If you have a child with ADHD or a learning disability, you must constantly be strategizing for how to get through the school year. Executive functioning deficits are difficult in […]

Jour is a guided journaling app. It provides multiple different approaches to journaling. First is a basic daily journal. The app asks simple questions like how do you feel and […]

Mad Libs is a game that works just like its paper and pen counterpart. First, the player(s) receive a list of words (by part of speech, like noun and verb). […]

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 […]

James liked going to school when he was younger. He was a capable student in elementary school, although his teachers observed that he was sometimes struggling with writing assignments. His […]

Using technologies to help individuals with special needs is not exactly a new idea. Eyeglasses were invented in 1268 to help monks and scholars with reading, while hearing aids were […]

BrainPOP is an educational website that features curated lesson “plans”, as well as a large selection of games. The lesson plans incorporate videos, quizzes, games, idea maps, movie making, activities […]

Does slow processing speed qualify a student for a 504 plan?  This is a question that I am frequently asked in my work as a child clinical psychologist. The simple […]

We’re fortunate to live in an age where technology can help individuals with disabilities overcome obstacles, or even make those obstacles disappear. There are many people who might be considered […]