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The challenge of adolescence is to balance the right of the parents to feel they are in charge with the need of the adolescent to gain independence.

Good parenting requires sacrifice. Childhood lasts for only a few brief years , but it should be given priority while it is passing before your eyes

If you are headed in the wrong direction as a parent - you are allowed to make a U-turn.

We should not medicate the boys so they fit the school; we should change the school to fit the boy. (Leonard Sax, M.D. Ph.D)

If it  was going to be easy to raise kids, it never would have started with something called "labour".

"Cutting" is a visible sign to the world that you are hurting.

"Moody" and "unpredictable" are adjectives parents will often use when referring to their teenagers.

Wouldn't it be nice if children would simply listen and learn.

"Unexpressed feeling never die. They are buried alive and come back later in ugly ways." (Stephen Covey)

Don't wait for him to turn 10 before you reveal that you are not in fact the hired help whose job it is to clean up after him.

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Brain Fact # 3

 

 

The human brain consists of several main parts, including the brain stem, the cerebellum. the cerebrum. Structurally, the brain stem is at the bottom of the brain and becomes the spinal cord. The cerebellum rests just above the brain stem with the cerebrum  taking the upper most part. The brain stem relays information from the body to the rest of the brain and is involved in the control of many basic functions (such as cardiovascular, respiratory and pain functions). The cerebellum, among other things, plays a major role in motor control. The cerebrum  (limbic system)contains several structures (including the amygdala, the hippocampus and the hypothalamus) that collaborate to process emotions, regulate memories, produce hormones and manage sexual arousal and circadian rhythms. Specifically, the hippocampus plays a major role in memory, while the amygdala plays a major role in emotion. The cerebrum is divided into 2 halves called hemispheres and controls a variety of higher mental functions such as perceptual processing, attention, and decision making. The hemispheres are connected by the corpus callosum which allow for the left hemisphere to communicate with the right

 

 

 

 

CLASSROOM & HOMEWORK TIPS  for SPECIAL LEARNERS

Many teachers pay too little attention to teaching “structure” to their classes at the beginning of the school year. Many teachers assume the children should already know what is expected of them or that they will just automatically pick it up by osmosis. Neglecting actually teaching “structure” results in wasting classroom time dealing with children testing the limits to see how far they can go.

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+ A Parent’s Guide to the Teenage Brain

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+ Reading Rescue

A program for children with reading problems

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+ A Guided Tour of ADHD (now available online)

This workshop will present the facts, myths, misconceptions, controversy and […]

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