difficult children

A mother asks: “How can I get my two boys ready for school on time?”

Posted on May 18, 2007. Filed under: Asperger's syndrome, Aspergers, ODD, add, adhd, adhd odd, angry child, attention deficit, attention deficit disorder, autism, daycare, defiance, defiant, difficult child, difficult children, meltdown, meltdowns, oppositional defiant disorder, parenting, parents, trouble at school |

A reader asks:
How can I get my kids get ready on time in the morning?
What takes my sons aged 5 and 9 so long? I wake them up at 7 and they’re barely making the bus at 8:15. Even with me hollering at them every ten minutes. How can I speed them up? Thanks [...]

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A Reader Asks… When will my son with ADHD learn how to tie his shoes?

Posted on May 16, 2007. Filed under: Asperger's syndrome, Aspergers, ODD, add, adhd, adhd odd, angry child, attention deficit, attention deficit disorder, autism, daycare, defiance, defiant, difficult child, difficult children, dyslexia, dyslexic, failing school, kicked out of daycare, meltdown, meltdowns, oppositional defiant disorder, out of control, parenting, parents, trouble at school |

It depends. Most kids will want to know how to do it by age 5. Children that show no interest in learning or have a lot of trouble learning it often have dyslexia or ADHD or both.
My son has ADHD and I thought he would never learn. Finally I wrote a little song that [...]

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