Psychologists, social workers, and other clinicians are beginning to recognize the value of video games and other technologies in therapeutic interventions. For some clinicians who work with kids, it may […]

Recent studies indicate that video games have the potential to improve executive functions in older adults. A study by Basak et al. (2007) found that 70-year-old adults showed improvement in […]

Recent studies indicate that children with Autism Spectrum Disorder may benefit from video games that help children learn to recognize emotions. One study conducted by the University of Alabama at […]

For most of my professional career, there has been a widespread belief that listening to music will distract kids from effective studying. I have always questioned this assumption, as have […]

Playing board games, sports, and video games can be very helpful activities for learning. In addition to the social-emotional skills that kids learn from their play, they often have an […]

The skills needed for success in the 20th century were quite different from those needed in the 21st century. In the past, going to school, doing your homework, and getting […]

Parents of children who are diagnosed with autism (ASD) may have observed them becoming obsessed with video games or technology. Children affected by autism can easily get stuck playing a […]

September is football season. I am always happy when September rolls around because it is my favorite sport to watch on television. But as a young parent, I did not […]

More than 60% of children diagnosed with ADHD struggle with written language. Most often their writing difficulties are not due to a lack of ideas but instead to their problems […]

Teenagers with executive-functioning problems often don’t know what to do to help themselves. Weak skills in executive functioning may not have had much of an impact in elementary school, nor […]