Becca Colao ADHD, ADHD Coaching, Executive Function, Hyperfocus, Learning 2 Comments
and not absorbing. A client recently asked me if it is an ADHD thing to not absorb stuff while you're reading- in other words to read a whole bunch but then have to keep starting over because you realize you don't know what you just read. YES this is totally an ADHD thing. Here's the […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Inattentive, Learning 0 Comments
I just got a book in the mail from my friend Steve. It is a book about reading poetry, and I haven't read it yet, but when I looked at it I wondered if it would be like reading the long letters he used to write when we were in high school. He would tend […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Current Affairs, Learning ADD, ADHD, chewing gum, classroom, exercise ball, hyperactivity, inattentive, learning 0 Comments
I recently read that one elementary school has opted to replace regular chairs with exercise balls. It seems that the school has figured out what a lot of us already knew (especially those of us working from home): the active nature of sitting on the ball helps posture, gives us that added work in our […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Learning 2 Comments
Just a word about reading today, because SO many people with ADHD beat up on themselves about not reading a lot, or reading books from start to finish. I find it intensely weird, but ever true that some things are so easy to read, and I fly through them, but others are like pulling fingernails […]
Becca Colao ADHD, Books, Learning 2 Comments
I just found this post over at the about.com ADD blog. It gives a good summary of some basics about learning styles from Rory Stern. Here’s my gut reaction/rant: why is this information framed as being about kids? I know kids are the ones in school. But we all have learning styles and it gives […]