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Well, here we are, midway through August and time to get our heads ready for back to school. One item to check off your list might be that summer reading assignment you have been putting off. Go on, dig in and read! 
But, parents/guardians and teachers have to get ready too, so here are a few of my favorite resource links with some great ideas:
Enjoy your last few days. Then, be ready to hit the books, reconnect with friends, meet new friends, and have a great school year.
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on 10/19/2011
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Last weekend I had the opportunity to view HBOs Journey Into Dyslexia, directed by Alan and Susan Raymond. The free viewing took place at the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch (SFPL) and was sponsored by the Northern CaliforniaBranch of the International Dyslexia Association (NCBIDA). Video Verite is the website for the films of Alan and Susan Raymond. There are lots of educational resource links on the site, notably Parents Education Network, SAFE Voices, LDOnLine.org, and of course NCBIDA. What I found so moving about this 77 minute documentary was the story of world-famous micro sculpture and dyslexic Willard Wigan. As a child growing up in England, he was made to feel like nothing. One teacher in particular held him up to his classmates as an example of failure. He found meaning in the very smallest of things and his work is created in the eye of a needle. He slowed his body down so that he can sculpt the micro sized objects between heart beats, in one-and-a-half seconds. Check out the camels in the eye of a needle. His work is so small to view it properly one needs to use a microscope.
NCBIDA has a recommended list of books for parents, educators and students, you might want to check out here. LDOnLine.org also recommends a few as does GreatSchools.org.
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ADHD to some is a racecar running at high speed:
Having ADD is like having a Ferrari engine for a brain. It will propel you to win many races in your lifetime. However, there is one problem. You have bicycle brakes! So, you need to see a brake specialist, someone like (Dr. Hallowell). Once you get your brakes strengthened, then the race car can win races instead of spinning out on turns.
To others, it’s a tug-of-war where one provokes, the other reacts and no one is willing to drop the rope. In last week’s blog I said ADHD was treatable but there is no cure. 70% of individuals who have ADHD in childhood continue to have it in adolescence, up to 50% continue to have it in adulthood (ADDitudemag.com). While not a disease, it is a disorder to be reckoned with both in the family and at school. Your child’s pediatrician, therapist, and school counselor are invaluable resources. Read everything you can (a few recommendations were posted in last week’s blog). Get the whole family involved. Here are a few things you can do, right now!
- Find something positive to say about your child to your child every day. So often he/she is getting negative feedback because of the behavior that doesn’t fit into a school setting. Children with ADHD can do well, even excel, when they receive help and support.
- Get your child engaged in some physical activities–tennis, swimming, martial arts, track and field, or even some team sports like soccer, baseball or softball.
- Give your child a hug. It’s pretty tough to show love and affection when you are battling each other. Think about it, when was the last time you hugged him/her? The two most important predictors of which children stay out of trouble are: feeling a positive connection at home and feeling a positive connection at school (National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health).
Recognize your child’s needs address those needs and advocate for him/her. Help your child learn about ADHD. Here are a few books you might check out: Shelley the Hyperactive Turtle by Deborah M. Moss (Woodbine House, 1989); Eddie Enough! by Debbie Zimmett (Woodbine House, 2001); Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos (HarperTrophy, 20o0).
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Katherine Ellison, Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist, author, wife and mother, spoke at a workshop I attended recently. She shared her experience raising her ADHD son (now in high school). Buzz, A Year of Paying Attention (Hyperion Books, 2010) chronicles her year of investigating Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). According to the National Institute of Mental Health:
Scientists are not sure what causes ADHD, although many studies suggest that genes play a large role. Like many other illnesses, ADHD probably results from a combination of factors. In addition to genetics, researchers are looking at possible environmental factors, and are studying how brain injuries, nutrition, and the social environment might contribute to ADHD.
Ellison describes ADHD as “interest deficit” or behavior that is attempting to wake up the brain. She said that 5.4 million US kids are diagnosed with ADHD. According to the National Institutes of Health, 3 to 5 % of the US population has ADHD, yet more than half those surveyed in the Roper Poll (October 2010) mistakenly think that learning disabilities (including ADHD) are a product of laziness. More than two-thirds of parents think specific signs of learning disabilities are something a 2-4 year old will grow out of (also not true) and are therefore are more likely to delay seeking professional help. And, while 31% of parents say they would turn to teachers for information about learning disabilities, 43% of teachers think the home environment is at least partially to blame for children’s learning disabilities. Delayed diagnoses of LDs and ADHD results in time lost where interventions could have been established, time, research shows, that cannot be made up. ADHD is treatable, but there is no cure.
So, where to go for help? You can start with your pediatrician, asking for a psychiatric referral to get an ADHD diagnosis. You can read, talk to parents/guardians of children with ADHD and get connected to folks with similar challenges. Parents Education Network (PEN) is a good place to network. They also sponsor workshops and EdRev in the spring in San Francisco. Books to read include Ellison’s and Dr. Ned Hallowell‘s Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction. An online magazine I recently came across is ADDitude, containing lots of helpful information.
Check out some websites: CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder), LD OnLine (learning disabilities and ADHD), Harvard’s Helpguide. More next week.
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