From Ruth’s Desk: Insights & Strategies for Life with ADHD

First week of summer session for a lot of college students starts the first week of June. Summer sessions are accelerated and packed with information. Quizzes happen once or twice per week and exams every other week. Plus major papers. All in 5 or 6 weeks if you are...

As a classroom teacher every year, I had a few students who needed extra support to reach the learning objectives. I kept reading about different types of learners and brain development research. I kept trying different approaches to give these students the...

The Brain’s Learning Networks LCCSI will be presenting an in-service training for the wonderful teachers at Lake Country Christian School I am asking all the attendees to watch this videoYour Learning Brain before we meet. In this way we will all start on the same...

Hello LCCS Teachers, I am so excited about Wednesday, March 27. I will be at your after school in-service. I have bucket loads of wonderful ideas to share with you about teaching, learning and loving it! Please take the following survey so I can have a better feel for...

You need an academic coach! Every semester I gain keener insight to the struggles students with ADHD or LD face in college.  Today I read a blog written by a young man facing the “finals crisis.” Read the blog for yourself here: This guy needs a coach.  In this blog...

This January I taught a class on Your Wonderful Brain. We met for an hour and a half, once a week for five weeks. My students included  stay-at-home-moms, business men, career women, high school students and retirees. We had a blast. We had so much fun learning about...

Week 5 How to keep up with all the assignments for the week. I like to use a weekly master plan to plan the week's assignments. Here's how it works. Enter this week's date. Fill in the name of each course you are enrolled in. Look at each class. Ask yourself:  what do...

Transitioning from high school to first year in college? Bouncing back from academic probation?  Wrestling with time management and prioritizing? Here is where an academic coach enters the scene. Working with an academic coach is like working with a physical trainer...

The first class of the semester is like opening day at the Ballpark. The fans know who is pitching, who is batting and who is injured for both teams. This information gives the fans a good look at the upcoming game. During the first class professors let the students...

Let's talk about types of assignments. Your professor has asked you to read a book and write a paper about it. Where to start? Make sure you own the book. Buy it. - there are numerous formats to read a book. Paper back or hard back copies are the traditional format we...