Parenting a Child with ADHD: Tips for Fidgeting

Difficulty sitting still is a common symptom of ADHD. Fidgeting, continuous movement, and wiggling often leads to children distracting other, which in turn often results in them being reprimanded. Although researchers have developed different explanations for why children with ADHD experience a s...

Parenting a Child with ADHD: Helpful Tips for Anger

Difficulty with low frustration tolerance and anger are common facets of ADHD. As a parent it is easy to get entangled in power struggles with your child, especially when you perceive his/her behavior is an attempt to manipulate a situation to get his/her way. Although tantrums and anger outburst...

National School Backpack Awareness Day

The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is sponsoring National School Backpack Awareness Day, an annual national educational even,t to call attention to health problems in children and adults caused by backpacks that are too heavy or worn improperly.  The U.S. Consumer Product and S...