Sometimes an author doesn’t tell you exactly what’s happening, but gives you just enough clues so you can figure it out yourself. Inferring involves making a logical guess based on facts in the text plus what you already know from life. Making inferences helps good readers better understand the text. Inferring also builds your interest […]
Reading for Cause/Effect
How to Read for Cause and Effect The idea behind cause and effect can be summed up by the statement “One thing leads to another.” Understanding cause and effect, and the relationship between them, can make you a better reader. Cause: an action or an event that makes something happen or produces an effect Effect: […]
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Reading to Compare and Contrast
Comparing and contrasting is an important skill. It helps you focus on specific details, such as characters or plot that form the underpinnings of a story. This not only helps with reading comprehension, but is an essential skill in writing reports in middle school, high school and college. A Venn diagram can be a helpful […]
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Reading for Details
Details are easy to miss when you are reading quickly in order to get on to more fun and exciting tasks. Reading for details often becomes a boring and monotonous task that can make you tired. Try these suggestions to help yourself focus on the details when you read: Before you start reading a new […]
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ADHD Experts: We’ve Got You Covered!
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Why Flexibly Strutured Discipline?
Flexibly structured discipline emphasizes your child or teen’s strengths while calmly and firmly addressing her need for self control. For example, your child’s “strong will” can easily be reframed as the strength determination, and you can use your child’s determination to improve her self-discipline. Parents quickly realize that the discipline strategies that work for other […]
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Thanks for Reading! 6,000 views during 2011!
The WordPress.com stats team prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,000 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see […]
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Applying Flexiture: Clean Your Room!
I often hear, “My child struggles to clean up her room without getting distracted.” Here are some thoughts. First, understand that the simple statement “clean up your room” involves not so simple multiple multiple-steps and can be overwhelming to a child with attention challenges: it is like trying to eat an uncut extra-large supreme pizza: […]
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Active Test Taking Strategies
After spending all that time studying for your exams, its important to actively take them so you can show what you know. Always arrive early and take a moment to relax and reduce your anxiety. Listen attentively to last minute instructions given by the instructor. Teachers often make last minute changes. Missing instruction causes extreme anxiety. Take […]
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You’re Grounded!
Just like time-out, grounding tends to get a bad-rap. This is because many parents misuse it. Mom says, “You’re grounded for a week!” until she cools off and remembers some important event Billy Earl is already scheduled to attend, lets him go, and undermines her own authority. “You’re grounded!” means Lilly Pearl stays in the […]
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Using a Routine Checklist
Children and teens with executive functioning problems often struggle to consistently complete routines. One way to help is to use a routine checklist: Try this one and the following procedure to get your child to take ownership of the process. Download Routine Checklist This routine checklist can be used for any number of different routines […]
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ADD/ADHD and Language
Researchers at the ADHD Cognition Centre in Toronto have identified a number of spoken language difficulties directly related to ADD/ADHD. Weaknesses in Pragmatic(Social) Language Blurting out answers in class Interrupting others Talking excessively when it is inappropriate Often highly verbose: they speak for much longer at a stretch, and with many brief pauses. Within-turn pauses […]
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