ADD / ADHD Treatment

What’s Your SQ?

What’s your SQ? IQ, EQ now SQ. The author of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Daniel Goleman, has a new measure of intelligence SQ or Social Intelligence Quotient. It deals with understanding other peoples feelings, empathy, and social skills. Scientists have discovered that our interactions don’t just shape our experiences. They actually alter our biology. Fulfilling relationships […]

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Reasons To Attend A CHADD Meeting Instead Of Looking Up Information On The Internet

This list was created by Marie Paxson, Coordinator of Chester County Chadd (near Philadelphia). She graciously offered me permission to reprint it here . CHADD stands for Children and Adult with ADD, it’s an international non profit ADD support group. Here’s the US HQ, here’s the Cdn HQ, here’s CHADD Vancouver   (I’m on the board)

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Pete on Panel at Vancouver Giftedness Learning Challenges Conference Tomorrow

Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide’s authors of a must read book for parents of ADD or LD children, The Mislabelled Child: How Understanding Your Child’s Unique Learning Style Can Open the Door to Success will be here in Vancouver Sunday to do a one day conference, How Giftedness Can Cause Learning Challenges. It’s sponsored by

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ADD Awareness Day Podcast, Pete and Diane Talk about Adult ADD on CBC Radio Open Line Show BC Almanac

I and my co speaker at the Navigating ADHD presentation for ADD Awareness day, Diane Sugars, Executive Director of the Learning Disabilities Assn of Vancouver were interviewed on CBC Radio’s Open line show BC Almanac by host Mark Forsythe on the topic of Adult ADD the day before ADD Awareness day. I’ve listened to Mark

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Classroom Interventions Ideas For Children With ADD and Learning Disabilities

Here’s a site with many ideas on different interventions for children with Attention Deficit Disorder and learning disabilities from the Child Development Institute, they have a large website, looks like it’s worth poking around. Here’s a list of their ideas for children with Attention Deficit Disorder in the Classroom 1. Pause and create suspense by

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