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Today I am reviewing a listening comprehension assessment for students 5-21 years of age, entitled the Oral Passage Understanding Scale (OPUS) created by Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk, PhD, and Amber M. Klein, PhD, which is available via WPS.

The OPUS is a test of...

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There are many fun yet highly educational therapy activities we can do with our preschool and school-aged clients in the fall. One of my personal favorites is bingo. Boggles World, an online ESL teacher resource actually has a number of ready-made materials,...

Tawas City junior Bren Sowerby has dealt with attention deficit disorder, dissociative disorder and tics since he was five years old. In the spring, Sowerby was hospitalized because of his mental health. The music theater major spent more than half of a month away from classes and is still...

September 30, 2019

Anemia early in pregnancy is tied to a greater risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, and intellectual disabilities in children, according to a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry¹ that emphasizes the importance of early iron screenings and nutritional...

Best-case scenario: Your child has school accommodations to help manage attention, behavior, emotions, and impulses. Their teachers and the school staff understand ADHD: what it means, how it impacts learning, what range of behaviors it can encompass. They recognize that ADHD doesn’t mean your child is lazy, crazy, or...

Listen to “From Shame and Stigma to Pride and Truth: It’s Time to Celebrate ADHD Differences” with Ned Hallowell, M.D., and William Dodson, M.D.

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OK, you’re not a Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Albert Einstein, or Walt Disney. But you’ve got at least one superpower. One of my colleagues can remember the birthdays (and start dates) of everyone on our team. Another can look at a spreadsheet and spot the rogue formula. Finding my superpower was… complex.

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A new study in the Journal of Neurophysiology by researchers at the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is the first to look at functional brain activity in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) while they performed precision visuomotor behavior-in this case, a grip-force test....

Many of my pediatric patients did not want to go back to school this Fall. For one, they were reluctant to leave the blissful moments of summer behind, and I couldn’t blame them. But what was heartbreaking to hear, particularly as a mom, was the dread they felt over returning to the classroom and managing the difficult...