Five Creative Approaches to Helping Students with ADHD

Understanding ADHD at its core is essential to determining the best course of action for students who have it. Though teachers find students who take medication for ADHD to be less disruptive and more attentive, it may not be the only effective way to treat this "difference in cognition" as Dr. Richard Friedman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Psychopharmacology Clinic at Weill Cornell Physicians, puts it. He doesn't consider ADHD a disorder. And, he wants to reframe the way we view ADHD and help us approach it in a more creative way.

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Breathe New Life Into Your Lessons

Edudemic has compiled a fabulous list of 15 websites that will inspire you as an educator, taking the exhausting task of searching for valuable content off your plate. Organized by subjects--language arts, math, and the arts--you'll find just what you need to add breathe new life into your lessons next fall. All are trustworthy sites with creative lessons, ideas, and resources. Check them out!

NEW COURSE AVAILABLE! Getting Started with Number and Operations in Base Ten

Our newest Pepper course focuses on the Number and Operations in Base Ten domain that spans kindergarten through fifth grade. Explore how the Number and Operations in Base Ten domain builds on Counting and Cardinality, connects to Operations and Algebraic Thinking, and creates a foundation for middle and high school mathematics. Identify strategies to support students with computational fluency, procedural fluency, and conceptual understanding. Learn More…

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Courses in Special Education and Argument Writing Coming Soon!

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