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August - September 2004
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Success At School
ADHD Medication for Children at School

Guidelines for ensuring your child gets her ADHD medication at school.

Is Your Child Socially Immature?

How to improve behavior and social skills at home and at school for children with ADHD.

ADHD at School: Helping Children Follow Directions

Strategies to help children with attention deficit disorder (ADD ADHD) focus and sustain attention in the classroom.

Does Your Child with ADHD Disrupt the Classroom?

Help children with ADHD reign in impulsive behavior with these strategies for at school and at home.

No More Lost Books or Papers: Helping School Children Get Organized

Your child with ADHD can get and stay organized at school — with help from these solutions.

Improving Classroom Behavior: Help ADHD Children to Stop Fidgeting

How teachers and parents of children with ADHD can help them fight the fidgets and concentrate better at school and at home.

Distractibility

How to keep your child on task, whether at home or at school.

Stop Interrupting! Classroom Discipline for ADHD Children

Impulse-controlling exercises to help ADHD children behave better at school.

ADHD at School: Turning in Assignments

How to provide the structure that your ADHD child needs to complete and submit homework assignments on time.

ADHD Symptom Checklist

Do you have ADD? Use this checklist to understand common ADHD symptoms and test your own behavior before seeking an ADHD diagnosis.

How to Write an IEP: ADHD Accommodations that Work

How to draft an individualized education program that will provide the ADHD accommodations your child needs to achieve success at school.

Essential School Information for Parents

Ensure your child gets what he needs with these six steps to success – and accommodations – at school.

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Book Smart

A comprehensive collection of children's books that relate to ADHD and LD — along with take-away activities for you and your kids.

Homework 101

Minimize homework battles by creating routines for your child.

Get Organized For School

Your lesson plan: Learn the two main ingredients of academic organization, so your child can use them to ace the school year.

The ADHD Gender Gap

Too often girls with ADHD go undiagnosed and untreated. Learn how to read the signs and get help.

Fresh Start

If school was a washout last year, help your child turn things around — beginning now.

Inspiration
'I Almost Didn’t Make It Through High School'

When help arrived a little more than three years ago, in the form of a life coach, Rob was a willing candidate. But was he really ready to make major life changes?

ADHD and Me

A 12-year-old muses about balancing ADHD with her special abilities.

College Material

If your child has ADD, begin preparing him for college during his senior year of high school. Here's how.

12 Ways to Build Strong ADD Families

Strategies for healthy, happy families.

The Organized Life
Creative Control

The stress-free way to make room for artwork.

Healthy Living
Pay Attention!

10 steps to improving focus and concentration at home and at school with attention deficit disorder (ADD ADHD).

When It’s Time to Talk

The right words can help your child feel good about taking his medication.

Your ADD Coach
Mom's School Survival Guide

Organizational strategies for ADD mothers of ADD kids.

Are You Listening?

As the lazy days of summer come to an end, it’s a good to time to sharpen social-interaction skills. Here’s one most of us could use a refresher course on, so listen up.

Now Hear This

Easy advice for listening — and communicating.

Ready for Class

School transitions are tough, but you can help your child gain the confidence he needs to make the grade.

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