Tag: education
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ADHD + End Of School Year
Have you heard of the condition ‘Endofyearitis’? You know ‘End-of-year-itis’ The condition when your child goes into complete shut down, behaviour is spiralling and there may be confrontation. This is real. Your child with ADHD may find it really, really hard to cope with the end of the school academic year. WHAT IS GOING ON?…
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LIFE AFTER SCHOOL FOR AN ADHD TEEN
School does not suit our little people with ADHD. An institution where they have to mix with other people exactly their same age. Challenging when we know our children are lagging social and emotional skills. An institution where the requirements are to be generally passive, sit still, be quiet and wait your turn. All requirements…
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ADHD + EXPECTATIONS
This is a true story. As part of being a member of the Together Stronger Club, parents meet up every month to support one another with love and kindness. One of the mums shared what happened to her son….(I have permission to share but I have changed the names for privacy). There was a big…
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ADHD + REVISION
I think it’s quite cruel that at a time when a teenager is bursting with hormones, desperate to be out with their tribe and beginning to find a bit of independence, they are burdened with the outdated practice of taking GCSE exams. Exams are rubbish. They do not measure the things that matter like kindness,…