itself can be defined as the perception something is more than we can handle. That may sound like the most clichéd advice ever – but is a foundation of resilience research.
January 23, 2017
The Myth of Bootstraps
Appropriate supports for families are the only true bootstraps, a community reaching across party politics and pulling everyone up together.
January 18, 2017
Mindfulness and Peaceful Activism: Post-Election Resolution
In an era of extremism, the intentions behind mindfulness matter more than ever.
