Parenting Your Child with Autism or ADHD Are You Happy? A New Year’s Resolution that Matters
The internal conversation goes something like this: Let me see – today, I will organize the daily curriculum, take all the children through their various subjects, make breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and if I am a good mom, they will all be very nutritionally balanced), wash a few loads of laundry, clean the house, pay the bills, get the kids to all of their scheduled commitments (baseball, hockey, ice-skating, debate club, etc.), prepare for tomorrow, read a little, and then go to bed. I don’t know how long I can do this. I am feeling overwhelmed, sad, and incomplete. But, I will be happy when….”
Autism and AD(H)D: Why Social Integration Can Be So Difficult
“Hey, Mom! Could you look over this email before I send it? I want to make sure I am saying this right.” This concern for proper phrasing and understanding of a specific social interaction is something I hear quite often from my youngest son. As many of you already are aware, my ‘baby’ (I know…
“Focus! Concentrate!” – Why can my kid focus on their video game for hours, but can’t focus on their school work for five minutes?
Have you ever wondered why your kiddo seems to be able to focus on his video game or her television show but can’t seem to pay attention to you or focus on their school work? It doesn’t seem to be just those diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) that have a difficult time paying attention…
“We Think it is Autism, ADHD or Dyslexia (or some other acronym) …Now What?” Help Me to Help My Child!
It was fifteen years ago that our journey through the murky waters of Learning Differences (LD) began, but I can remember it clearly and painfully. My journey began with that mommy intuition of I think something is wrong and progressed over a couple of years to I know something is wrong. The next stop on…
ADHD – Why Good Kids Sometimes Do ‘Bad’ Things
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You: Jimmy (substitute your child’s name), why aren’t you ready? I told you we needed to leave in 15 minutes. Your child: You told me I could finish my game. You…