Friday Feature: Prichard Preparatory School
Colleen HroncichIn 2005, Alabama pastor Dr. Ruby Eldridge founded Pure Word Academy (now Prichard Preparatory School) so children in her church could receive a high ‐quality education that would help them escape poverty. “Miss Ruby,” as she was known, wanted to give parents an affordable option for a college ‐prep school that was on par with what wealthier families could access.Today, the school is led by Portia Green, who joined the community as a parent in 2011, served as a teacher and administrator, and was named principal in 2020. Portia says she “fell in love with the school, its mi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 10, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Explosions and anxiety: Adult special needs life is a tough haul
My 26yo son, " #1 " , is pretty solidly in the 3-4th (bottom) percentile of cognitive abilities. It ' s a cognitive continuum of course; what ' s true of the 3rd percentile can also be true of the 10th or the 20th -- especially when lack of sleep or alcohol is involved. So this isn ' t just about special needs adults. It ' s something useful to understand for tens of millions of Americans.The other day he exploded. No harm came of it, except to him. It ' sa behavior we ' ve known from childhood though it ' s only with time we came to understand how closely tied it is to his anxiety.It happened during an ice hockey gam...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - February 5, 2023 Category: Disability Tags: ADHD adult anxiety athletics autism behavioral therapy cognitive impairment community discrimination exercise Explosive Child legal Source Type: blogs
Friday Feature: Soar Academy
Colleen HroncichIf you ’re designing a school for kids who have been left behind, you ’re going to need flexibility, an individualized approach, and a willingness to go at different paces. That ’s exactly what Kenisha Skaggs has created with Soar Academy in Augusta, Georgia.Kenisha worked at a tutoring center, but the methods they used weren ’t working. In 2010, she began tutoring students in her home after school. Parents liked the customized multi‐sensory approach she used—which she mainly learned from her mom homeschooling her in high school. Some parents asked her to homeschool their child...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - February 3, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colleen Hroncich Source Type: blogs
Matthew ’s health care tidbits: How do you tell the price of a drug?
Each time I send out the THCB Reader, our newsletter that summarizes the best of THCB (Sign up here!) I include a brief tidbits section. Then I had the brainwave to add them to the blog. They’re short and usually not too sweet! –Matthew Holt
As the average THCB reader is probably all too well aware I live in Marin County, California and therefore my kids are on amphetamine-based medication for ADHD. This is annoying as all get out because, as a controlled substance, this medication needs to be re-prescribed every month (no automatic refills allowed). In addition no 90 day supplies are allowed, and the kids must have...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Matthew Holt The Business of Health Care ADHD BCBS of Massachusetts Caremark Drugs primary care Source Type: blogs
ADHD Is Linked To Anxiety And Depression — So Why Do We Know So Little?
Summary: Adults with high levels of ADHD symptoms are more likely to experience anxiety and depression, but little is known about the connection. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: P R Tags: PR Source Type: blogs
The Common Painkiller Linked To Autism And ADHD
Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder that affects behaviour, social interaction and learning. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: ADHD Autism Source Type: blogs
How to Take Charge of Your ADHD Voicemail Hell
Ever find yourself missing important messages because your voicemail box is filled with half a decade of unlistened to calls? There might be a solution for that.Adult ADHD is almost like the Baskin Robbins of the mental health community. There are so many flavors of ADHD, you can be forgiven for questioning if they’re all from the same diagnosis. Some adults with ADHD daydream. Others are chronically late. Some run their mouths off with their feet in the way. Others never stop talking. Some forget why they went to the store. Others forget who they just called because something distracted them after they dialed. There...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 11, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Goodreads Source Type: blogs
Depression: The Highway to Success Has an Awful Lot of Detours
I’ll write a bit vaguely today because I want to touch upon some things that are family matters and how they impact me.Recently, I have noticed longtime readers of my blog have leapfrogged over me while my life has become stagnant. I caught myself beginning to feel bitter about it, so instead of letting that bitterness settle into depression, I will share some things that I have learned instead.My life took a detour a few years back, if eleven can be called of few. It was as if I was forced to take an exit and found myself on the service road bumping along besides the highway, falling behind all the other traffic. I ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - November 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Family Goodreads Journaling Post-COVID Source Type: blogs
Bookwork Entry 10 – Frustration and Setbacks Plus Unfathomable Optimism
A month has passed since I last updated my journal. I ' m afraid progress has been in short supply, but understanding my obstacles and deciding how to surmount them has made this writing process invaluable. Reach out to me on Facebook or Twitter if you ' ve got something to say about what I ' ve written.(Mobile browsers only display the first page. Please view the text entry after the embedded PDF if you don’t wish to download it.) 25 OCTOBER 2022BOOKWORK 10: It’s been a month since I last checked in. How have I been doing? The website project has come to a stop. I need to fiddle with some settings with my...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Bookwork Depression Journaling Writing Source Type: blogs
Ten Ways to Be Happy with Post-COVID Syndrome (Even If You're Miserable)
Let’s celebrate my one year anniversary since getting COVID–19! 🎉I know people who felt that COVID was a pernicious plot by politicians to put down the populace. I know others who believed that nobody would ever get the virus if they were vaccinated, and anybody not getting vaccinated was trying to kill them. Because of this polarization, I have a hard time talking to people about my experience with Long COVID, orPost-COVID Syndrome as I prefer to call it.Although I have found sympathetic ears out there, they aren’t the norm. The anti-vaccine folks look down on me for masking up and getting vaccinated,...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Depression Goodreads Post-COVID Source Type: blogs
ADHD: It's Not Always Your Fault
Come explore with me the strange intersection of pants and ADHD.Last July, I lost three pairs of pants.As usual, I posted to social media to make light of it, but just between you and me, I stayed up fairly late searching the house like a ninja in search of those pants. Hiding my presence, I moved into almost every room in my home, making no sound as I lifted things, rearranged them, and rifled through them hoping those pants would turn up.I didn’t search the fridge —because that would have been silly—but I searched everywhere else except my roommates’ rooms. It was possible that somebody absconded with my ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - October 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Goodreads Source Type: blogs
TLC Todd-versations: Todd Linsky in Conversation with Dr. Alan Greene
Todd Linsky, a food and organic industry veteran, hosts the podcast Todd-versations. He interviews guests from around the globe — influencers, leaders, and innovators in their respective fields. In this episode, Todd and Dr. Greene discuss the pediatric roots of longevity, the importance of nutrition in health, Dr. Greene’s reasons for creating DrGreene.com, his next projects, and a whole host of side topics.
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Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - October 6, 2022 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Source Type: blogs
5 Trends That Will Determine The Hospital From The Future
For centuries, scientists have been trying to envision the future of hospitals. Following the recent shift towards digital health technologies and the adoption of remote care approaches, in part precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is only natural for one to wonder how these developments will impact those healthcare institutions. What can we expect from them in the future? Or will there be hospitals altogether in a decade’s time?
The short answer is yes, physical institutions will still be part of the future of healthcare. However, their roles will be significantly different from what they currently are. They wil...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Healthcare Design Medical Education Telemedicine & Smartphones AI future of hospital telehealth remote care point-of-care hospitals fut Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 29, 2022 Edition-----The world seems to be lurching to be overwhelmed by issues around most of the major powers being in conflict for a real risk of a global recession affecting the UK, Europe, the US and much of Asia. We seem to be in some pretty difficult times right now …In OZ Parliament is now back after the death of the Queen and it will be interesting to see how things play out and what the Budget looks like in the face of an upcoming recession.-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/a-nation-shorn-of-britishness-is-still-waiting-for-the-republic-20220915-p5bi90A nation shorn of Britis...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Bookwork Entry 9
A lot is said about adults with ADHD and their inability to focus, but not enough is said when they ' re focused on the wrong thing. Here I became fixated on adding a certain project to my list of things to do, which was already ridiculously long.(Mobile browsers only display the first page. Please view the text entry after the embedded PDF …) 25 AUGUST 2022Bookwork 9: Did I really want to write a book about Pok émon?Yeah, about that.One of my steady blogging gigs ten years ago was for a gaming site. When that job shriveled up, my love for gaming didn ' t shrivel up with it. I developed a trading system for Pok ém...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Bookwork Journaling Source Type: blogs
