Penny Williams's Blog, page 54
June 2, 2015
How ADHD impacts learning in elementary school
Following is a great chart fromUnderstood.org. This chart is on elementaryschool, but they have one for preschool, middle, and high school, too. These are great to print and share with your child’s teachers!
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How ADHD Impacts Learning in Middle School
Have you visited the new website, Understood.org, yet? If not, scurry on over there (after you’ve finished looking around here). This new website is a collaboration between 15 non-profits to support parents of kids with learning and attention issues. What I love most about this site is their simple, very easy to understand articles with […]
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June 1, 2015
Calm is crucial: ADHD Parenting Hack #1
Raising kids with ADHD is tough. They seem to have been born with the gift of instilling frustration even in the most peaceful of humans. It isn’t their intent, mind you. Far from it in fact. But, nonetheless, their innate behaviors can frustrate everyone around them, especially their parents. When a parent is angry or […]
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May 27, 2015
What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting ADHD Wins International Book Award
Despite the fierce competition of over 1,200 book submissions in 80 categories, What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting ADHD: A 9-step plan to master the struggles and triumphs of parenting a child with ADHD won the Psychology & Mental Health Category of the 2015 International Book Awards. I am truly honored to stand out […]
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May 12, 2015
“The Impulsive, Disorganized Child,” a book review
I am a fixer by nature. When my son, Ricochet, was first diagnosed with ADHD in 2008, I hit the books and the internet and read obsessively, looking for ways to help him. While my consumption of books on ADHD and learning disabilities has slowed a bit, I am still always up for a good […]
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May 5, 2015
Why punishment is ineffective ADHD parenting
My son, Ricochet, has dysgraphia in addition to ADHD, which is pretty common. He is in sixth grade, and his handwriting still looks like that of a kindergartner, at best. We have worked diligently to improve his writing, even doing the Handwriting Without Tears program with a private occupational therapist for many months. His handwriting […]
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May 1, 2015
Playing Hide-n-Seek with Joy: Parenting ADHD
Groundhog Day 2: The ADHD Version How to reclaim the joy of parenting an ADHD child when despair nudges it aside—again. (over on my Boy Without Instructions blog on ADDitudeMag.com) It is normal to grieve when your child is diagnosed with ADHD. No, it’s not a life-threatening illness, but it can be if denied or […]
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April 28, 2015
Parenting ADHD: The Truth Will Set Parents Free
The Truth Will Set Parents Free Our expectations need to be guided by our child’s development, not his calendar age. (over on my Boy Without Instructions blog on ADDitudeMag.com) Parents are guided by the calendar age of their kids to set expectations for them. When your child has a neurodevelopmental disorder like ADHD, that societal […]
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April 24, 2015
If it’s “just childhood,” then it isn’t ADHD.
The media is at it again — publishing sensationalized articles that further stigmatize ADHD and ADHD medication. This time, Time Magazine has published an article byMarilyn Wedge, author of A Disease Called Childhood: Why ADHD Became an American Epidemic, called “The ADHD Fallacy”. Wedge’s theory is that ADHD symptoms are “just childhood” and best treated […]
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April 21, 2015
ADHD at School: Yet another year wasted
Each and every Spring since 2008 — my son’s kindergarten year — I have experienceddéjà vu. Another school year almost complete. Another school year wasted. Another desperate need for the madness to end. You see, each and every school year I fight tooth and nail with teachers and administrators to understand that what looks like […]
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