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How to Help Teens Who Aren’t “Living Up to Their Potential”

“If he just applied himself, he could be earning straight A’s! He’s so smart…he’s just not living…

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Tackling Homework Struggles: Take a Brain Break!

It’s Been a Long Day When kids get home after a long day at school, they generally need…

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How to Manage ADHD and Homework

7 Ways that Parents can Help Is your child easily distracted? Does homework that should take 45 minutes…

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teacher training and ADHD

Why Don’t Kids Turn In Their Homework If They’ve Done It?

What can you do when kids don’t turn in their homework (when they’ve already done it)? Diane:This…

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Steps to College Readiness – It’s Not Too Late

The transition from high school to college begins long before senior year in high school. There is…

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How to Create a Great Relationship with Your ADHD Child’s Teacher

Having a child with ADHD really reinforced the importance of my building a good working relationship with…

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Write A Letter to This Year’s New Teacher(s)

Whether your child is moving on to the next grade, or making the leap to a new school, planning makes for a successful transition. At The Cloverleaf School, we work with our students to develop Learner Profiles. Each student helps to create a portfolio of useful information about how s/he learns and what s/he needs to succeed. This is helpful for the students, parents, teachers, and therapists.

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Getting the Right Kind of Help for Your Child – And You!

  Parenting is simultaneously the hardest and most rewarding job a person can have. There are extra challenges…

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School Refusal From Your Children (podcast #60)

Children pushing back against going to school is a tale as old as time, but the reason…

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Learning and ADHD: What’s Play Got to Do with it?

Which teachers had the biggest impact on your learning?  Do you remember how they taught you?  Did…

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Tame the Monster of Test Anxiety to Help Students with ADHD

As parents of students with ADHD, many of you understand personally the relationship between ADHD and academic…

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act and sat accommodations for ADHD

How to Get ACT and SAT Accommodations for ADHD, Part 1

It can be incredibly confusing for parents to figure out how to get ACT and SAT Accommodations…

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