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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
With ADHD, your tasks can seem daunting and your calendar overwhelming. Whether you're working or in school, how do you find help with day-to-day challenges?
Join us as we discuss the growing range of services provided by education therapists, tutors and other experts, as well as customized products available to help adults and children live well with ADHD. Plus, we'll highlight certain learning and organization tools, video games and books that can help you or your child keep up in the workplace, home or school.
As always, our expert guests answer questions from the audience.
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Now here's your host.
Ross Reynolds:
Many experts say that people with ADHD are very smart, so why do so many struggle to fulfill their potential? What is it about ADHD that seems to sabotage academic and career success, and what can be done about it? Hello and welcome to this HealthTalk webcast, ADHD Coaches, Tutors, and Tools: A Guide to Getting Extra Help. I'm your host, Ross Reynolds. In this hour, we will discuss how underachievement related to ADHD is linked to executive functions in the brain, how and where to find assistance, and you will learn about products that claim to help.
On the phone from Falls Church, Virginia is Annette Spector, educational consultant and executive director of Diagnostic and Educational Resources, Inc. That's a company that specializes in tutoring, educational consulting and testing for people with ADHD. Welcome to HealthTalk, Annette.
Ms. Annette Spector, M.S. Ed:
Thank you. It's a pleasure to be here with you.
Annette, you have said that most people with ADHD are very bright, so why do so many have difficulty at school and at work?
Ms. Spector:
That's an excellent question. People with ADHD have many, many strengths. They are extremely creative and right-brained, but they have many challenges at school and work, and it's mainly because of the weaknesses in the management system of the brain. At school, there are often co-existing conditions with ADHD such as learning disabilities, which would lead to problems and challenges. And in work situations for adults, there are challenges in time management, organization, setting priorities.
Well, in fact, experts I have talked to say that up to 50 percent of people with ADHD have learning disabilities – what types of learning disabilities?
Ms. Spector:
The two most common learning disabilities for people with ADHD are in the areas of reading comprehension and written language skills. In reading comprehension, quite frequently people with ADHD skim read, or they read and don't process the concepts and information in efficient ways. In written language, you have to be highly organized and be able to plan your ideas, prioritize how you are going to write them down, and this is very difficult.
A leading ADHD researcher, Dr. Russell Barkley, claims that many of these learning difficulties are due to executive function deficit. Tell us more about that. What is an executive function deficit?
Ms. Spector:
Yes. What I would like to do is give you an analogy – the executive functioning part of the brain is in the frontal part of the brain, and let's think of it as equivalent to the conductor of an orchestra which manages all the musicians to play on time, play efficiently, fade in and fade out. The executive function deficits are also a part of the management system if you look at CPUs in computers where CPUs manage the whole computer system.
Can researchers see executive function deficits in the brain with MRIs and other types of scans?
Ms. Spector:
Not see directly, but the answer to that has to be yes because there is a whole wealth of brain imaging that is being conducted and has been conducted over the last several years, and researchers can definitely see differences in the chemical reactions of neurotransmitters in the brain which affect executive functioning, and this can clearly be seen with brain imaging.
Let's talk some more about these examples of cognitive skill difficulties that people with ADHD struggle with. One is organization. How does that manifest?
Ms. Spector:
Organization is a very broad area, and under organization comes weaknesses in time management, lack of ability to prioritize or an inability to prioritize what's important, an inability to estimate how much time it will take to complete a task. Other cognitive weaknesses and difficulties play out in poor working memory where if new information is put on the table, if we consider the brain a table, it falls right off again and has to be placed up there again. Other cognitive difficulties are an inability to get started and once they are started to actually stay on task and keep focused.
What kind of cognitive skill difficulties show up when someone tries to write?
Ms. Spector:
The cognitive weaknesses are definitely in the organization of writing, deciding what ideas to list in logical sequence, separating ideas into paragraphs with topic sentences, adding enough details and supporting evidence to the main ideas, and going from the planning stage of outlining to writing fluently. A lot of people with ADHD need tremendous amounts of assistance with the planning and organization. Once they have an outline, then it's easier for them to work with the outline.
I understand people with ADHD also sometimes have trouble being places on time?
Ms. Spector:
Absolutely. That's because they don't have a good sense of how long things take. So for instance, if they need to be at an appointment at a certain time, they have difficulty backing up and starting enough ahead of time to get ready to make that appointment.
How about control of emotions, does that come into play?
Ms. Spector:
Yes. And we call that emotional lability, and emotional lability weaknesses are really an inability to regulate and manage your emotions. So very frequently people with ADHD behave similarly to people who are bipolar. They have highs and lows. They have sudden mood swings that aren't really related to what people are doing around them. It's more an internal disregulation.
So people who are having trouble being places on time, organizing a time line, does that also affect their ability to plan for the future?
Ms. Spector:
Absolutely. Many people with ADHD characteristically are very shortsighted and can do the day-to-day planning but have a great amount of difficulty doing long-term planning and setting priorities in a logical, sequential order.
And that's more severe than the rest of us who also sometimes have trouble doing long-term planning?
Ms. Spector:
I'm so glad you asked that question because as I speak, we all can say yes, we all have some of this, and you are absolutely right. We all have difficulty at times maybe with memory or time management, but for people with ADHD it's the persistent and continued and degree to which these symptoms are present. It's much more prevalent.
Annette, I would like to ask you about your job. You are an education consultant. What does that mean?
Ms. Spector:
I do a variety of services. I work with parents up through college age students to help them sort out their own issues and then guide them into which way to go to seek help for themselves. I also provide academic tutoring and coaching and do a full range of psychoeducational testing to diagnose learning disabilities and ADHD.
Now, is your goal just to get people to get by so they can deal with everyday life?
Ms. Spector:
I don't look at the issue as just getting by to deal with everyday life. I think it's really making life, significant life changes for them. And in order to do that, sometimes they need more academic coaching or mediation. Sometimes they need more social skills training. Sometimes they might need individual counseling. So I try to guide them in what direction they need to go depending upon what problems they are having.
Now, you are working directly with people with ADHD, but you are also working with people who work with them. You advocate for your clients within the school system.
Ms. Spector:
And you work with teachers to work on accommodation. Tell us how that works.
Ms. Spector:
Yes. I can just say the word education, education, and more education. Frequently, although teachers and administrators and schools know about ADHD, they need to learn a lot more about the significant impact of ADHD for academic and school learning. So I provide workshops for teachers, administrators, and workshops for parents to educate them in all the different facets of the diagnostic process, of characteristics, what ADHD looks like across the life span, and then specific remedial and compensatory techniques that can be given to them.
You have been working in public and private education for over 30 years. Why did you specialize in working with people with ADHD, Annette?
Ms. Spector:
I am very passionate about this. I guess originally when I started in the field of education, I always kind of focused on challenges and children who had many challenges who were very, very bright, and I saw the potential for them. They had very high potential, and they are very bright but were struggling. In addition to that, my fabulous husband – we just celebrated our 44th anniversary.
Wow. Congratulations.
Ms. Spector:
Thank you.He has ADHD, and I have lived with it personally all of my life.
If an undiagnosed adult or child is struggling with some of these cognitive skills, what do they need to do first to figure out what's going on?
Ms. Spector:
Usually it's not the person, it's not the child or adult with the ADHD that does the first step. It's usually the parents or spouse or partner or friend who will make the initial move to try to get the person into a diagnostic process. It doesn't happen too frequently that an undiagnosed adult will all of a sudden just go to see somebody because of their problems. It usually takes a lot of support and help from the people who surround them.
Let's look at the next step. Once ADHD and learning disabilities have been diagnosed, how do you find help to improve cognitive skills for kids and adults? Where do you go?
Ms. Spector:
I am very happy you asked this question because this becomes a very confusing process. There are many different avenues people with ADHD can go to, but it completely depends on what issues and problems they are having. So in terms of finding help, if adults are having more difficulty keeping and maintaining relationships, they might seek social skills counseling. If children are experiencing a lot of difficulty with academics because of their ADHD, then the type of help that they would seek would be through the school system or through private academic consultants.
Now, you are an education consultant, and there are also people who are coaches, and there are also tutors. What can each one of these different people offer a person with ADHD?
Ms. Spector:
Yes. The terminology today is really becoming specialized in terms of people who work on ADHD issues. When we hear the word "coach," a coach is more of an assistant for life skills, for time management organization but does not include how that relates to academic learning and school subjects.
Educational tutors would work on the aspects of the academic weaknesses that the ADHD is affecting such as assistance with reading comprehension, assistance with writing in terms of writing essays, research reports, and it's really giving these people what we call metacognitive training where the tutor is teaching learning how to learn. So it's not providing just help with algebra. It's providing the person with how to work out problems with algebra. It's not how to decode and do "word attack" with reading. It's how to read and glean from reading main ideas and supporting details.
Rather than giving them a fish, teaching them how to fish.
Ms. Spector:
Exactly. So it's really learning how to learn. And in social situations with adults, coaches do that. And in school-related issues for people who are still in school, it would be tutors and educational consultants.
Now, is it important that the coach, the tutor or the education consultant specialize in ADHD?
Ms. Spector:
Absolutely. I think that's imperative. Because if you go to a general coach who is just working on self-improvement issues, the ADHD issues and challenges are very specific and different. If children are having difficulty in school because of not completing assignments, not writing homework down, not being able to finish written work, those issues are very related to the executive functioning weaknesses of ADHD, and only an educator who specializes in ADHD can address those issues, rather than a general tutor who is just working on the actual subject content.
Listeners might have seen the ads for learning centers or heard them on radio and TV. Would a child with ADHD do well there?
Ms. Spector:
Generally not. The learning centers, particularly like national franchises, don't address ADHD specifically. The learning centers that are advertised on radio and TV generally are for the general population who want to improve their grades, do better on tests, and they really do not teach learning how to learn. They don't focus on the metacognitive training.
Does the same apply for adults? Would an adult with ADHD be ill-advised to go to one of these general learning centers?
Ms. Spector:
That would not be advised.
How do you choose what kind of specialist you need?
Ms. Spector:
Once again, it depends on what issues and challenges, what problems are occurring. So if the person or child in school or the adult is having more difficulty with social skills, maintaining relationships, very often being isolated or bullied or alone a lot of the time, then very often group counseling is helpful, getting adults into social skills groups and getting children into social skills groups. Sometimes individual counseling is beneficial.
Now, you run support groups?
Ms. Spector:
Yes. I have been running two different support groups, one for parents who have children with ADHD and another support group for ADHD – the non-ADHD partners and spouses because we have our own challenges in living with our partners and spouses who do have ADHD.
Do these social skills ever become natural after one has worked with a professional to try to make them so?
Ms. Spector:
That's an excellent question. Generally not. ADHD is a lifelong condition. We can see tremendous improvement. We can see more introspection in people with ADHD if they have gotten the right type of counseling. Frequently, couples counseling working on communication skills, particularly how to listen, how to respond, how to figure out your emotions, that really makes significant improvements. So yes, we do see changes.
Now, I understand many coaches will work with their clients who have ADHD over the phone. You have some thoughts on that – what are they?
Ms. Spector:
There are benefits, and there are issues that I have with that. The benefit of coaching clients over the phone is the phone calls are more general reminders where they get their checklist of what they need to do, and coaches will call and say, "Did you do A, did you do B, did you do C? Why didn't you?" I don't think it ever replaces the individual, live sessions. I think it's an addition, but coaching alone over the phone I do not recommend.
Annette, when you are working to improve cognitive skills, what role does medication play?
Ms. Spector:
I'm really glad that you asked this question because medication is a very controversial part of the decision-making process. Medication alone is never the answer. Medication is not a panacea to all the issues with ADHD. What medication does, it allows the person to reap the benefits and be more available to the strategies and techniques that they need to learn. So it kind of works as a filter and allows people to be a little more receptive to the important strategies and techniques and social skills training that they really need.
Is the role of medication in improving cognitive skills different between children and adults?
Ms. Spector:
Actually not, no. We go with the same philosophy when medication is prescribed for children as well as when it's prescribed for adults. And in either case, it takes a while to figure out what the right type of medication is, what the right dosage is, and whether there are improvements. So feedback from parents, teachers, coaches, friends is very important.
Now, what happens when a person resists getting help to improve their skills? What does a parent or an employer or a loved one do in that situation?
Ms. Spector:
This is a very difficult area. Patience, patience, and more patience. A lot of love. A lot of support. And it's really sitting down and having significant conversations. They have to be short because people with ADHD generally don't like to sit and ruminate for very long periods of time. But if they are completely resistant to getting help, it's a good idea to focus on the different types of help that are available and discuss which type they might want instead of just saying generally you need help. That's too global and too general. So offering them different types of services, and the person or loved one or employer who is doing this would have to research and really have on hand possible places for them to go where you give the person with ADHD choices.
Why do people resist getting help?
Ms. Spector:
Generally because they are afraid. These are people who over the years have generally gotten negative feedback for their problems. And they have many – frequently they have very low self-esteem. And because they have low self-esteem because they have been getting negative feedback. With low self-esteem, it's very difficult for people to advocate for themselves. So self-advocacy, getting help for themselves is frightening. They have a fear that they are going to continue to get negative feedback if they seek help, so it is a very difficult area.
How much does it cost to get the help of a coach, tutor or educational therapist?
Ms. Spector:
The costs vary. Generally coaching, tutoring range anywhere from $50 an hour way up to $200 for coaching or therapy. Generally academic tutoring is more in the range of $50 to $100. And it depends where in the country. It depends on the economy of an area. Are you in a big city, or are you in a smaller town? So really it depends on the location.
If someone enters into the services of a coach or a tutor or an educational therapist, can they know how long they will need those services?
Ms. Spector:
That's an excellent question. It should never go on indefinitely, but once again there is no specific time frame because it depends on the issues and the problems that the individual people are dealing with. But any coach, tutor, therapist working with people with ADHD needs to give the person a realistic time frame. Is this going to be several months? Is it going to be four weeks? Is it going to be more than one year? That can definitely be discussed with the person with ADHD.
Are these services covered by most health insurance?
Ms. Spector:
It depends on the insurance company. Some services, insurance companies will pay for them. Some won't. So before people seek out help, they need to check specifically with their insurance company.
What about low income people, do they have access to these educational services?
Ms. Spector:
Unfortunately no in the private sector. People who have issues with ADHD in the school system, there are some services that school systems provide or there are public clinics that have support groups. But generally for the private therapy, some private therapists will work on a sliding scale.
Does Medicaid cover these services?
Ms. Spector:
Generally not if it's mainly educational services, and yes if it's more psychological therapy.
Now, I know there are some video games on the market that claim to build cognitive skills and give neurofeedback. What do you think about them?
Ms. Spector:
I don't use video games in my practice. Instead, I use various software programs that help people learn organizational skills, such as "Inspiration," which teaches how to plan an outline for writing. The video games that claim to improve the neurofeedback, you have to be wary of because a lot of them will say if you play the games you can be cured, and that's not accurate.
What is neurofeedback?
Ms. Spector:
Neurofeedback is generally people are wired up to electrodes, and they are responding to computer-typed questions, and it's training the brain to react and by controlling emotions. It's a very specific kind of therapy. Some people experience success, some people don't.
There are also some unplugged tools people can use, things like board games or flash cards. Tell us about them.
Ms. Spector:
Yes. The materials that don't use high technology, such as the old-fashioned flash cards, board games, memory games are highly beneficial because one of the weaknesses in executive functioning is memory and working memory. So there are many games, board games that are low tech and, including flash cards, that can improve memory for specific information.
Now, there are books available that claim to help people with ADHD get organized. How well do these work?
Ms. Spector:
Reading, giving a person with ADHD a book to read with no follow-up, no discussion with the person is not generally helpful because one of the issues with people with ADHD, they don't process the right information, and they forget it. There are excellent books out there from doctors such as Russell Barkley ["Taking Charge of ADHD"] and Ed Hallowell who has written "Driven to Distraction." They are excellent books that can be used as a supplement to working with an educational specialist or with a counselor, and you can read and discuss that to provide more education for the person with ADHD. But generally if you just say to someone with ADHD, "Hi, Ed Hallowell's book is terrific, go read it," that's not an efficient way to deal with it.
I want to double back to video games for a moment. I have read that people with ADHD can build self-esteem by playing video games. Is that true?
Ms. Spector:
They can build self-esteem for the moment. They get a lot of self-satisfaction out of experiencing success from the momentary program that they are working with, but I don't really look at building self-esteem as a positive thing from playing video games. I find there are more risks associated with playing video games, in two areas. People with ADHD tend to hyper focus, and when they are playing video games they overfocus or hyper focus and lose track of everything else that's going on, and they can sit and play for hours and hour and hours. The result of this is if they are finding a lot of success with it, then they tend not to socialize with people as much. So they socialize less with people, and, in fact, they need to learn how to socialize better. So the two risks I see from just using video games are the hyper focusing and less socialization.
What about other products, are there other things out there that are proven to help people with ADHD build their cognitive skills?
Ms. Spector:
There are specialized timers where you can set timers in different ways to help you keep track of time. There are excellent software programs that deal with planning, calendars. There are very specific calendar-type books for people with ADHD. And there are Web sites. If you just Google the issues that you want help with, there are various companies that sell products with excellent organizational materials.
How does a calendar for someone with ADHD differ from a regular calendar?
Ms. Spector:
They are more detailed. Many of them are color-coded, outlined, color coding, highlighting. They are in simpler form. The pages are less confusing. They are broken down into parts of days, whole days, weeks, months, very specifically.
Are there any Web sites that can help direct people to these products?
Ms. Spector:
Yes, www.add.org is one. And then addwarehouse,com is another one that sells all kinds of products, including a lot of memorization games, a lot of materials on different people's emotions and feelings.
Now, are there any products or scams out there that you have seen that people should avoid?
People should always avoid any products that claim they will guarantee success or if you use these megavitamins, your ADHD will be cured. There is no cure for ADHD, and there's never any guarantee for success.
There are no regulations that prevent that type of marketing for these types of products?
Ms. Spector:
No. No. Not at this time.
We've got a lot of questions for you, Annette, and let's begin in Tallahassee. This person writes, "I have a child who has a problem with shutting down when she feels too overwhelmed in school. Nothing I do seems to work to help her stop. It's hurting her academically."
Ms. Spector:
Yes. Shutting down is a result of extreme frustration. So we work with children in trying to get teachers to provide tasks are that are manageable, that can be done in short periods of time, that can be broken down into short incremental steps with frequent positive feedback. But the shutting down that you are seeing is the result of an extreme feeling of being overwhelmed. So the more tasks can be broken down into simple, short, explicit kinds of activities with immediate positive feedback, we very frequently get a lower level of frustration and more willingness to try tasks.
This person writes from Frederick, Maryland, "Why do I have so much energy when either working in the yard or house and constantly get sidetracked doing other stuff. It's like all that stuff is looking at me saying, 'Take care of me too.'"
Ms. Spector:
Exactly, that's because there are no filters in the brain filtering out and helping you prioritize and stay focused on one task at a time. So it's like having a million antennas out there going in all different directions. My husband often describes his issues, which are very similar, like, "There are no boundaries. The whole world is out there. I just have too many antennas." So frequently getting help with staying focused on one task and actually writing a written list to visualize while you are working, where you list the task that you need to finish before you move on to something else.
This comes from Sanford, North Carolina, "My grandson lives with me and has ADHD and sometimes gets very violent with us. He has done a lot of damage to my house because of his anger. They held him back in 5th grade. He hates his older brother. What can we do to help him?"
Ms. Spector:
That violent type of behavior could be the result of a co-existing condition other than just pure ADHD. So the best help is to seek the help of a behavioral consultant who can sort out whether it's also an issue of possible oppositional defiance disorder in addition to ADHD.
If the behaviors are very violent with no other co-existing condition, those violent outbursts are again the result of extreme frustration and an overwhelmed feeling of stress. So once again reducing the volume of tasks, breaking tasks down can be very helpful.
This comes from Waukee, Iowa, "Do you advise telling teachers, tutors, coaches, etc., about your child's ADHD? It helps explain the behavior, but I don't want the stigma attached to ADHD to always be with my child."
Ms. Spector:
Absolutely do tell. Not telling leads to a lack of understanding of your child, and they will be disciplined or their behaviors will be interpreted as lazy, not motivated, oppositional, when, in fact, it's the ADHD that is causing some of the symptoms. The more education you can provide to a teacher, to a sports coach, to other people working with your child, the more understanding people will have and they will be better able to respond to your child in a positive way to build that child's self-esteem. If people don't know that your child has ADHD, very often they misread the characteristics as just a mean child.
This comes from Mercer Island, Washington, "As an ADHD and academic coach, I get called in when the child is failing most of their subjects, even the ones they love. When we call a meeting at the school to discuss the demonstrated need for accommodation or special education, some schools are using the learning disability criteria to deny services. Parents are intimidated and walk away without the necessary help for their child. I have seen parents and teens bullied and shamed. Can you expand on the available services, resources and verbiage a parent can use to educate and collaborate with the professionals that are there to help these kids?"
Ms. Spector:
The best advice that I give parents is to first keep logs at home where you are keeping a very detailed list of what behaviors you are seeing at home. Then when you come to school – and you can do this in terms of the homework log or behavior log – the job of the child study committee is to sort out are these issues related more to a learning disability, or are these issues related more to the ADHD? If it's related, and they go through eligibility and the child is found to in fact have learning disabilities, then they get services under special education with an IEP [Individualized Education Plan]. If a child is studied by the school or has private testing and there are no learning disabilities, just the ADHD, then children are protected in schools under what we call 504 plans, which are different. It's not special ed, but they are entitled to accommodations and modifications in the regular ed program.
Now, this person asked for verbiage, for the right words to use to sort of open these doors. Are there some words that have special meaning for people in schools when parents are trying to get these services?
Yes. Absolutely describe the behaviors that you are seeing in objective terminology, for instance, extreme frustration, inability to complete homework or assignments at home. So the verbiage parents should use when attending school meetings is very specific descriptions of what is occurring at home. In addition to that bringing samples of what the child does or does not finish or the quality of their work, actually bringing their worksheets, their materials, their written work, of course, uncorrected by parents, is frequently more powerful than any words that can be used.
I am curious. What are these learning disability criteria that this correspondent says are being used to deny services to a child with ADHD? I mean, how does that work?
Ms. Spector:
I am confused by the question because there's very specific criteria to be classified as learning disabled, and that's having a significant point of discrepancy between a child's potential and their actual academic achievements. That's one of the ways that used to be the only criteria. Nowadays under the new laws, you look at the actual academic work that a child is doing and whether the child is achieving commensurate with their peers and whether they are responding or not responding to strategies. And that's called a response to intervention method, where teachers and classrooms are saying this is the method we are trying to use for your child, your child has not been responding successfully, therefore now we are going to look at categorizing them as learning disabled.
This e-mail comes from Titusville, Pennsylvania, "I struggle at work with a lack of focus, get distracted easily, hard to return to where I am, cannot stay organized, get overwhelmed and stare at the piles of work increasing on my desk and a total day-to-day overall frustration with myself. I cannot get it together. How can I deal with this? I have struggled with it since childhood. Now I am 41, and it has not let up. Can this be ADD?"
Ms. Spector:
It could be ADD. There are other coexisting conditions that produce the same type of characteristics as what you have described such as clinical depression or anxiety disorder. The best advice is to go to a psychologist or a licensed clinical social worker and describe just what you have said today, and they will help you sort out whether it's ADHD alone or whether it's a different coexisting condition, and in 50 percent of the cases it's generally a combination of both. There is a very high what we call co-morbidity rate, the presence of ADHD with other coexisting conditions. But it's wonderful that you are recognizing what you are having difficulty with, and what you are describing is very typical of many people with ADHD.
This person writes from Sarasota, Florida, "Even after increasing my Adderall back to 30 milligrams, I bounce from project to project without completing one. My house is a mess. My family doesn't even seem to notice it anymore. I haven't had company in about a year. With all the self-help books and stuff I have read online over the years, you would think that I would make a list, but nope, I don't have the patience. Help."
Ms. Spector:
Medication alone is never the answer. I would highly recommend going back to the medical doctor that prescribed the medication and the dosage, let them know that you are not seeing significant changes, but in addition to possible – it's called medical titration where you try a different type of medication or a different dosage. At the same time of taking medication, you also need to be working with a coach on these issues. Just reading books on your own is not the best thing.
This is from Midland, Pennsylvania, "I am neither working nor going to school at the present time. The main reason is that I find the schedule too overwhelming, and I get too frazzled. I have been avoiding life altogether to avoid this overwhelming feeling. Now I feel life is just passing me by, and I'm not mattering to anyone or anything. What should I do about this?"
Ms. Spector:
What you are describing are the same feelings and characteristics of many people who are clinically depressed. So I would highly recommend going to a psychologist to discuss your feelings with them to see if it is an issue of possible depression.
This is from Ashford, Alabama, "How do I encourage my ADHD son to finish or even do his work? He is a pretty smart child. He just will not finish or will not do his schoolwork sometimes."
Ms. Spector:
Once again, make sure the task that is not being finished or avoided is reasonable and manageable and is not frustrating. All kids want to succeed, and all kids will finish what they feel they can do. So using a timer to help them develop their own sense of timing very frequently is a positive approach because they see it doesn't take them a whole hour, what they are thinking. It's just too much. And just breaking down the task into manageable, small steps so they don't get that feeling of being overwhelmed.
This person wrote to us from Belton, Texas, "My 15-year-old son with ADHD continues to slowly decline in certain classes during the school year. He starts out a very likable child for most teachers, then his countenance drops, and some teachers seem to grow a dislike for him. Some will fail him regardless of how hard he works to catch up. How can we avoid this downward spiral in certain classes?"
Ms. Spector:
One of the best communication techniques for many children who have this downward spiral where they begin with great gusto, they can maintain their course work, they can complete homework at the beginning, and then they just start going down, that's because of the weakness in the executive functioning. They cannot sustain the level of effort. It's just hard for them to sustain, and that's why they are spiraling down.
So I recommend a discussion at the beginning of the year with teachers explaining to teachers, "This is the pattern that my child represents. You will probably see it. It's not because my child is becoming more lazy or more unmotivated. Because ADHD is a legitimate handicapping condition and it takes an incredible amount of energy to sustain that high a level of work at the beginning, and then gradually that amount of energy wanes and goes down." So the more understanding teachers have up front, the better able they can understand this and then deal with it.
This comes from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, "Is there a sort of coach who can accompany someone with ADD at work and at home and interact with them firsthand in solving one's unique problems? I learn by doing and example, not by sitting in a therapist's office or reading a book. I need hands-on assistance. Thank you."
Ms. Spector:
Most people with ADHD do need hands-on assistance, so sitting in an isolated situation, there is very little carry-over into the real world. And yes. Many coaches will go to work with adults, go to school with students with ADHD and assist them right on the spot.
This is from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, "Do all ADHD children have problems with bedwetting at an older age? My son who is 10 years old has to wear Pull-ups due to sleeping too sound. And do a lot of ADHD kids wake up before anyone else in the house?"
Ms. Spector:
The bedwetting issue is not particularly related to ADHD. But difficulties with sleep patterns are a frequent and common characteristic where they have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. And once again, if medication is being used, sometimes, but not always, there is a side effect of sleep disturbance.
This is a question from Los Alamitos, California, "How can you tell the difference between symptoms, inattentiveness of ADHD and depression?"
Ms. Spector:
It's very difficult. The diagnosis for ADHD is generally a ruling-out process where you look at other conditions to see if there is a prevalence of behaviors and characteristics that are being caused more by depression. But once again, there is almost a 50 percent coexistence with ADHD and depression. So it's very difficult because the characteristics look the same.
This is from Portland, Oregon, "My son has been playing video games for hours a day ever since he was 10. Now he is 20. He is very anti-social and has terrible temper tantrums. The only time he feels any value is when he is playing video games. Are you saying I need to get him off the games? How would I do that, especially with his temper issues? We were hoping he would have a career in video games."
Ms. Spector:
Many people with ADHD do go into careers that match their passions and strengths. So in one respect, it's a good compensatory kind of approach to use. However, hyper focusing on video games can cause poor socialization and extreme frustration. They get immediate gratification and immediate success from the video game but don't experience that in social situations. So definitely you can limit the amount of time and then go to a behavior therapist or behavior counselor to work on reducing the difficult behaviors that you are seeing. You will need help in dealing with that.
This comes from Galloway, Ohio, "Is there anything besides prescribed medications that I can administer to my son for his ADHD? How do I address with his teacher, stepfather and grandfather even on meds he is not going to be the perfect student or child?"
Ms. Spector:
The parent needs to explain that medication alone is not that helpful, that in addition to medication the child is going to need help with academic work, with social skills work and with time management. So it's a multi-modal treatment that no one by itself is very beneficial.
A lot of people expect perfection from their children, and sometimes they just don't understand disorders and underperformance. How can that be explained in a way that gets through?
Ms. Spector:
Explaining disorders at the same time means explaining strengths. And when we say ADHD is a disability, it might be a disability in certain aspects, but all people have their sets of strengths and their relative weaknesses, so it's really explaining the whole person.
This is from Walnut Creek, California, "We have tried every medicine possible, I think, on my son. It seems to work for a little while, then it's like it just shuts off and nothing works. I just don't know how to help him. He can get really violent and mouthy."
Ms. Spector:
Once again, I keep repeating the same thing. Medication alone is not the answer. So if he is getting violent and mouthy, you have to focus on behavioral strategies and techniques and don't eliminate the idea of stopping medication forever. It's an ongoing process. And I know you have tried several, but in addition to the medication it's also getting the appropriate behavioral counseling that's needed.
We have only got about a minute left, Annette, and I would like to hear some closing words from you perhaps emphasizing something that we talked about earlier or getting to a topic that we didn't have a chance to address yet in this hour.
Ms. Spector:
Well, I would like to end my little talk with the theme of hope. We didn't talk much about hope. But in dealing with ADHD, we have to realize that we all have our relative strengths, and we all have certain weaknesses. And in dealing with ADHD, there is a lot of hope for the future. We have to try to match, particularly in adults, your strengths to careers that honor the strengths and celebrate them. In schools, teachers needs to celebrate and honor the many strengths that our ADHD children bring to the classroom: creativity, thinking outside the box, sometimes very gregarious high social skills in certain respects and a curiosity about the world.
Well, look at some of the positive signs there. Annette Spector, thank you so much for joining us. We really appreciate it.
Ms. Spector:
I have enjoyed it. Thank you.
And thank you for your attention. From HealthTalk, I am Ross Reynolds.
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Posted January 8, 2009 at 7:01PM
Now that we've all had a chance to let Norton 360 settle into its stride it would be good to hear about any specific problems that have occurred.
In my case I had a clear run until I switched on my test machine this afternoon. Norton 360 threw a wobbly, and decided it wanted to fire up 'One-click support' and send an error report back to base. It asked me for permission to do this, and I agreed. Then followed a process of collecting and transmitting data about my machine, after which 360 told me it was 'attempting a fix'.
I carried on working whilst all this went on, and after about ten minutes I was told that the fix had failed, and I was advised to 'try again later'. I have continued working, and all seems fine - at no time was the computer slowed by all the goings on, and Norton tells me 'You are protected'.
What about you - have you had a similar experience, or has Norton 360 done something else unexpectedly? Please don't post here if all is humming along nicely - we want to hear about problems in this thread.
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Posted January 8, 2009 at 10:33PM
No prob's here, done a full scan, 720GB in just over 2 hours which included the backup.
Very impressed with this norton product
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Posted January 8, 2009 at 11:00PM
I am impressed at the moment with Norton 360 V3,
I have had no problems, no freezes, no crashes, no slow connecting, and it appears to quietly and unobtrusively get on with it's job.
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Posted January 8, 2009 at 11:11PM
So can I , most times.
I have tried to duplicate the problem by switching the computer off and restarting it many times (I would guess about 70 or 80 times in the last couple of days) and only had a major problem twice and a minor hiccup once.
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Posted January 8, 2009 at 11:23PM
Spent all day and night testing everything, The whole 360 (pardon the pun), Found No problems whatsoever, Runs like a dream.
Done a full backup (119 gig) 3/4's of an Hour, Part backup 2.2 gig 5 minutes, Quick 10 minute & Full Virus Scans 1 hour, Disc optimization, Cleanup Registry, Startup Manager.
However, Diagnostic Report Says that "Your operating system may be missing key security or performance patches" Run Windows Update,
My Windows Vista Ultimate is Fully upto Date, The only things missing are the extra Language Files I do not need.
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Posted January 9, 2009 at 12:34AM
Hi all. I just tested n360's backup capabilities and within 10 minutes got a norton error message.
Specifically: After battling with it's insisting that I backup my whole hard disk on-line, -and after managing to relegate the backup to an external hard-disk, it finally gave me an arror window: "Symantec service framework has stopped working".
This was exactly 10 minutes into the backup process.
i rebooted & everything appears to be okay, including a copy of my c-drive....
But I use Norton's Ghost on a regular basis (v 12),
and can't really believe that the whole process could only have taken 10 min.. -wonderfull if that is the case! And then there is the error message: if the whole system shuts down on me then I would presume that includes my anti-viral protection. Hope this info is of use. I may try try to reinstall everything from the backup tomorrow, -and you may hear about that adventure!
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Finally arrived in Bangkok. Having problems downloading which I have detailed in your initial link (page 4). I will keep trying to sort this out.
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Posted January 9, 2009 at 7:36AM
Like MCE2K5 I ran the diagnostic report which stated "You OS may be missing key security or performance patches" and ran Windows Update from the link in Norton 360. None available.
Nortons diagnostic report had two entries called "Last Windows Hotfix Date" - the first was 6 Jan 09 with various paths listed and included Roxio. The second was dated 12 November 2008. I checked with WU History to find that the only update on 6 Jan was Windows Defender so what the other paths referred to I don`t understand. WU History also showed that since the November date I`ve had a total of 31 updates.
Norton doesn`t seem to be reporting this correctly, does anyone else shave this minor problem?
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Posted January 9, 2009 at 7:44AM
Ran a quick scan which didn`t take too long and it reported on the first screen risks found 1. Clicked on the Details link underneath and it said "Total Security Risks Detected 2" (All Cookies) Returned to the initial screen and clicked on Fix - Action Required then clicked on "Tracking Cookie" in the Title Column which gave me a list of 40 tracking cookies. Something doesn`t add up here to my mind or is it just me?
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Posted January 9, 2009 at 7:57AM
Minor niggles I know but as per my previous thread there are two other instances where the reporting seems confusing to me.
Start Up Manager - I noticed that I couldn`t maximise the window which was irritating having to scroll horizontally. At the bottom Norton States "Total Items in Start Up Set 22" and "Total Applications to be launched 22". I then set one program to a delayed start and the last figure became "-21" (Minus 21). Running this again today the minus sign has gone so it is now reporting correctly.
Registry Cleanup - Didn`t give me an option to review this procedure - it just did it. A little disconcerting to say the least! On the results screen it stated Fixed 29 so I then went to Details which shows Advanced Details 1 item. Thus confused I went to Security History and that showed the full 29 items.
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Posted January 9, 2009 at 8:51AM
Morning all,Normaly when i boot my machine up the "Live Update" swings into action automaticly within a minute of been online, THIS didnt happen this morning ive been online 20 mins or so & im debating to update manualy..? if its not done in another ten il update myself...
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A look at the action from Day 10 of the 34th Americas Cup.
Sir Ben Ainslie and Oracle Team USA remain alive in the America's Cup after victory in Race 13 in San Francisco.
New Zealand still need just one more victory to win the Cup outright but the defending champions cut the gap to 8-3 with the only result possible on Friday.
In the first race the Kiwis were a long way ahead of Team America but the frustatingly light winds meant they could not get to the finish line within the 40 minutes permitted.
That was a huge let-off for Ainslie and his team-mates as they had been soundly beaten in the race, only to be saved by Mother Nature.
The USA must still win six more races in a row to keep New Zealand from the one victory it needs to wrest yachting's coveted Cup from the hands of Oracle team owner Larry Ellison.
"We were obviously staring down the barrel of defeat there," said tactician Ainslie.
Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill said: "It was really a great day. Sometimes things go your way, and we're going to take it."
"It's a shame really," said Ainslie's New Zealand counterpart Ray Davies. "But the wind limit is the wind limit; the time limit is the time limit, and you just have to deal with it."
New Zealand skipper Dean Barker described the day as "frustrating," adding "we know we can win this thing."
In the race that was completed, the Kiwis beat the USA over the starting line and rounded the first mark a few seconds ahead of Oracle.
But the defending champions snatched the lead back in a cross-over that resulted in New Zealand being tagged with a penalty.
Oracle dodged to avoid colliding with New Zealand but jumped ahead and grabbed onto a lead that grew through the pivotal upwind third leg of the race.
The USA remained in control of the race and crossed the finish a minute and 24 seconds ahead of the Kiwis.


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Armour Class: 5
Hit Dice: 3+5***
Move: 180' (60')
Attacks: 2 claws + one bite
Damage: 1-6/1-6/1-8 + poison
No. Appearing: 1-4 (2-20)
Save As: F5
Morale: 11
Treasure Type: Nil
Alignment: Chaotic
XP Value: 125
Magnificently horrible beasts, korrsakh could only be mistaken for horses in very bad light. Their coal-black coats, thick and rough, are scattered with keels of dense scales of onyx and, rarely, a reptilian greenish-gold that matches their eyes; their manes are long and tangled, shot through with spines, and their tails long and serpentine. A korrsakh's predatory muzzle is packed with rending teeth, and its muscular body and strong legs end with compact, tearing claws and long curved dewclaws instead of a horse's hooves. Korrsakh are terrors; and yet there are abiding rumours that the eastern gnoll tribes have succeeded in breaking korrsakh to the bit.
A korrsakh lunges into combat, lashing out with foreclaws and fangs and inflicting 1-6 and 1-8 hit points of damage respectively. Its bite is venomous and laced with septic bacteria, causing three times the normal bite damage plus five rounds of debilitating nausea if a save vs. poison is failed. Three times a day it may evoke darkness (as the magic-user spell), in which it may act without penalty.
Korrsakh take half damage from all weapons save for those forged of silver or cold iron.
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Monster: Korrsakh
Posted by taichara at 12:29 AM
Labels: bemci, Cities of the Rings, dnd, monsters
3 comments:
- trollsmyth said...
Yum! I think this is a nice fit for the predatory horses I see in Warhammer Chaos armies all the time.
(Can't stand the game, but I adore much of the art.)
- 04 July, 2009 02:51
- taichara said...
I'm not familiar with the Warhammer horses, but 'predatory' definitely fits the bill here --
Glad you liked them :3
- 04 July, 2009 10:14
- Eliyes said...
Hell yeah I'd want gnolls riding these beasties! :D Too cool for bugbears~
(WV: calmica)
- 05 July, 2009 20:30
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Fuel Tank Leak
I have a "pin-hole" leak in a 16 year old aluminum tank that looks in great shape otherwise. Does anyone have experience with having them repaired, or should I just bite the bullet and get a new one. Thanks, George
Fuel Tank Leak
If you know that the pin hole is not indicative of a more extensive deterioration of the tank and is in a location that can be watched over with care, perhaps the area surrounding the pin hole can be appropriately cleaned and sealed with JB Weld, MarineTex or one of the newer epoxy mixes on the market today. You''ll sure want to keep an eye on the repair and be alert for further breakdowns in other parts of the tank. A bilge full of fuel oil is not a fun thing to deal with and, if gasoline, I''d seriously consider having a professional take a look see and get his opinion.
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MOREHEAD - On June 29, the Tug Valley Bass Anglers fishing club held its fifth tournament of the 2014 season on Cave Run Lake. A total of 25 anglers competed in the event. In the end, veteran angler Shawn Smith won the Tug Valley Bass Anglers-hosted fishing tournament.
Cave Run Lake was at summer pool with clear to lightly stained water on the entire lake and a water temperature around 80 to 85 degrees.
Weather for the tournament was great with mostly sunny skies, light winds and an air temperature around 85 to 90 degrees.
The fishing was good, with every angler weighing fish. The fish were caught in 5 to 10 feet of water on the main lake as well as in the pockets and creeks.
The main pattern for the tournament was to fish soft plastic baits, worms or crawdad imitations around grass. Finesse fishing with small worms accounted for most of the fish weighed in. The total amount of fish weighed in for the tournament was 89.36 pounds.
The top 10 finishers were as follows: 1 — Shawn Smith (5 fish), 7.96 lbs.; 2 — Brandon Staten (5 fish) 7.03 lbs.; 3rd — MO (5 fish), 5.83 lbs.; 4 — Lacy Edmiston (5 fish) 5.51 lbs.; 5 — Zach Bowman (5 fish), 5.48 lbs.; 6 — Johnny Webb (5 fish), 5.45 lbs.; 7 — Steve Cullop (5 fish), 4.96 lbs.; 8 — Justin Cullop (5 fish), 4.71 lbs.; 9 — Mike Cullop (5 fish), 4.35 lbs.; 10 — Lynn Fields (5 fish), 4.14 lbs..
Sponsors for the Tug Valley Bass Anglers fishing club are McDonald's, Elliott Supply & Glass, Borders Sporting Goods, TMK Security, Perry Distributors, Fat Boy's ATV Lodging, K & K Steam Cleaning, Freedom Outdoors, Muncie's Auto Recycling, Robinson Repairs, City Insurance, NOVA Construction, Trey K Electric, Jerraco Drilling Supply LLC, Atlas Copco, Roadtested Tire and Auto Center, Vip Fuels LLC, United Rentals, Don's Street Machine, Extreme Sounds, Thoroughbred Steakhouse, SKS Security Solutions and Great Outdoors Marine.
For more information about the Tug Valley Bass Anglers check out the fishing club's website at
www.tugvalleybassanglers.com and also visit the club's page on Facebook.


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Sep 22, 2011 President Obama is trying to turn his successful online political campaign into a movement. He's sent millions of e-mails to supporters, asking them to gather and talk about the economic stimulus bill in Congress. Steve Henn reports.
A helpful new tool for stimulus tracking
Sep 22, 2011 For anyone curious about where stimulus money is going, USBudgetWatch.org now has a tool that breaks down spending on dozens of recent federal initiatives. The site will be updated constantly. Danielle Karson reports.
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A strong quarter for Netflix
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AOL dials up a change in structure
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RIAA revises illegal-download fight
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Sep 22, 2011 For years the Recording Industry Association of America has been suing netizens, accusing them of illegally sharing music files. But that era now seems to have met the fate of 8-tracks and cassettes. Rico Gagliano reports.


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