When it comes to homework for ANY child, I pose the question, is it REALLY worth it? Here’s what over 300 of you had to say… Does your child with autism get assigned homework? Posted by Hallie Bulkin on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 After all, homework is supposed to be reinforcement of what the child is learning Continue reading
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How I Start Each Year…
Reflecting on 2015… Every year I take some time to reflect on the previous year before deciding what I want the coming year to look like. Do you do this? I actually start this is December…reflecting on how the prior 11 months went for my family, business, health goals and more. If you don’t but Continue reading
Help Your Child Get A’s in School! Follow My Plan for Smarter Studying
When my grades came crashing down in college, I developed a study strategy that helped me earn straight A’s. As a speech-language pathologist, I specialize in working with children with autism. I have also worked with many children with ADHD. In fact, my own diagnosis of ADHD is what led me to my current Continue reading
Every Child Wants A Friend
As I read this article on ABCNews I sat here in tears. It pulled at my heart strings. Seven-year-old Mollie-Raine has Autism, ADHD and other special needs according to her mother. In completing a homework assignment, she wrote out what you see pictured above. WANTED A FRIEND Someone who…. anbrstens me. (understands me) Nos I hav Continue reading
The Struggle Is Real – Part 3 F.O.C.U.S.
The Struggle Is Real – Part 3 – F.O.C.U.S. By Hallie Bulkin As a college student, I was diagnosed with ADD. Since I was a young adult I was able to start my journey with many self-created and self-implemented coping and study strategies. Nothing like throwing yourself into the fire! There were many strategies that Continue reading
The Struggle Is Real – Part 2
The Struggle Is Real – Part 2 By Hallie Bulkin As promised in Part One of this series on ADHD/ADD, I am going to share some of my success strategies. Please know that the strategies that work for me may not be the strategies that work for you or your child but hopefully you can Continue reading
The Struggle Is Real
The Struggle Is Real By Hallie Bulkin I recently read an article about how it can be hard to love a person with ADD/ADHD. This was an interesting perspective for me to take as I focus so much of my daily life on how hard it is for the parents of my clients to parent Continue reading