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From Ruth’s Desk: Insights & Strategies for Life with ADHD
Helpful articles, tips, and stories to support your academic and professional journey.
ADHD and Self-Determination
Learning disabilities and ADHD are among the most common disabilities reported by college students. Research shows that students with LD/ADHD are less likely to graduate compared to students without LD/ADHD. In contrast, college students with LD/ADHD who are...
Ruth’s Study Hacks
How to Read your College text book Chapter
Survival Habits
Three Things You Should Know about Managing Time in College
When should I start studying for an exam? When should I start writing my essay? How much time will it take to read the chapter? I have too much to get done before the due date. College life requires making decisions about time. Making time decisions gets complicated...
College Everyday Living during a Pandemic
Learn how to succeed in everyday college living during a pandemic. Everyday living during a pandemic gets stalled out when students get caught up in their failures. "I earned a C in my last exam and I could've done better." Another woeful complaint I hear often is...
Four DON’Ts in College Online Learning
College student online learning. Photo by Beci Harmony on Unsplash Online learning is our new reality. Here are four DON'Ts for you to avoid this semester so you can pass your college course and reach your academic goals. Don't treat your online learning assignments...
Winning with Eight
Baseball A Baseball Metaphor for Success Success in school is like playing baseball with only eight men. Fall meant one thing in our family. Fall Ball at the nearby Little League Fields. The younger kids were shagging the baseballs that cleared the fence. They...
Four Things to Do before You Go to Class…
A great deal of learning can happen during the lecture hour. BUT we've all had the experience where we're sitting in class and it feels like the professor is talking a foreign language. Nothing makes sense. And you feel so lost. You can change that experience...
My Superpower
I met with my daughter at Star Bucks for an afternoon cup of coffee. I love hearing her thoughts on life and work. Even though she struggled in school, she worked hard and earned her BSN. Today, she works in the health care profession as a nurse in a cancer clinic. We...
How will coaching help college students stay in school and graduate?
Learning disabilities and ADHD are among the most common disabilities reported by college students. Research shows that students with LD/ADHD are less likely to graduate compared to students without LD/ADHD. Even so there are college students with LD/ADHD who are...
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