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 […]

Do you take forever to do your homework? Are you always the last one to finish tests when you have them in class? Many teenagers and college students have the […]

Improving social skills is a difficult task for educators and clinicians. It’s difficult to transfer the trained skills to the real world. Traditional methods of teaching social skills involve modeling, […]

Steller is a storytelling app that combines elements of social media, scrapbooking, and blogging. The app itself is its own social media platform, allowing users to explore other highlighted and […]

Before we get a ton of angry reader mail, let’s be clear. We aren’t actually taking away the books, we are just changing the medium. After all, no matter the […]

Kids who are intimidated by a thick book can still enjoy them. Listening, reading on the Kindle, or even watching the movie version can get kids interested in books. Here […]