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30 Ideas for Teaching Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by Leah Davies, M.Ed.

The following list may assist teachers who work with ADHD students. For an overview of this disorder see, “Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children.” 1. Understand the struggle a student with ADHD has and provide an ordered, safe, predictable classroom environment. 2. Establish a courteous, working relationship with the student’s parents. Learn

August 15, 2018 No Comments

Challenging the behavioural paradigm: the right to express yourself by Leah Bisiani MHlthSc., RN1., Dementia Consultant

Reprinted with kind permission Martin Luther King: “ People don’t get along because they fear each other. People fear each other because they don’t know each other. They don’t know each other because they have not properly communicated with each other”. Stereotypes based on assumptions become part of how we

June 30, 2018 No Comments

Mental Health

Does Your Child or Teenager Have FOMO?

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2skOPXribYg[/embedyt] Does Your Child or Teenager Have FOMO? In 2013, a new word was added to the Oxford Dictionary: FOMO, an acronym that means fear of missing out. FOMO is a form of social anxiety characterized by “a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing.” It

March 9, 2020 15 Comments

Dating Abuse/Violence in Teenagers

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rXyFQ_h_ps[/embedyt] February is National Teen Dating Abuse/Violence Awareness month. Dating abuse is a controlling behaviour in which the girl/boyfriend uses to gain control over his/her partner. Teen dating violence (TDV) affects millions of teenagers globally and is a type of intimate partner violence that can happen in person and/or

February 24, 2020 20 Comments

Mental Health

Histrionic Personality Disorder in Children and Teenagers

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjM6q7gi39g[/embedyt] The American Psychiatric Association (APA) defines Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD) as a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive attention seeking emotions, including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductive behaviour. Many teenagers experience emotional outbursts, overreact to things, seek attention, dress inappropriately, and engage in

March 23, 2020 No Comments

Rare and Unusual Dementias

Dementia Aware: what you need to know about other types of dementia Dementia is a common and growing problem worldwide. Whilst ninety-five per cent of cases are attributable to Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia etc., little is known about the remaining five per cent of dementia cases.

July 27, 2017 No Comments

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