Dr. Richard Selznick host of School Struggles is joined today by:   Elizabeth C. Hamblet, a learning consultant at Columbia University’s Disability Services office, has worked at the college level for 20 years after starting her career in the field as a high school special education teacher and case manager.  In addition to working as a college consultant, she is a nationally-requested speaker who gives presentations to professionals and parents about how to prepare students with...

Adolescents & Social Media:  Guidelines for Parents   In this upcoming interview on School Struggles, Dr. Selznick interviews Fran Sherman, LCSW, a psychotherapist and media personality.  Fran will discuss the pros and cons of social media for adolescents.  Fran is a television personality who has appeared on the Today Show, HLN, truTV, Fox News, Fox Live, The Daily Buzz, The Morning Show, Daytime and the local NBC, ABC and Fox news affiliates in the West Palm Beach market. She...

"More things you can do at home to help your child with  dyslexia."     In a previous interview with Susan Barton we talked about different strategies to help dyslexic children at home.  Today's interview will build upon what we discussed  previously to  offer you specific strategies and tidbits.     Susan Barton:   An Internationally Recognized Expert in Dyslexia Ms. Barton is a frequent and popular speaker at conferences focusing on Dyslexia, Reading Instruction, Early Intervention...

  Host Dr Richard Selznick School Struggles  Host Dr. Richard Selznick Guest Dr. Basant Prahan Mindfulness Approaches with ADHD, Learning Disabilities & Dyslexia.  Basant Pradhan, MD is an academic psychiatrist for adults and children, and currently works in Cooper University Health System, Camden, New Jersey. Pradhan is an inventor, researcher, mentor and writer.  Since 1993, his work involves pioneering translational research that combines cutting edge psychopharmacology with...

  In the latest episode of School Struggles, we talk with John Rosemond about his book Parent Babble.   In Parent Babble, John takes on different "sacred cows," such as the "authority babble," and the "self-esteem babble."  A self-described "contrarian," John certainly goes against the parenting grain. Rosemond has worked with families, children, and parents since 1971 in the field of family psychology. In 1971, John earned his masters in psychology from Western Illinois University and was...

Congratulations! It’s a girl … with Asperger’s! Join author and mom Julie Clark as she guides you through her family’s adventures raising a young child with Asperger’s Syndrome, a mild form of autism. Whether you have a boy or a girl with Asperger’s in your life, you’ll nod and smile as you turn each invaluable page of real-life challenges and solutions.   On the way, you’ll be delighted and intrigued by candid commentary from her daughter Kristina, whose spirit and perseverance outweigh...

Dr Temple Grandin discusses brain scans, sensory issues, parenting tips, different thinking styles in autistics and much more 

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A scientifically developed program for feeding kids with special needs--based on the popular Brain Balance Program   Dr. Robert Melillo’s Brain Balance program has helped thousands of families across the country, offering a drug-free, scientifically based method for addressing a wide range of conditions, including autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. In this new book, he presents the nutritional side of the Brain Balance Program, featuring guidelines, tips, and kid-friendly recipes based on...

Dr Grandin is seeing a trend in parenting young adults with autism, the parents inability to let go and allow the young adult or child to develop life skills.  She joins us today to discuss this issue and will be taking your calls.    Dr. Temple Grandin is one of the world's most accomplished and well known adults with autism. She has a PhD in animal science from the University of Illinois and is a professor at Colorado State University. She is the author of six books, including the...

Host Dr. Richard Selznick Guest Dr. Michael Bradley Raising a teenager was never supposed to be like this. In today's world, every thirteen-year-old child lives with issues like sex, violence, drugs, alcohol, divorced parents, and easy access to guns. Yet in this new and sometimes terrifying 21st century, many parents struggle in vain to raise teens with 30-year-old rules that no longer work. Parents of adolescents who need help, but haven’t got time to read a book, can get the...

At last!  The long-awaited follow-up to the million-copy bestseller, The Out-Of-Sync Child! [is here! The Out-Of-Sync Child Grows Up, the latest in the “Sync” series, offers practical advice for coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the tween, teen, and young adult years.  As a generation of kids with SPD enters young adulthood, this guide will help them and their families navigate the world that seems too loud, bright, fast, close, or otherwise overwhelming and confusing to the...

Schoo Struggles with host Dr. richard Selznick There’s nothing more frustrating than watching your bright, talented son or daughter struggle with everyday tasks like finishing homework, putting away toys, or following instructions at school. Your “smart but scattered” child might also have trouble coping with disappointment or managing anger. Drs. Peg Dawson and Richard Guare have great news: there’s a lot you can do to help.  The latest research in child development shows that many kids...

Dr. Tracy Alloway has specialized in the role that active working memory plays with learning and other areas of functioning.  In this interview Dr. Alloway helps us understand active working memory and its impact.    Tracy Packiam Alloway, PhD joined the University of North Florida from the UK where she was the Director of Memory and Learning in the Lifespan. She has spent over a decade being part of cutting-edge research on the importance of Working Memory in education (and have led...

Guest - Bonnie Schinagle - Special Education Attorney   Part 3 Emotions May Run High What’s most overwhelming in the experience of being a parent of a child within the special education system? What populations could be served better by the law? Taking deep - very deep breaths  Who can attend a committee meeting? Dealing with adversarial members at a district committee meeting on accommodations? The lost kids falling through the cracks - dyslexia and twice exceptional gifted

Host Marianne Russo Guest Amalia Starr I Have Autism…What’ll I Do Without You, Mom? How to Prepare for When Your Special Needs Child Outlives You  In Starr’s latest book, “I Have Autism…What’ll I Do Without You, Mom?” she writes all about this subject matter and includes a separate in depth section on “How to Achieve Independence.”  The more independent our children are, the better it will be for them now and after their parents are gone. Yes, talking about one’s mortality is never an...

Guest Bonnie Schinagle - Special Education Attorney Part 2 The IDEA FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education LRE - Least Restrictive Environment What if my child isn’t failing but is unable to learn or attend class due to behaviors? What are different classifications for children and teens with mental illness or behavioral issues? Do I have to use an attorney to get my child classified?  What rights attach to someone who has been classified? What if my child has been classified and I...

Guest Dr. Edward McCabe - Senior Vice President and Medical Director the March of Dimes Foundation   State Health Officials Urged to Get Ready Now for Zika in US. At the “Zika Summit” on Friday, experts prodded some 300 state and local officials gathered at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters to make Zika response plans now. “This is an opportunity to get ahead of the curve,” he told the summit’s attendees. Topics of discussion What is Zika Virus? What other...

Do you have a child with behavioral issues? How do you get the right accommodations and appropriate placement under special education law? Part 1 Committee Meetings – The Process 504  IEP IDEA Classification How is classification determined? What is the difference between a 504 plan and an IEP and why it’s important to know. My child is very bright and does well academically but cannot learn due to behavioral/neurobiological issues so the school will not classify him? Part 2 The...

Host - Marianne Russo Imagine spending the first forty years of your life in darkness, blind to the emotions and social signals of other people. Then imagine that someone suddenly switches the lights on. It has long been assumed that people living with autism are born with the diminished ability to read the emotions of others, even as they feel emotion deeply. But what if we’ve been wrong all this time? What if that “missing” emotional insight was there all along, locked away and...

In this episode, Joel and Rob continue their discussion on the emotions dads go through when recieving an autism diagnosis for thier child. 

Host Dr. Marla Deibler - Mind Matters   Guest:  Dr. Anne Marie Albano   The transition from adolescence to young adulthood is naturally fraught with excitement as well as anxiety. Responsibility increases for the adolescent, on matters of personal care, finances, managing their social relationships, romance, and working on their goals for entering college or the workforce.  Eventually, they must launch into adulthood being fully independent from their parents. For adolescents with anxiety...

Hosts Joel Manzer and Rob Gorski Two part series In part one of this two part series, Rob and Joel discuss the emotions felt when first getting an autism diagnosis

School Stuggles with host Dr. Richard Selznick Michael Hart, Ph.D. is a child psychologist with 25 years of experience in teacher training, clinical psychology and the diagnostic assessment of a full range of learning differences, including dyslexia as well as attention problems (AD/HD). He is the founder/owner of www.drmichaelhart.com and is currently providing webinars, online courses and onsite presentations/training regarding the proper educational care of our dyslexic students.   Dr....