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Above is a great article about Founder/Director Candace Sahm and how she became an ADHD Coach and how coaching is beneficial!
Here are some articles you can read online:
- Syllabus for Success: A Guide for AD/HD College Freshman – Patricia Quinn, MD
- What’s It Like To Have ADD? – Edward M. Hallowell, MD
- A New Therapeutic Option for Behavioral Disorders – Sergey A. Dzugan, MD, PhD
- Tips for Teachers – ?
- How to Encourage Self Advocacy – Robert M. Tudisco, Esq.
- B Stands for Breakfast and Brain Food – PLE staff
Candace, Director of PLE will be attending the CHADD Conference this year in Orlando in November!
Check out the CHADD Website for more information!
Mark Your Calendars! Thursday October 20th at 7pm EST Candace will be hosting a presentation on the Life Benefits of ADHD Coaching. RSVP today at positive.ple@gmail.com to reserve your spot! If you cannot make the presentation in person, we’ll be Skyping LIVE! Contact Candace for more details!
Some websites to check out:
| Dr. Jay Giedd Dr. Jay Giedd, neuroscientist at the National Institute of Mental Health |
| Chris Dendy Co-Author of Teaching Teenagers with ADD and AD/HD |
| Dr. Sam Goldstein Co-Author, Raising Resilient Children: Fostering Strength, Hope, and Optimism |
| Anne Teeter Ellison, Ed.D Co-Author of Child Neuropsychology: Assessment and Interventions for Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
| Dr. Anita Gadhia-Smith Author of “From Addiction to Recovery: A Therapist’s Personal Journey” |
| John Ratey, MD – Author of Spark. |
| CHADD.org – Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADDandADHD.co.uk – Comprehensive advice on ADD and ADHD |
| Calling on Beth – Life Coaching • Comprehensive Home Support • Consults Schools, Parents • Advocate at meetings to ensure ADA accommodation |
| Assessments and Solutions offers comprehensive cognitive and behavioral assessments in Bethesda, MD and Fairfax, VA to help identify the keys to academic, professional, and social success. |
| The Parents’ Place of Maryland – Education, information, technical assistance, and supportive activities for serve the parents of children with disabilities throughout Maryland. |
| Audio Visual Educational Network, Inc. – CDs and tapes from the 17th Annual International Conference on AD/HD, October 26 – 29, 2005 |
| NIMH National Institute of Mental Health |
| NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health – ADHD information |
| Chesapeake ADHD Center of Maryland is a private clinic in Silver Spring, MD, that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD (ADD), learning disorders, and related conditions. |
| TourettesSyndrome.net |
| Quia.com – a popular educational technology Web site |
| readingquest.org – primarily for social studies teachers |
| Virgina Tech’s Study Skills Self-help |
| Montgomery County Public Libraries |
| National Library of Virtual Manipulatives |
| Hallowell Center |
| Dr. Amen – a child and adult psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, bestselling author, and the medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc. |
Please take some time and browse some of these links to sites of interest.
- Attention Deficit Disorder/ ADD / ADHD
- http://www.chadd.org/
- http://www.oneaddplace.com/addhome.htm
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/attention.html
- General Interest Regarding Learning
- http://www.allkindsofminds.com/
- Famous People with Learning Differences
- http://www.nald.ca/ldanl/famous.htm
- http://www.labschool.org/achievers.html
- Gifted
- http://www.gtworld.org/
- Gifted/Learning Disabled – Twice Exceptional Students
- http://www.gtldnetwork.org/
- http://www.uniquelygifted.org/challenge.htm
- Learning Disabilities – General Information
- http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/dis.learning.html
- http://www.ldonline.org/
- http://www.ldamc.org/
- http://www.schwablearning.org/index.asp
- http://www.cyberwink.com/ld/default.html
- http://www.ldresources.com/articles/index.html
- http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=CHILDPOLL-12-16-03
- Learning Styles
- http://www.middleschool.net/LearningStratagies/learning.htm
- Motivation
- http://www.ldonline.org/articles/5730
- Output Disorders/Written Expression
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2868-2003Dec15.html
- http://www.allkindsofminds.org/articleDisplay.aspx?articleID=2&categoryID=3
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/writingbasics.html
- Dysgraphia
- http://www.margaretkay.com/Dysgraphia.htm
- Reading/Dyslexia
- http://www.interdys.org/index.jsp
- http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/7636157.htm
- http://www.ldanatl.org/positions/reading.html
- http://www.dyslexiacenter.org/main.shtml
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/reading.html
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