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Here’s to Not Catching Our Hair on Fire
I don’t know where to start in my book review of Stacey Turis’ Here’s to Not Catching Our Hair on Fire, An abseent-minded tale of life with Giftedness & Attention Deficit – Oh look! A chicken! There are just so …
Tips for a good IEP meeting… and response to questions
Let's dive into the questions and frustrations many of you expressed on my last article on IEP meetings. Generally, I encourage all of you who are frustrated to bring More...
How do we know good choices from bad when parenting a child with ADHD?
I live in search mode these days, ever since my son Luke, age nine, was diagnosed with ADHD in 2008. I am searching for the medication, therapy, classroom More...
Failure: Path To Nowhere or Road To Success?
Failure. It's a word that strikes fear into my heart. I've fought failure for as long as I can remember and for a long time considered it the fate More...
ADHD- An invisible disorder
Normally, when I write an article, I discuss topics and problems which have solutions. Today I’d like to discuss an important issue which confounds me as a parent More...
Luke’s Journey to an IEP, Part 2: Developing the IEP
As you read in Luke's Journey to an IEP, Part 1: The Evaluation, I worked for two years to attain special education services for Luke for his Written More...
apps for education, volume 1: organization and time management
I can't remember how I discovered that apps can be used for education and very successfully for special education, but I remember being stunned. I, not owning an More...
The Keeper of the Keys has an apprentice
There is an image from childhood in my head that I identify with. It is the silhouette of a custodian walking down the light-filled hall of my elementary More...
