Karen Sunderhaft

Karen Sunderhaft has been a teacher for 16 years, and has focused on ADHD and learning disabilities since 1999. She completed her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and Philosophy at Boston College and a special education degree with a concentration in learning disabilities at Northern Michigan University.

Over the years, Karen has taught at prominent private schools such as Laurel School and University School in Shaker Heights, Ohio and Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Delaware. For four years, Karen Sunderhaft was one of only two teachers asked to be part of the national ADHD Experts on Call campaign.

Karen is currently working on an interactive program with an ADHD simulation to assist teachers, parents, and students. She coaches individual students and speaks frequently at ADHD and LD events. She can be reached at karen@sunderhaft.com.

• The Sports-Behavior Connection
  How sports can improve behavior and strengthen critical life skills... more »
• Determining Your Child's Learning Style
  How to make the most of your child's cognitive learning style... more »
• The Well-Balanced School Day
  How to transform your classroom into a stimulating hub of learning with some healthy variety... more »
• Is Your Child's IEP Working? Checking Up on ADHD Accommodations
  How to take stock of your child's special-ed plan and make changes to her ADHD... more »
• ADHD Term-Paper Help: Three Weeks to Success
  A step-by-step plan for choosing, researching, organizing, writing, and submitting a winning term paper for... more »
• 12 Steps to Better IEP Meetings: Accommodations Help for Parents
  School accommodations help many children with ADHD succeed both academically and socially. Here's how parents... more »
• Meet the Teachers: How to Have a Successful IEP Conversation
  An Individualized Education Erogram (IEP) is critical for any ADHD student. Here's what to do... more »
• Using a Daily Report Card
  How a daily report card offers an effective incentive to help kids succeed where they... more »
• Elementary School Basics
  Parent and teacher strategies for a successful start at school... more »
• Book Smart
  A comprehensive collection of children's books that relate to ADHD and LD — along with... more »
• A New "Burden" for Parents
  When parents and administrators can't agree on a child's IEP, families may need to turn... more »
• Making Amends in the Classroom
  Discussing consequences that follow when rules are broken teach children responsibility and self-awareness... more »
• 12+ Tricks to Help ADHD Kids with Reading, Writing & Math
  ADHD students often struggle with reading, writing, and math due to their inability to control... more »
• Study Skills for Elementary School Children with ADHD
  These smart study skills can help your child with ADD ADHD pump up his test... more »
• Planner Pointers
  A homework organizer can help a child with ADHD be a star at school... more »

• The Organized School Paper
  A teacher's 3-step process for completing big research papers on time, on topic and without... more »
• The 3 Rs: Creative Learning Tricks for Children with ADHD
  Is your child struggling in school? Try these teacher-tested learning strategies to help your child... more »
• ADHD Study Tricks for Serious Wigglers
  Parent-tested strategies to help your ADHD child sit still... and learn through all her senses... more »
• Classroom Rules That Work for Children with ADHD
  Teaching strategies that anticipate the needs of children with ADHD and learning disabilities, and boost... more »
• Build Academic Skills Over Summer Vacation
  Engage your ADHD child in summer learning to keep his academic skills sharp and help... more »
• Parent-to-Parent Support
  How to connect with other parents of children with ADD to share best practices, helpful... more »

• My Son Hates to Read!
  "My 11-year-old ADD/LD son hates to read. How can I help him overcome this?"... more »
• IEP Follow-Up
  "My son's teachers don't follow his IEP and don't return my calls. What can I... more »
• When Parents Refuse to See the ADD
  "I'm certain one of my students has ADD, but his parents refuse to hear it... more »
• Meshing At-Home and At-School Discipline
  "My 6-year-old is frequently kept after school for infractions. At home, he gets time-outs as... more »
• Academic Assistive Technologies
  "Are there any assistive technologies appropriate for a 10-year-old?"... more »
• Monitoring School Progress for Your ADHD Child
  How can I better monitor my ADHD son's IEP?... more »
• Reinforcing Your Child's IEP
  "My son's IEP indicates that I will be notified whenever he misses an assignment, but... more »
• "Keep Your Hands to Yourself!"
  My six-year-old can’t keep his hands to himself. He’s bright and curious, but his teacher... more »

• "Taking A.D.D. to School"
  Teaching children about ADHD and spreading awareness... more »
• Sparky’s Excellent Misadventures: My A.D.D. Journal by Me (Sparky)
  Sparky invites readers into his journal and inside the mind of an ADD child... more »
• Taking Dyslexia to School
  Matt shares the challenges he faces with reading and math... more »
• Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
  How kids struggling with learning disabilities often hide their problems... more »
• Phoebe Flower’s Adventures
  An adventure series for girls with ADHD... more »
• "Eagle Eyes: A Child’s Guide to Paying Attention"
  Ben learns to appreciate the positive sides of ADD... more »
• Eddie Enough!
  A third-grader receives the proper medication and support after he is diagnosed with ADD, and... more »
• "Zipper: The Kid with ADHD"
  A young ADDer embraces his musical passion and uses his newfound confidence to excel in... more »
• The Joey Pigza Series
  Kind and impulsive Joey tackles heavy problems like divorce and child custody, finds himself in... more »
• The Don’t-Give-Up Kid and Learning Differences
  A child struggles to read, but learns to never stop trying... more »
• Josh! A Boy with Dyslexia
  A 10-year-old boy learns to start all over again... more »
• My Name Is Brain Brian
  A dyslexic sixth-grader undergoes amazing changes during the school year... more »
• How Dyslexic Benny Became a Star
  Young Benny finally gets special help for his dyslexia and his relationship with his parents... more »
• Thank You, Mr. Falker
  A special teacher makes a world of difference for a young girl with dyslexia... more »
• Just Juice
  Third-grader Juice and her family tackle tough problems like poverty, unemployment and learning disabilities... more »
• Egg-Drop Blues
  Twin brothers (one with a learning disability, the other without) must learn to work together... more »
• Yellow Bird and Me
  "Don't judge a book by its cover" is a theme reinvented in this tale of... more »
• Annie's Plan
  Behavioral interventions that help a child reach daily and weekly goals... more »
• 100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with ADHD
  This book offers sound advice for teachers managing a classroom with children who have ADHD,... more »
• Better IEP Meetings: Adjusting Accommodations for ADHD Students
  Have you had a particularly productive IEP meeting? Are your child's school accommodations growing and... more »