Homework Tips that Make the Grade

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Dear Reader,

Back to school means back to homework-and ADDitude's got the strategies your child needs to make the grade this year. In this e-newsletter, find study and homework tips that will help you start the year off right.

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The editors of ADDitude

The 24-page back-to-school handbook will help you make this school year your child's best yet! What's inside our annual Success at School issue:

• Managing meds and controlling impulses
• Harnessing excess energy
• Making friends and fitting in
• Getting organized
• The parent-teacher partnership

Also in this issue:

>> Meeting the needs of non-ADD siblings
>> Life skills kids need before leaving the nest
>> Dr. Hallowell's secret for raising happy kids
>> Socializing made easy
>> Farewell to paper clutter

Back to School

Homework and study strategies from ADDitude. For more information, see additudemag.com/ourkids.asp.

ELEMENTARY
Help for the 3 Rs
Reading, writing, arithmetic. They're the core of the grade-school curriculum-but often
the bane of a child with AD/HD.
by Karen Sunderhaft

MIDDLE SCHOOL
Avoiding Homework Wars
A few simple steps will help bring a smile to your child's after-school routine. by Diana Browning Wright

HIGH SCHOOL
Testing 1, 2, 3...Studying For Exams
Can't live with 'em, can't graduate without 'em. Like it or not (not!), tests are an important academic assessment tool. by Michael Sandler

Downloadable PDF!
Homework 101
Here's help for creating a study routine that works.

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