Penny Williams's Blog, page 55
April 15, 2015
Is It an Initiation or “Getting Started” Problem?
March 21, 2015
How ADHD Impacts Learning in Middle School
Pin ItHave 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 […]
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March 19, 2015
Parenting ADHD Kids: ADHD, Emotions and Meltdowns
Pin ItMother of All Meltdowns: “My Son Tried to Hurt Himself” Sometimes a mom of a special needs child can offer only a safe haven and wait out her child’s emotional storms. (over on my Boy Without Instructions blog on ADDitudeMag.com) It was a balmy March afternoon. My son, Ricochet, had not been in school […]
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March 10, 2015
Twice-Exceptional Learners: Top 4 things I wish others knew about giftedness and LDs
Pin ItThe Top 4 Things I Wish People Knew About Twice-Exceptional Kids a guest post written by Linda Brooksbank 1. An individual can be smart and have learning challenges. Students who are academically or intellectually gifted can also have learning challenges, such as ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, OCD, anxiety, Asperger’s, etc. The common term for this […]
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February 26, 2015
I love #oneof15M
Pin It15 million people in the United States have ADHD. I love one of them, and I bet you do too.CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is a nonprofit that provides valuable and authoritative information to all affected by ADHD, as well as those in their communities, like schools, parents, and employers. As […]
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February 25, 2015
Win 2 best-selling ADHD books
Pin ItIt’s book giveaway time! One lucky winner will receive one paperback copy each of Boy Without Instructions: Surviving the Learning Curve of Parenting a Child with ADHD and 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. Use the Rafflecopter […]
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February 24, 2015
Parenting ADHD’s Shades of Grey
Pin ItNo, I have not read the book 50 Shades of Grey. Nor am I one of the millions who helped to set box office records on its opening weekend. If you are, there’s no judgement here. I only mention this record-breaking phenomenon because, let’s face it, it garners attention, and because it’s title is […]
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February 20, 2015
Watchminder: a useful tool for kids with ADHD
Pin ItWouldn’t it be great if there were a tool to remind your child with ADHD to pay attention to the task at hand throughout the day. A real tool, not nagging or punishment. Well, there is! Watchminder contacted me several weeks ago and asked if Ricochet would like to try their watch in the […]
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February 14, 2015
10 (More) Books on Parenting Kids with ADHD
Pin ItParents are sent out into the world with a prescription and maybe a fact sheet or two when their child is diagnosed with ADHD. We are thrust into it blind, and we usually take a beating before we get it figured out.There wasn’t a manual or guidebook for this special parenthood… until now. I […]
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February 4, 2015
The Queen of Distraction
Pin ItI have read just about nothing but books on parenting a child with ADHD and learning disabilities for the last six and a half years. It’s not that I don’t enjoy fiction, or other perspectives on a variety of topics, it’s just that I’ve had tunnel vision in trying to help my son. As […]
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