Video games are a great test of a player’s willingness to fail and then get back up again.  Losing health points, powers, and ultimately one’s life in a video game […]

COVID-19 based, remote learning has been a blessing and a curse for children with learning disabilities. These students lose out when they don’t meet with their teachers in smaller classes. […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve done much of my clinical work online via Zoom, the same tool that many of my patients are using to attend school. Many of the […]

Remote learning was a failure in its first iteration for the majority of US students. Were we to give it a grade, it would probably be a “D” or an […]

It’s the beginning of the fantasy football season and in a few months, the smartest general managers will be celebrating their league championships. I would argue that many of the […]

Teaching executive functioning skills may be more important for a child’s success at school than acquiring academic skills. Don’t trust me on this–ask any teacher. You’re likely to find that […]

We now have a nation of homeschoolers. Prior to March 2020, only about 4% of parents were choosing to homeschool their children, while a recent poll by Outschool indicated that […]

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 […]