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What are your options when it comes to dyslexia and ADD/ADHD? All options discussed in a five-page report on the treatment of dyslexia and ADD/ADHD without medication.

 

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health regulations for schools were set to take effect on August 1, 2012 that would prevent the sales of several foods and drinks including cupcakes, cookies and brownies within 30 minutes of the start and end of school. The reason for these regulations is to fight childhood obesity. This would ban bake sales in schools. Many parent-teacher organizations and school clubs use bake sales as fundraisers to support various school causes. Is this a case of a big government “nanny state” telling you what is best for your family or a valid way to fight childhood obesity?

 

Since the announcement, this controversial issue has been discussed on radio, TV, and newspapers throughout Massachusetts and the United States. The uproar has been such that a Republican state representative sponsored an amendment in the Massachusetts House to lift the bake sale ban. The legislation would give individual school districts the choice to allow or ignore the bake sale ban regulations. The Massachusetts House and Senate adopted the amendment striking down the prohibition. The Public Health Commissioner later said that the department would reverse the bake sale ban before it is set to take effect. The ban will however, stay in effect for sweets sold at school cafeterias during the school day.

Executive Function is the part of the brain that sets goals, plans, organizes, pays attention, and retrieves memorized information. This part develops most during the elementary school years and does not reach full maturity until around age 21.

Watch for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home prize for the Hillside Elementary School of Needham, MA calendar raffle. In exchange for raffle tickets, families will be entered to win a new prize every day of the fundraiser. This fundraiser raises money for the Hillside Elementary School's enrichment programs including field trips, creative arts performances, books, technology, and other educational resources. All the money raised directly benefits the Hillside Elementary School. Y3K Tutor In Your Home is glad to donate to this fundraiser to help the students of Needham, MA.

Disruptive students lessen teacher effectiveness. Talk to the principal if your student is in a class with bad behavior that wastes class time.

Many people inquire about what Asperger’s really is. Asperger’s can be thought of as “mind blindness” or a condition in which people have difficulty reading social cues or understand other people’s feelings.

Offering choices for healthy snacks allow kids to feel like they are making decisions. For example having a child choose between a banana, apple, carrot, or celery empowers them while at the same time allows the parent to be in control of the healthy options.

According to a Needham Youth Services survey from Needham MA, 10th graders are most likely to be victims of bullies. 7th graders came in with the second highest statistics for bullying with 32% claiming they were bullied.

Studies suggest that medications for treatment of ADHD may increase risk of sudden cardiac death in children. Various medical associations recommend that children be screened for heart problems before starting these types of drugs. In fact it has been reported to us by a family we tutor that her son had to go off Ritalin immediately due to his heart racing for no apparent reason.

Tourette’s usually involves:

1. Tics: along a range of simple (e.g., rapid eye-blinking, facial grimacing, shoulder-shrugging) to complex (involving several muscle groups, such as hopping, bending, or twisting). 

2. Vocalizations: also along a range of simple (throat-clearing, sniffing, grunting) to complex (involving words or phrases).