ADHD Items, School Issues, More

ADDITUDE says that one of its most popular recent articles is one titled “What Your Child Would Tell You About ADHD If They Had the Words.” Example: “ADHD makes them [the children] disappoint you, and they hate that.” Find five more.

ALSO FROM ADDITUDE, a free live webinar on November 5 for adults in a certain situation — living with a partner who has ADHD. The webinar blurb promises five strategies for living happily after a diagnosis. Find out more.

TiLT PARENTING’S most recent podcast is on helping children get through difficult periods — such as school problems. Debbie Reber says her guest, Zach Morris, “provides a powerful and tangible model for attuning to our children’s experiences so we can be solid sources of emotional support and respond in ways that will fuel their own social emotional development.” Find out more. (You can hear Debbie Reber as the keynoter at the upcoming TECA conference in New York this coming Friday.)

TEST ANXIETY is the topic addressed in last week’s Child Mind Institute newsletter. The institute says, “This week on childmind.org we’re taking a deep dive into what parents can do to help tone down anxiety and support smart, effective study skills.” Find the newsletter.

CHARTER SCHOOL? Here’s what Wrightslaw says about IDEA and charter schools: “Kids with disabilities who attend public charter schools (and their parents) retain all rights and protections under IDEA as they would at other public schools.” Wrightslaw tells more in the current issue of Special Ed Advocate.

RESEARCH: ADHD TREATMENT. From Science Daily: “Researchers have investigated the actions of the drug in rats. Using dopamine cell recordings, electrochemical monitoring and computer modeling, they discovered a type of feedback loop that modulates dopamine levels in the rats’ brains in response to the drug. This regulatory process may shed light on methylphenidate’s therapeutic properties in ADHD.” Find the study write-up.

BOOKSTORE REOPENS
During our travel hiatus our bookstore was closed, but all of the booklets in our Spotlight on 2e Series are again available for purchase in PDF or print form. Find out more!