Wayseer Manifesto
My Buddy Garret made this video. Personally, I think he is a rock star and one of the smartest people I know. Discover the vital breakthrough for free-spirits, visionaries, misfits, rebels and pioneers… Learn how your rare irrepressible mind ~ the source of your greatest strengths and weaknesses ~ gives you the miraculous ability to […]
ADD/ADHD in the Classroom: Intervention #1 – Move it! (Part 1)
Imagine for a moment that you are hyperactive. You seem to be driven by some kind of hidden engine to keep moving. For you to live is to move and to move is to live! What would be the one of the worst forms of torture that someone could devise for you? Simple really: Make […]
Not your Grandpa’s Schoolhouse: ADD/ADHD and the Weight of Educational Expectations (2)
You may recall in previous posts I began a discussion about how the modern educational experience can lead to the labeling of young children as difficult, fidgety or restless. I also noted that it is but a very short step from this label to a full-blown ADHD diagnosis. The reason why there is such a […]
ADHD Friendly Education: Designing Your ‘Game Plan’ for Beating ADD/ADHD in the Classroom (Part 2)
In the previous article we discussed some elements of an ADD/ADHD classroom game plan. These are the things that you should ideally have in place before you attempt any specific individual interventions. This will ensure that you interventions are not haphazard in nature but that they will follow a coherent and unified pattern. The elements […]
Explosive New Study: Motivation as Effective as Drugs in Treating ADD/ADHD
It seems that hardly a week goes by without a new study confirming the effectiveness of non-medical methods in managing ADD/ADHD being published. This trend should be welcomed as it progressively chips away at the false consensus that the drug companies spent millions of dollars to create. This discredited position states that there really only […]
Beating ADHD in the Classroom
In previous posts we look at some of the things that can typically happen when ADD/ADHD ‘shows up’ in the classroom’. This raises the obvious question, how should educators react to all of this? Should we simply throw up our hands in despair and hope for the best? Should we immediately see to it […]
Physical Activity – Key to Battling ADHD
In previous posts we focused on the importance of physical activity in battling the symptoms of ADD/ADHD. We saw that exercise can make a significant contribution to improvements in general and mental health. Studies have also shown that physically fit people find it easier to pay attention and focus on difficult tasks. This is a […]
ADD/ADHD Friendly Education: When ADD/ADHD shows up in the classroom (Part 2)
It is very easy for people who are not in education to be very judgmental when it comes to the issue of classroom management. Some believe that the only thing that is required for a well behaved and high-functioning class is the application of rigid discipline. (Opinions along these lines are often prefaced with: ‘In […]
New Study: ADD/ADHD Symptoms May Subside Naturally Over Time
If the major drug companies are to be believed ADD/ADHD is something of a life sentence. They would have us believe that once a positive diagnosis is delivered (a process which can often be tainted by sloppy reasoning and conflicts of interest) you will have to ‘make things better’ by continuing to use their products […]
ADD/ADHD Friendly Eduction: The 3 ADD/ADHD ‘Deficits’
If the average teacher was asked what word he/she would most readily associate with ADD/ADHD in the classroom the answer is quite likely to be: Trouble! We need to be honest about this response: Many teachers experience ADD/ADHD in the classroom as an unmitigated disaster. They struggle to control the behavior of those who deal […]
