When people ask me what curriculum we use (and that’s often the first thing they ask!) I cringe, struggling to find a satisfactory answer. The truth is, we use various resources to guide us but mostly follow our own paths as they emerge. Some families I know swear by a particular curriculum. Their homeschools don’t …
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Priority Issue (API) as I now like to refer to it, anxiety, mood disorders, autism, and other conditions are not single or simple disorders. They all have multiple types and are often hard to diagnose. According to Dr. Daniel Amen, there are 7 types of ADD. Despite having a …
All the symptoms do. I recently read an article by a classically diagnosed ADHD woman, in which she referenced ADD, not as a lack of attention but rather a challenge with attention allocation. Hyper-focus, which I have known about for some time now, is a classic symptom of ADHD which I now recognize as an …