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

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...

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...

Talking with your college son or daughter can be tricky. The roles you used to play are changed. You used to be the adult who had the final say so about major decisions but now you're more like an observer who pays the bills and hopes it all works out. But we both...

Korbin was on his way to his history class. The week before he had turned in a paper on a topic he liked and understood. He had even turned it in on time. On this day, the professor returned the paper with a C and Korbin was very disappointed. Later that week, when we...

Make a plan and work the plan.  Summer semester can be both intimidating and discouraging especially when you would rather be on the beach. That's what Sylvia (pseudo-name) felt when she and I started academic coaching six weeks ago. Sylvia, a junior at a major...