ADHD Answers

Through my blog, I help parents who have children with ADHD and teachers who work with these children. I discuss social skills as well as executive function skills, such as organizational skills. Through my private practice, I teach children with ADHD to obtain positive social skills as well as to learn more effective executive function skills, such as how to plan their academic work by developing efficient organizational skills.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Suggestions for Helping your Teenager with ADHD

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Hopefully, the first time that both parents and teachers reach out to help teenagers with ADHD is not when they are teenagers. That being ...
Monday, October 8, 2012

The Importanceof Teachers having Prior Knowledge of their Students with ADHD's Life Experiences

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We read and/or have read many descriptions or models of ADHD, some of which have defined ADHD in a similar fashion and others that have ...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Methods to Teach Children with ADHD how to Introduce themselves to their Peers

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Introducing oneself might be a skill that you think is something only adults should have within their repertoire. It is just as importan...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Questions about your Child with ADHD?

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School just began, so I am sure that you have questions about your child with ADHD and his/her social skills and/or executive function probl...
Friday, September 14, 2012

Why do Children with ADHD Exhibit Socially Inappropriate Behavior?

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Children with ADHD who have social skills deficits may behave in a very annoying manner to both their peers and adults. Parents and tea...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Should Educators and Parents Teach their Children with ADHD in accordance with their Developmental Levels or their Chronological Ages?

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In 2007, researchers at the National Institute of Health [1] found that “Cortical development in children with ADHD lagged behind that of...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Challenging Classroom Situations for Young Children with ADHD

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One of the most challenging situations for both young children with ADHD as well as their teachers are transitions. These transitions ma...
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Esta M. Rapoport, Ed.D
I am experienced in working with children with ADHD and other similar special needs and their parents. I have an B.A. from N.Y.U.an M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an Ed.D from Boston University. My book, ADHD and Social Skills: A Step-by-Step-Guide for Teachers and Parents has been endorsed by elite professionals in the field. Dr. Russell A. Barkley, stated that “This is a lavishly detailed book providing numerous recommendations for ways to address the social interaction problems and social skills impairments associated with ADHD in children."
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