Today, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common and most studied psychiatric disorder of childhood, affecting approximately five percent of school-aged children. That means that there are probably at least two children with ADHD in any average elementary school class. In the last 20 years, there has been an explosion in…

This booklet addresses the educational needs of students who, though not dyslexic, do have isolated reading difficulties and/or difficulties with written work, caused by a disturbance in Executive Function, a term borrowed from Dr. Martha Denckla meaning the ability to organize, manage time, perform independent tasks, etc. A question and answer…