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		<title>Why Flexibly Strutured Discipline?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flexibly structured discipline emphasizes the child or teen’s strengths while calmly and firmly addressing her need for self-control. For example, your child’s &#8220;strong will&#8221; can easily be reframed as the strength &#8220;determination.&#8221;  Read on to see how you can use your child’s determination to improve her self-discipline. Emphasizing the child’s strengths and needs within the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2593&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks for Reading! 6,000 views during 2011!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats team prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,000 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2574&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Applying Flexiture: Clean Your Room!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often hear, &#8220;My child struggles to clean up her room without getting distracted.&#8221;  Here are some thoughts. First, understand that the simple statement “clean up your room” involves not so simple multiple multiple-steps and can be overwhelming to a child with attention challenges: it is like trying to eat an uncut extra-large supreme pizza: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2528&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Active Test Taking Strategies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending all that time studying for your exams, its important to actively take them so you can show what you know. Always arrive early and take a moment to relax and reduce your anxiety. Listen attentively to last minute instructions given by the instructor. Teachers often make last minute changes. Missing instruction causes extreme anxiety. Take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2510&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Grounded!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like time-out, grounding tends to get a bad-rap.  This is because many parents misuse it.  Mom says, “You’re grounded for a week!” until she cools off and remembers some important event Billy Earl is already scheduled to attend, lets him go, and undermines her own authority. “You’re grounded!” means Lilly Pearl stays in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2498&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using a Routine Checklist</title>
		<link>http://flexiture4adhd.com/2011/10/28/using-a-routine-checklist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Children and teens with executive functioning problems often struggle to consistently complete routines.  One way to help is to use a routine checklist: Try this one and the following procedure to get your child to take ownership of the process. Download Routine Checklist This routine checklist can be used for any number of different routines [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2489&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ADD/ADHD and Language</title>
		<link>http://flexiture4adhd.com/2011/10/03/addadhd-and-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at the ADHD Cognition Centre in Toronto have identified a number of spoken language difficulties directly related to ADD/ADHD. Weaknesses in Pragmatic(Social) Language Blurting out answers in class Interrupting others Talking excessively when it is inappropriate Often highly verbose: they speak for much longer at a stretch, and with many brief pauses. Within-turn pauses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2349&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD: One of the Most Researched and Most Misunderstood Diagnoses</title>
		<link>http://flexiture4adhd.com/2011/09/30/functional-aspects-of-addadhd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flexiture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internationally recognized expert on ADHD, Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. says most of the confusion about this diagnosis occurs because the terms &#8220;attention deficit&#8221; and &#8220;hyperactivity&#8221; describe only the surface features of this challenge: these are just the tip of the iceberg: the symptoms are much broader and deeper than this.  Dr. Barkley goes on to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=1673&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity are Just the Tip of the ADHD Iceberg!</title>
		<link>http://flexiture4adhd.com/2011/09/30/addadhd-functional-aspects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To better understand the challenges caused by ADHD, families and teachers should first understand how the three primary aspects of attention (Inattention, Hyperactivity and Impulsivity) interact with each other.  But don&#8217;t stop there to see and understand the whole iceberg, you need to read chapters two and three. Inattention It sounds as if the child with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2321&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Girls with ADD/ADHD:  There is a Difference</title>
		<link>http://flexiture4adhd.com/2011/09/29/girls-with-adhd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until a few years ago, there was very little research about girls with attention challenges and very few girls were diagnosed with attention disorders.  During the past decade, the National Center for Gender Issues and ADHD started researching the similarities and differences in the symptoms of ADHD in girls when compared to boys. Like boys, girls [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=2342&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Executive&#8230;What?  These Functional Abilities Shed Light on the Rest of the ADHD Iceberg!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The executive functions are a set of skills that help us manage our time, energy, talents, and resources in order to achieve a goal. Children, teens, and adults who have ADD/ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, Asperger’s disorder, and related challenges often struggle with poor executive skills. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=1821&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does My Child Struggle?: A Wise Way to Change Your &#8220;Why&#8217;s&#8221; into &#8220;What&#8217;s&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents of children with attention challenges often want to know why&#8230; &#8220;Why is my four-year old son the one who always throws a tantrum when its time to leave the party?&#8221; &#8220;Why is my ten-year old son constantly in the principal&#8217;s office for being the class-clown?&#8221; &#8220;Why has my fourteen year old run away from home?&#8221; &#8220;Why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=flexiture4adhd.com&amp;blog=8973072&amp;post=146&amp;subd=flexiture&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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