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If you’ve ever seen a child struggle to sit still and pay attention (or strive to get attention!), you’ve got a general idea of the kinds of behavior associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). But beyond the squirminess and lack of focus, there may be a deeper issue: weak cognitive skills. While weak cognitive ...

October is National ADHD Month A new report is sharing some interesting findings that may help those suffering from learning struggles. Specifically, that training one specific skill—such as attention—isn’t enough because ADHD learning struggles may be rooted in clusters of weak cognitive skills. “About 30% of our clients were diagnosed with ADHD before coming to ...

The bad news is that your child’s teachers suspect he has ADHD. The good news is that you’re not alone in tackling it! We’ve assembled a starting line-up of specialists on the ADHD front. Enlist their help to address the challenges of ADHD for your child and your family: Cognitive-behavioral therapist What they do: Help ...

Our son, Thomas, seemed to struggle quite a bit with following directions,particularly multiple-step directions. He also seemed to struggle in mathand reading comprehension. We thought of getting a tutor, but we wereconcerned that the problem would not be solved with just tutoring. We are very happy we stumbled across LearningRx. Since beginning the program,Thomas has ...

When Melissa first came to LearningRx, her reading was extremely poor andher ability to sound out words was almost unheard of! After years of workingwith her, helping her with homework, and helping her to complete assignments,I knew something had to be done. Our family time became zero due to lengthy nights of homework and studyingfor ...

McKenzie was put on an anti-depressant and on medication to help her focus. We soon found that medication wasn’t the answer. For second grade we asked that she be put in a classroom with a special education teacher to help her if she needed extra help. The classroom was disruptive and disorganized; it seemed that ...

Our son, Logan, was diagnosed with ADHD early in his second grade year. He struggled in school and his confidence took a hit. We kept him on track as best we could, but not without frustration. In February of his eighth grade year we were seeing a new level of frustration out of Logan. He ...

“He would go into a session grouchy and not wanting to be there,and come out on top of the world! His disposition is 100 percent better.” I first found out my son, Seth, had learning difficulty in 1st grade. Twoweeks into school, the parent/teacher conferences started. And then, totop it off, he was diagnosed with ...

“He had no problem playing video games or skateboarding for hours, but focusing on assignments was challenging.” It was brought to our attention that Patrick might have learning difficulties when he took private school tests at the ripe old age of 6. The school was concerned he had severe learning problems. The first anyone said ...

Nolan’s 1st grade teacher informed us at the end of the 2013-14 schoolyear that she’d recommend we talk to our son’s pediatricianabout his lack of focus and inability to sit still. It had become sucha problem that he wasn’t able to finish simple tasks like coloringartwork; he was disorganized and wasn’t turning in his homework.Nolan ...