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The Three Main Wiggle-Provoking Scenarios: Tips to Bring Your Student to a Standstill

By AcademicAlly, LLC | March 27, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: March 28, 2024 Ants in the pants…nonstop perpetual motion…bounce in the flounce….All of these phrases conjure up images of bodies in motion. No, we are not talking about asteroids, airplanes, or other airborne bodies, we are focusing on those bouncing knees, wandering students, the tapping of a pen on a desk, and the…

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Four Gifts That Come with Thinking Outside the Box

By AcademicAlly, LLC | March 27, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: April 3, 2024 As AcademicAlly, LLC marks Amazing April, we highlight the many gifts that come with having ADHD. This week, we begin with creativity and thinking outside the box. Justin Timberlake, Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, Adam Levine, Ty Pennington….what do all of these famous people have in common with one another? They…

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The ADHD Twister: 7 Game-Changing Routines You Can Use to Help Your Children Bring Order to Their Lives

By AcademicAlly, LLC | March 11, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: March 14, 2024 Monday morning, and you are already ten steps behind. The mad dash to pack lunches and get kids out the door has left your head spinning. Grabbing your car keys, you rush to the family room door to enter the garage, but on your way, you step on your daughter’s…

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ADHD and the Trouble with Listening: 9 Attention-Grabbing Strategies to Improve Listening

By AcademicAlly, LLC | March 7, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: March 7, 2024 Recently, I was speaking with the mother of an elementary-school-age child about his inability to listen. Her arms flailed in the air as she described her daily interactions with her son. “He just…does…not…LISTEN!” The exasperation dripped from every word as she went on to relay that every day after school…

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ADHD and the Myth of Defiance: 11 Reasons Why Your Student Isn’t Defiant

By AcademicAlly, LLC | February 29, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: March 1, 2024 Living with ADHD has its rewards and challenges. As an academic coach who has worked with neurodivergent students for over 25 years, I have come to appreciate the beauty that is the ADHD mind. These students have a unique perspective that simultaneously frustrates and fascinates their teachers and parents. Why…

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ADHD and Driving: 7 Tips That Will Keep You Laser Focused 

By AcademicAlly, LLC | February 29, 2024

AcademicAlly, LLC: February 19, 2024 Driving for teens is a time when getting behind the wheel feels like they just won the lottery, except the “jackpot” is a tank of gas and a playlist of awesome songs. The freedom and mobility that come with the experience is irreplaceable, and frequently serves as a powerful outlet…

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Want to Find Focus While You Do Your Homework? Try These Attention-Grabbing Ideas!

By AcademicAlly, LLC | February 12, 2024

You made it! Another day of school is behind you, and all you can think about is hopping onto a round of Fortnite with your friends or an exhilarating conversation on Snapchat. You bound into the house through the front door, grab a snack, and just as you are about to plant your can on…

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Trying to Stay Focused in Class, but Not Succeeding? Try These 6 Surefire Focus Tips

By AcademicAlly, LLC | February 6, 2024

Picture this: You are sitting in class; it’s 1:15pm, and the minutes are just creeping by at a snail’s pace. Your foot starts to bounce, creating an undeniable regular tap-tap-tap from your direction. Your tush can’t sit still and begins to slide back and forth, which then invites your arms to join this quick restless…

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Using the Power of Technology: 6 Common Sense Strategies Colleges Can Implement to Empower Students 

By AcademicAlly | January 23, 2024

College is like an amusement park. There are so many different rides and experiences to explore and barely enough time to get it all done. The social network is busted wide open with a whole new array of prospective acquaintances and friends to choose from. Vendors utilize enticing marketing to draw their new customers to…

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Looking for Personal Success? 5 Reasons Why Separating Work and Play Spaces Improves Productivity

By AcademicAlly, LLC | January 23, 2024

In a land, not so far away, there once lived a student who thought his desk was a hybrid mix of a pop-up amusement park and a wild, west showdown. Spoiler alert: the ADHD villains arrived at the scene, wreaking havoc on the area, and the student’s learning rode off into the sunset. Enter the…

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