ADHD

Our expert gives advice to a stepparent whose 14-year-old is reading at second-grade level.

A parent wonders whether her child's needs would be better served by a private school than a public school.

Our expert is skeptical about retaining a gifted child with LD or ADHD.

A mother who has been successfully home schooling her daughter wants her to return to school, but fears she won't do well.

A grandparent who can provide consistent and firm boundaries for a child with ADHD can be a very helpful force in the life of the child.

Find out what to do when your child's teachers can't figure out why his reading skills are not advancing.

It is technically correct to say that Ritalin® does not treat ADD, in the sense that it does not cure the condition.

A combination of medical, behavioral, and educational therapies usually results in the best long-term outcome for children with ADD.

At age 14, many teens demonstrate this type of behavior with their younger siblings.

A parent who questions an ADD diagnosis in her child is advised to rethink the child's school problems.

In the U.S., it has become frighteningly common to suggest that any child who is a "behavior problem" for teachers should go on Ritalin.

Many complex factors cause behavior and learning problems. It takes considerable professional skills and patience to discover and treat them successfully.

Unfortunately, these days too many professionals, parents, and teachers immediately lean toward a diagnosis of ADD and/or ADHD when a child exhibits "fidgety" characteristics.

Does your school understand your grieving?

Learn more about addressing your child's learning disability and managing behavior problems.

When a state does not requires that school systems meet specific deadlines, there is more ambiguity about timelines than one would expect.