How Do We Measure Processing Speed?

In today’s classrooms, slow processing speed is being increasingly identified as a major cause of poor academic performance. For many capable students who are motivated to do well, slow processing […]

Games and Activities That Improve Processing Speed

Processing Speed describes how efficiently a child can perform a cognitive task. It accounts for the speed at which the child takes in information, processes it, and then acts on […]

5 Ways to Improve Processing Speed in Children

Many parents and teachers who see capable kids falling behind in their schoolwork find that slow processing speed is the underlying cause. In the recent past, many educators and parents […]

Processing Speed and Executive Functions

Slow processing speed and executive function disorders are two of the most common reasons children have trouble in school. While processing speed and executive functioning are two distinct neuropsychological constructs, […]

Why Kids with ADHD, LD, and Weak Executive Functions Should Learn Dictation Skills

Writing is often the most difficult academic skills for kids with ADHD, LD, and weak executive functions. Competent writing requires sustained attention, facility with language, organization, and working memory. Efficient […]

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Five Ways to Help Children Who Cannot Remember Their Morning Routine

“My 10-year old needs me to help him get ready for school every morning. He forgets to brush his teeth, take his backpack, and get his lunch. If I didn’t […]

Executive-functioning Strategies: The Antidote to Stress in School

I will have the honor of speaking at the 35th Annual Learning Differences Conference on March 20 and 21, 2020 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The title of […]

Why Kids with ADHD Need to Learn Dictation Skills

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 […]

Dictation Skills for Kids Who Don’t Like to Write

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 […]