I will have the honor of presenting at the​ 2020 Complex Learners Conference sponsored by the Wolf School on March 7, 2020 (​215 Ferris Avenue, East Providence, RI). The conference […]

Star Realms is a strategy-based virtual card game similar to Magic: The Gathering and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Each turn, players add cards to their collection in hopes of building the […]

Many students with ADHD perform well academically in early elementary school. This is particularly true for cognitively advanced students with ADHD who have areas of intellectual strength. Psychologists have observed […]

Aidan loved school through fourth grade. But once he started fifth grade, his parents observed that he often reported feeling sick in the morning before school. He made many negative […]

Dictation is a great tool for helping kids with writing. It can be a transformational tool for kids whose writing difficulties cause them to drop out of school or to […]

Teaching children academic and study skills is crucial to their future in education and their life as a whole. Kids with ADHD need to learn these skills and apply them […]

If you have a child with ADHD or Learning Disabilities, as school approaches you are likely already strategizing on how to get through the coming school year. One of the […]

There are many strategies that can be used to improve executive functions in the classroom. By definition, many kids with ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Anxiety/Depression experience problems […]

How do thinking skills impact academic performance?

Executive functions, or thinking skills, are essentially self-management skills that rely upon the prefrontal cortex and connections to other parts of our brain […]

Traditional American schools are well suited and effective for teaching facts and conveying static knowledge. But how well do most schools teach application of knowledge to new situations, how effective […]