Monday, May 11, 2015

ADHD and ODD: Dealing with Your Child's Anger

"Signs of ODD can be seen in a child's behavior toward his primary caregiver. The defiant behavior may spread to a secondary caregiver and to teachers or other authority figures, but if it appears in a child with ADHD, ODD will appear within two years of an ADHD diagnosis.

 If a child does start to become defiant, there is an easy way to tell whether that behavior is a consequence of ADHD or is a sign of ODD. 'ADHD isn't a problem with starting a task, it's a problem with finishing a task,' says Russell Barkley, Ph.D., a clinical professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. 'If a child can’t start a task, that's ODD.'"


Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Time Management Strategies for ADHD Teens: Be a Time Cop

Challenged by time? I know that I can be! Take a look and find 1 or 2 strategies you'd like to experiment with to help you do the things you really want/need to do.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Adjective Clauses (Relative Clauses)

Need practice and diagramming help?  See how to use the relative pronouns - that, which, who, whose, whom, whoever, whomever, whichever - to build stronger sentences.