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Receive a Complementary Copy of the ADHD Monitoring System
David Rabiner, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at Duke University has developed a simple but reliable tool to track how well your child’s symptoms are managed at school. It provides a simple, user-friendly means of getting objective, behavioral feedback from your child’s teacher about how he or she is coping in the classroom. Using this tool regularly …
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Encouraging New Results from the Largest ADHD Treatment Study Ever Conducted
579 children ages 7-10 diagnosed with ADHD were studied over a 3 year time period. The children were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatment conditions. The results of this complex study suggest that children who received intense medication management either alone or combined with behavioral counseling had more positive outcomes than those who received …
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School Days
Well, its that time of year again. The kids and teens (parents too!) I know have enjoyed this extra long summer vacation. But now that we are basking regularly in triple digits more and more kiddos are ready to go back to school. There are just so many video games one can play before the mind …
I don’t feel very “purple” today
My wife frankly pointed out to me recently that all these expectations to be a remarkable parent can be overwhelming and downright irritating at times. Hmmm…with a high maintenance preschooler and infant son to care for all day I cannot imagine why she might feel that way? There are those days when you don’t feel like a …
Normal Day
Let me be aware of the treasure you areLet me not pass you by in quest ofsome rare and perfect tomorrow.Let me hold you while I may,for it will not always be so.One day I shall dig my fingers into the earth,or bury my face in the pillow,or stretch myself taut,or raise my hands to …
NBC Today Show feature on Dick and Rick Hoyt
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A father’s love for his son (Dick & Rick Hoyt)
Eighty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelc hair but also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on the handlebars–all in the same day. Dick’s also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken him on his …
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What’s Purple Cow?
Seth Godin writes in his popular business book “Cows, after you’ve seen one, or two, or ten, are boring. A Purple Cow, though…now that would be something. Purple Cow describes something phenomenal, something counterintuitive and exciting and flat out unbelievable.” Parenting has never been more challenging and truly remarkable families are more and more rare these …
Slow Dance
Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight? Or gazed at the sun into the fading night? You’d better slow down. Don’t dance so fast. Time is short. The music won’t last. Do you run through each day On the …