What is the usual scenario? You know the drill, you want to remove electronics as a punishment but, when you make the attempt, an emotional […]
When Your Teen Resists Online Schooling During Covid
The options from our local school districts It seems that most parents are being provided the option of your child returning part-time in-the-classroom or full-time […]
Is ADHD Treatment Effective?
Those statistics… As Mark Twain popularized, “there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics.” I suppose there is some truth to that […]
Is Autism in Females Different Than Males?
Are more boys than girls diagnosed with autism? Yes, about 4x as many males than females are diagnosed on the spectrum. Let’s look at the […]
The Coronavirus and Helping Your Child with Autism Deal with the Change in Routine
Huge impact on our lives The Coronavirus has had a major impact in lots of ways, not the least of which is trying to explain […]
How to Reassure Your Child about Corona Virus
So, what’s the difference between the coronavirus, a hurricane, tornado, and climate change? Potentially, not much. If you live in Oklahoma and its tornado season, […]
Our Internal Dialogue’s, Part 2: How to quiet the chatter in our heads
Written by Dr. John Carosso How to clear the ‘internal dialogue’, better known as ‘chatter’, in our heads I wrote earlier that the chatter in […]
Our Internal Dialogue’s Impact on ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, and Autism
Do you talk to yourself? A young man named Ryan Langdon, from his post at InsideMyMind https://insidemymind.me/2020/02/05/how-my-internal-monologue-affects-my-attention-deficit-disorder/ wrote of his internal dialogue, as a person […]
Why are ADHD Rates Rising: Exploring the Feminization of the Classroom
We know ADHD rates are increasing We find the rate of ADHD increasing by upwards of 10% over the past ten years, and the boy/girl […]
ADHD & Executive Functions: Emotional Control!
Diagnostic Criteria So, here is the DSM-V diagnostic criteria for ADHD. We are pretty familiar with these symptoms and recognize the impact they can have […]
ADHD: What’s Executive Functioning Got To Do With It?
The Importance of the Executive Functions ADHD is described as a disorder of the prefrontal lobe of our cerebral cortex, which is the area of […]
Are You Relying On Airwaves To Discipline Your Child?
Written by Dr. John Carosso How do you discipline your child? Most parents rely on raising their voice, pestering, threatening, loss of privilege, and time-out, […]