“Flexiture” is a unique combination of flexibility and structure that empowers parents and teachers to solve big and small problems faced by their children and students who struggle with poor executive functions because of ADD/ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, depression, and related challenges.
An Easy Way to Improve Active Reading
It’s amazing how many kids are totally clueless about the different parts of the textbooks they use on a daily basis. Teaching your child this information is fairly easy and it helps her become an active reader. Introduce her to these important parts of her textbooks: Introduction – The introduction tells you how to use […]
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Best Tools to Improve Your Child’s Reading Fluency and Comprehension
As outlined in an earlier post, children with ADD/ADHD often struggle with reading fluency and reading comprehension. If your child with attention challenges struggles with hesitant, choppy, or uneven reading fluency, consider downloading the University of Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts (UTCRLA) Fluency Instruction Guides for either elementary or middle school students. To […]
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What’s the Difference Between a Learning Disorder and ADHD?
I’m often asked, “What is the difference between the learning difficulties seen in a child with an attention disorder and those seen in a child with a specific learning disorder like dyslexia?” This is a tough question because the learning challenges brought on by an attention disorder can often seem to be the same as […]
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