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Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid blogAutism, bi-polar disorder, ADD, and LD Out Of FocusRants, raves and idiocies from an ADHD perspective Toys Are ToolsProduct advice for all kinds of growth Can mom be calm?Raising special needs kids without anxiety or depression GoAdoptionGift of Adoption Fund blog Adrienne Ehlert BashistaAuthor, school visitor, book lover, and librarian Easy to Love But Hard to RaiseBlog companion to the new collection of parenting essays edited by Kay Marner and and Adrienne Ehlert Bashista « Recent Blog PostsArchives: July 2011
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Monday July 25th - 11:00am
Taking a Break From ADHD ParentingDoes parenting a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) cause extra stress for your family? How do you cope with the extra needs? Sometimes our best remedy is to take a break -- to relish in an ordinary, ADHD-free day.
“This is a wonderful day!”
“What a wonderful day!”
“I love this day!”
My husband, Don, repeated this sentiment, in one form or another, at least a dozen times last Saturday. And I agreed.
Most people would think it was a pretty ordinary Saturday. We slept in. After we got up, we drank coffee while watching morning news shows and reading the Des Moines Register and the Ames Tribune...
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Monday July 18th - 11:00am
Neurofeedback ReviewCould neurofeedback training help my daughter who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD), anxiety, sleep problems, and sensory processing disorder? Here's my review of this alternative therapy.
As I wrote in a recent post, my daughter, Natalie, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and other comorbid conditions, recently began neurofeedback training. I find it fascinating to see a visual display (that is, a computer program’s interpretation) of what’s going on in her complex, dysfunctional (but doggedly resilient) brain.
Before Natalie’s training sessions began, our neurofeedback practitioner, Ladell Lybarger, did an hour-long evaluation...
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Monday July 11th - 12:00pm
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Biofeedback for ADHDUsing biofeedback (also called neurofeedback or neurotherapy) to treat my daughter Natalie's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and comorbid conditions has my insides aching with hope for a significant, lasting improvement in her symptoms. I often feel as if I'm about to cry. Why is something as wonderful as hope so terribly painful?
Some time ago I wrote about Katherine Ellison’s book Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention, which chronicles Ellison's quest to treat her and her son's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD). After reading it, I considered having my daughter, Natalie, try neurofeedback training, an alternative ADD/ADHD treatment that is also sometimes referred to as biofeedback or neurotherapy, which is aimed at training the brain to reduce impulsivity...
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