ADHD Assessment and Treatment
By Hongmarie Martinez, PsyD, Licensed Psychologist | Behavior Therapy Associates | Somerset, New Jersey Do you notice that you or your child has challenges with some or all of the…
Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA)
Independent Evaluations: What Are They and When Do You Need Them? 2 of 4 Written by Dr. Rory Panter, Licensed Psychologist In some instances, students display problematic behaviors that interfere…
ADHD and Executive Functioning: Understanding, Assessing, & Improving Skills
by Michael C. Selbst, Ph.D., BCBA-D & Ashley M. Zultanky, Psy.D. Do you or someone you know have difficulties in the following areas? Difficulties in any of these areas can significantly impact…
Understanding & Treating ADHD: Promoting Success with ADHD
At this time, let’s revisit the question presented at the beginning. Recall the exasperated parent asking, “Why can’t you just do what I told you to do?” On the surface,…
Understanding & Treating ADHD: Reframing The Characteristics: Another Way Of Looking At Impulsivity
To help move from abstract concepts to skills, let’s look at impulsivity. Impulsivity can be looked at as a deficit in inhibition and impulse control, otherwise known as delayed gratification.…
Understanding & Treating ADHD: Executive Functioning
Overall, ADHD symptoms suggest difficulties with executive functioning, and may highlight that ADHD is partially a disorder of executive functioning. Executive functioning consists of three areas: working memory, cognitive flexibility,…
Understanding & Treating ADHD: Who is diagnosed with ADHD?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) most recent survey data in 2011, there were 8.8% of children ages 4 to 17 diagnosed with ADHD, which was…
Understanding & Treating ADHD: ADHD Symptoms
An Assessment of ADHD Symptoms How we diagnose ADHD symptoms Assessment of children suspected of ADHD should be conducted according to best practice. This includes gathering medical, developmental, social, and…
Understanding & Treating ADHD: What is ADHD?
What Is ADHD? This and other questions of a similar vein are often asked by exasperated parents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) when they find their child…