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ADHD: Children must Squirm to Learn!

Posted on: April 23, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, adolescent, counseling, learning, learning disability

In his experience working with young students, adolescents, and adults who have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Dr. Charles R. Davenport has found that allowing physical movement makes it easier to learn and pay attention. Recent research from the University of Central Florida found that leg swinging,

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Students: How much homework is too much?

Posted on: April 8, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, adolescent, counseling, student

It is the bane of many students (and at times their parents and teachers) school lives… homework. Students can feel overwhelmed, anxious, sad and avoid school work at all costs. Que the parents, who frequently want their child to be successful in school, to remind, remind again, and resort to punishment or restriction to try

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ADHD Experts Re-evaluate Study’s Zeal for Drug

Posted on: March 16, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, ESE, gifted student

Interesting and relevant article published last year about ADHD. Dr. Davenport is a Licensed Psychologist at Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.. He works with adults and children who struggle with symptoms of ADHD and ADD to use their straights to build skills to better work with ADHD. Many times Gifted students can have symptoms of ADHD that

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Difficulty performing academically?

Posted on: March 12, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, counseling services, ESE, learning disability, learning disabled

Dr. Davenport discusses and provides resources to better understand students who have difficulty performing academically. These students may have a learning disorder, difficulty with attention, or intense emotion that interferes with their academic performance. Significant changes in the students life, difficulty regulating emotion, inattention and concentration problems, and giftedness can all result in academic underperformance however, the

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Wall Street Traders may need therapy.

Posted on: February 26, 2015 /
Categories: addiction, ADHD, anxiety, career stress, counseling, counseling services Venice FL, depression, life transitions, therapy Venice

A recent article discussed how therapy can be helpful in addressing career stress. High demand jobs, such as those in the financial sector, can be tremendously rewarding but also take a toll on well-being and our performance. Although stress can help us perform better, it does so only to a point than we see a sharp decline

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Mindfulness, antiaging, fountain of youth?

Posted on: February 21, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, anxiety, counseling, counseling services, counseling services Venice FL, depression, depression treatment, FL, mindfulness, therapy, treatment

In recent years mindfulness has become a hot topic in popular culture. Meditation, the book- The Power of Now, Marcia Linehan’s dialectical behavioral therapy for borderline personality disorder, yoga, and even martial arts all have common threads of hope for increased health and aim to focus on the present moment and our experiences in it.

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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Exceptionally & Profoundly Gifted

Posted on: February 21, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, anxiety, counseling services, counseling services Venice FL, gifted student, treatment

An eclectic form of psychodynamic psychotherapy is presented to address the emotional problems of exceptionally and profoundly gifted adolescents and adults. The approach includes cognitive/behavioral techniques as well as psychologically informed mentoring, coaching, and advising. Once a psychodynamic formulation was established, it was used to guide all subsequent therapeutic interventions. Three phases of psychotherapy can

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Treating and assessing learning disabled students

Posted on: February 21, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, anxiety, counseling, counseling services, counseling services Venice FL, depression, depression treatment, diagnosis, gifted student, learning disabled, treatment

It is extremely important that therapists be aware of the biases affecting their thinking and judgment. In a clinical setting therapists frequently draw conclusions biased on heuristics derived from initial impressions of their clients. These impressions can range from assumptions of intellectual competence to social aptitude. However, these conclusions, frequently, do not accurately represent reality.

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What’s in a diagnosis? Is it even helpful?

Posted on: February 21, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD, counseling, counseling services, depression, depression treatment, treatment

The current diagnostic system  has created sharp distinctions between those who are “ill” and those who are not. Labeling people in this way not only affects how society “mental health” but may also interfere with our accurate understanding of what is really occurring and what will be helpful for these people. This article reports that

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Have you been diagnosed with ADHD? Might be your drinks…

Posted on: February 21, 2015 /
Categories: ADHD

Many children, adolescents, students, and increasingly adult are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD / ADD). A recent study suggests symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity are the result of frequent consumption of sweet and/or caffeinated beverages. These types of beverages are very popular among those who are most frequently diagnosed with ADHD.it is

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