Researchers found that college students got enormous benefits in scholastic life from a “coaching” model designed by the Edge Foundation
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Check out this article by Kristina Fiore and published on MedPageToday.com, October 5, 2009: ADHD, Hostility Increase Risk of Internet Addiction The study was supported by grants from the National Science Council of Taiwan and reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse [...]
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This is the abstract from Joyce Kubik’s study published by the Journal of Attention Disorders. To read more about the research, click here. To purchase the full report of the research, click here. Objective: This is perhaps the first outcome study on the efficacy of ADHD coaching for adults with ADHD and its longterm effect. [...]
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Check out the article on procrastination over at the Scientific American website, “Procrastinating Again? How to Kick the Habit.” The article claims that “Although biology is partly to blame for foot-dragging, anyone can learn to quit.”
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The Editorial that Started It All In the President’s Letter in the August, 2007 issue of Circle, I wrote of Sam Goldstein’s editorial challenging the legitimacy of coaching as an intervention for ADHD: In a rather famous editorial, Sam Goldstein, PhD, challenged the legitimacy of coaching as an intervention for ADHD (Journal of Attention Disorders, 11 2005; [...]
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Citation: Merriman, D., and Codding, R. (2008). The Effects of Coaching on Mathematics Homework Completion and Accuracy of High School Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Behavioral Education, Vol. 17, No. 4., pp. 339-355. Retrieved on December 3, 2008, from here. Abstract: As many as 30% of children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) do not achieve academically at the [...]
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I love to read about ADHD in the news when the authors are actually interested in some new twist in the reporting. “New World Disorder: Was ADHD an evolutionary asset?” By William Saletan (Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008, at 12:52 PM ET) in Slate.com The study, led by Dan Eisenberg of Northwestern University and published [...]
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