Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D. | Life Solutions of Dallas-Fort Worth

Understanding the Brain Chemistry of Self-Control

A child is less likely to be hard on herself about impulsivity and more willing to start working toward a solution once she understands that she did not cause the brain chemistry that causes this most difficult difficutly, and that she can learn strategies to help control it,

ADHD & Executive Functioning Solutions

Our mission is to help improve the lives of children, teens, adults, and families struggling with ADHD. In that effort, we offer a wide variety of services and solutions to choose from. ADHD Evaluation based on established research-proven standards in order to rule-out other possible problems and identify specific needs of the child (ages 4 and…

Get Your Priorities Straight and Achieve More!

It’s important for those of us who struggle with ADHD and executive functioning to identify our priorities because there are not enough hours in the day to do everything we could possibly want to do. Without setting our priorities, many of us respond in the moment. We shift our attention to whatever is most pressing or exciting at the moment. In order to actively suppress that urge, we need to identify and commit ourselves to certain priority items.

Six Steps for Planning and Completing Written Reports

Students can benefit from a structured approach to preparing written reports as outlined in this article. Help your student try these six steps the next time she is faced with a writing project.

Flexibility in Writing Essays and Reports

Parents and teachers often say that children with attention challenges struggle to complete written reports and essays. Students often say they don’t know where to start. Flexible structuring can help. First, a number of accommodations can help when students with learning problems, ADHD, and related executive functioning challenges prepare written essays and reports. Use Technology…

Classroom Accommodations: The Art of Flexible Structuring

Classroom accommodations are a vital part of the management process for children who struggle with learning, attention, and executive functioning problems. Accommodations should be used to assist children and teens in managing their struggles while facilitating success in their academic and personal efforts.

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Ask Questions to Write Better Sentences

Use this structured step-by-step approach to help your child or teen better express her creative thoughts and ideas in writing. Beginning at the sentence level, help her write to describe, inform, explain, request, demand, amuse, and convince. First, help your child understand basic sentence structure. A basic sentence has two things. A noun: boy A verb: …

Four Easy Steps to Plan Better Paragraphs

Once your student can write variety of sentences, you can start to help her learn how to plan paragraphs by organizing ideas into a logical sequence. By providing a structured, step-by-step approach to this task, you can help her stay focused on the task at hand.