Major Disability In the USA, federal legislation mandates support for children with reading disability or ADHD. In many other countries, the situation is very different. The UK has limited residential support for very disabled children, while Australia has minimal out Read more…
Introduction to downloading the questionnaire The Disruptive Behaviours Questionnaire covers the key DSM and ICD questions for ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) which overlaps extensively with ADHD, as well as Separation Anxiety and Conduct Disorder. This questionnaire is not Read more…
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ADHD is now often being overdiagnosed or wrongly diagnosed so that some children who actually need help are not getting it. In 1996 it was demonstrated that ADHD was slightly more common in twins than Read more…
The aim here is to deal only with issues of adolescent multiples and schooling. More information about adolescent multiples, in general, can be found in Rosambeau’s (1987) book and David Hay’s chapter in Sandbank (1999). What is different about being a Read more…
Sometimes it can be very exhausting to be me. What I like to refer to sometimes as my “quirks” is actually a form of OCD that is integral to every part of me and my life. I’ve shared with you Read more…
I love Christmas. I really do. I enjoy almost everything about it. But it’s around this time every year that I begin to have panic attacks. These attacks usually take the form of one of two voices in my head. Read more…
As I sit here in my red velvet, ermine-trimmed evening garb, in my fashionably decorated house, I ponder what new recipes to bestow upon my hordes of blog readers. My handsome, perfectly-coiffed (yet straight) “butler” cleans up the remnants of Read more…
Getting your child a video game console can be a really confusing purchase for most parents. Unless you’re a gamer, it’s hard to know what the differences are between all the systems. We hear so many negative things about video Read more…
Hi all! Big thanks to Christina for allowing me to share my experiences with you. My name is Robert, and I’m new to parenthood (I have an 18-month old daughter), but one thing I have extensive experience with is being Read more…