How Schools Can Help Overloaded Teens
Teenagers need 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night to be at their best, but few get anywhere near that amount. That’s often due to factors outside their control, like school hours and homework levels. Many schools have been taking notice Read more >>
Panic Disorder: When Fear Overwhelms
Do you sometimes have sudden attacks of anxiety and overwhelming fear that last for several minutes? Maybe your heart pounds, you sweat, and you feel like you can’t breathe or think clearly. Do these attacks occur at unpredictable times with Read more >>
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: The Basics [downloadable]
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) is a condition in which children or adolescents experience ongoing irritability, anger, and frequent, intense temper outbursts. The symptoms of DMDD go beyond a “bad mood.” DMDD symptoms are severe. Youth who have DMDD experience Read more >>
Learning a Foreign Language for Students With Learning Challenges
Learning a foreign language can be frustrating for a student with a language-based learning disability. Many of the same elements that may have posed problems in English (letter sounds, decoding, spelling, grammar), can cause difficulties in foreign language learning. Read more >>
Everyone feels sad or low sometimes, but these feelings usually pass with a little time. Depression (also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression) is different. It can cause severe symptoms that affect how you feel, think, and handle daily Read more >>
What Students with Mental Health Challenges Should Consider in the College Search
You’re at the end of your junior year of high school with a list of colleges that interest you. You’ve also faced some mental health challenges, and the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t help. And maybe you wonder if your preferred colleges Read more >>
Learning Differences Across the Lifespan
Today’s episode is proudly sponsored by Adobe. We are so thankful for their support of this Voices of Compassion podcast. We often think of learning differences as challenges faced in school. But the reality is that learning differences impact people Read more >>
Signs and Symptoms of Learning Disabilities Can Change With Age
Being a child or teen with a learning disability can be challenging and frustrating, especially if the learning disability goes undetected. It is important to understand the symptoms one might experience at different ages and get children and teens the Read more >>
10 Helpful Text-to-Speech Readers
Text-to-speech software is often a vital resource for students with dyslexia—to aid reading, promote comprehension, and enhance overall literacy skills. Here are 10 helpful text-to-speech software and applications that are great assistive technology tools to have at the start of Read more >>
First of Its Kind Survey Depicts the State of Mental Health for Youth of Color in the U.S
In a first-of-its-kind national survey that focuses on the mental health of Youth of Color, the AAKOMA Project‘s State of Mental Health for Youth of Color (SOMHYOC) surveyed almost 3,000 young people of color ages 13 to 25 to study Read more >>
