Chandler School

Gifted children suffer when undue expectations exist without consideration of other complex characteristics that define their day-to-day experience.

Twice exceptional children experience a tug-of-war depending on what combination of strengths and challenges they display.

Recognizing strengths and supporting the challenges of each diagnosis goes a long way toward helping these children increase their self-esteem and reach their potential.

The MAHA Report increases ADHD stigma by claiming the condition is overdiagnosed and disparaging its treatment as ineffective without citing any credible evidence. Notably, it does not mention the proven, life-saving benefits of ADHD treatment or the risks associated with undiagnosed, untreated ADHD. This is worrisome.

Do you know what else improves quality of life for kids? Less stigma and shame, and more investment and solutions.

“I wish I had grown up hearing the following words of encouragement – the things all girls with ADHD need to hear to build their self-esteem and avoid viewing their symptoms as character flaws.”

A diagnosis as a child would have been incredible. But beyond that, I wish I had grown up hearing the following words of encouragement – the things all girls with ADHD need to hear to build their self-esteem and avoid viewing their symptoms as character flaws.

“You’ll need to stand up for yourself over and over. And that’s OK.”

Prioritize Your Mental Health

Use this checklist to ensure you’re being productive — and not engaging in the busy work associated with procrastivity.

1. Is the task on your to-do list?

2. Are you rationalizing?

students have become overwhelmed by the reading

Many students no longer arrive at college—even at highly selective, elite colleges—prepared to read books.

It’s not that they don’t want to do the reading. It’s that they don’t know how. Middle and high schools have stopped asking them to.

To demonstrate that people have a range of thoughts based on situational context, I use what I’ve dubbed the “Cringe to Clutch o’Meter” – a visual tool that helps improve perspective-taking in children.

Week One

begin the school organizing/clean-out process by decluttering binders, folders, and notebooks

Week Two

well-designed MCQs could offer us the good stuff (“simplicty”) without the bad stuff (“merely surface learning”)

prompt students to think

make the alternative answers plausible

Elementary and middle-school students have made up significant ground since pandemic school closings in 2020 — but they are nowhere close to being fully caught up, according to the first detailed national study of how much U.S. students are recovering.

Overall in math, a subject where learning loss has been greatest, students have made up about a third of what they lost. In reading, they have made up a quarter, according to the new analysis of standardized test score data led by researchers at Stanford and Harvard.

Still, the gap between students from rich and poor communities — already huge before the pandemic — has widened.

“If anyone can dash off a paper written by AI, perhaps this will push classrooms to revive other ways of communicating knowledge, including project-based learning, Socratic seminars, writing papers with ChatGPT as a starting point where students take on the role of critical editor, and other assessment tools that aren’t so easily hacked,” like video projects and live-action play. “The fastest, cheapest way to ensure the work is done by the student is to use pencil and paper instead of typed papers.”

Once you bring your child’s thoughts to the surface, teach them how to talk back to their inner critic.

The goal is to help them recognize when they’re thinking in extremes and then challenge the thought.

Daily report cards are among the most powerful evidence-based tools that educators have to encourage better behavior in students. A strong report card system has a few key elements that make or break its effectiveness.