Labels are dangerous when they replace our view of a child as a person, but a diagnosis describing specific symptoms identifies the help she needs to be successful.

Testing Smarter, Not Longer

Many students who struggle with executive functioning skills forget to bring home all the things they will need to complete their homework. If your student struggles with this, ask her to try these suggestions so you can save trips back to school. Write it down. When writing an assignment on your planner or to do…

There is nothing more frustrating than not turning in completed homework! Try these strategies to help your student remember.

Because attention, anxiety, mood, and executive functioning difficulties can hamper major life activities including learning, many children with these challenges can benefit from additional assistance and/or accommodations at school. We can help parents and educators collaborate to meet students’ unique needs.

Reading fluency involves reading text accurately and effortlessly so that it sounds as if you are talking. Many students with executive functioning difficulties like ADHD make reading errors that hamper their speed and understanding of what they read. In this article, Dr. Davenport outlines research-based information about improving reading fluency.

Annotating is a fancy word used for “marking or highlighting a novel.”  It is like talking with a book: annotating allows you to ask questions, comment on meaning, and mark events and passages you want to revisit. It is a permanent record of your conversation with the text. Why Should You Annotate? Some people say…

I’m often asked, “What is the difference between the learning difficulties experienced by a child with an attention disorder and those seen in a child with a specific learning disorder like dyslexia?” This is a tough question because both can have problems with reading and spelling, and both can have low scores on standardized tests of…

Children who struggle with behavior and concentration but do not show significant symptoms of ADHD can benefit from these research-proven behavior techniques suggested by Dr. Davenport.