Does your child come home from school irritable, emotional, or overwhelmed, even when their teacher says they had a great day? For many children, managing the academic, social, and emotional demands of school takes more energy than we realize. By the time they get home, they may have little patience or flexibility left for even the smallest requests. Learn why after-school meltdowns happen, what they may tell us about your child's needs, and how parents can help make the transition home a little smoother.

Good grades don't always tell the whole story. In this first installment of our Things Parents Hear That Aren’t Quite Right series, we explore why understanding how a child learns can be just as important as what they achieve. Through a neuropsychological lens, we look beyond the report card to better understand the effort, strategies, and support that may be shaping a child's success.

If your child studies for hours but still struggles on tests, they’re not alone. Effective studying isn’t just about effort—it’s about matching how you study to how you’ll be tested. In this blog, we break down simple, practical ways to help your child study more effectively and build skills that actually stick.

If your child rereads and highlights but still struggles to remember what they study, they’re far from alone. Effective learning depends on active strategies—not passive ones—and students often need explicit teaching in how to preview, process, and explain new information. With the right tools and guidance, kids develop stronger comprehension and study habits that support them well beyond a single test.

When a child is avoiding doing their homework or procrastinating getting started, it is easy to come to the conclusion that they lack the motivation to get it done. Then, you offer an incentive to try and spark some sort of progress— “You can have an extra hour of screen time as soon as you get your homework done.” Not budging? There may be something a bit more complicated in play. Task avoidance is often caused by challenges with crucial emotional and executive functioning abilities.

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often thought of as simply a disorder of inattention or hyperactivity by the average person. However, ADHD is actually a disorder of overall regulation. These symptoms have the potential to bring a broad spectrum of challenges. What can make things even more complicated is navigating these challenges with a regular stream of negative feedback coming from seemingly all directions.

You’re seated right near the stage, watching the conductor lead the orchestra with rhythmic motions, pointing to the string instruments, to the woodwinds, to the bass… Just as the conductors so fluidly guides the orchestra to create beautiful compositions of music, so does our Executive Function guide our everyday thoughts and behaviors. Simply put, our executive function skills are imperative to our daily activity and functioning in the world around us.

Having ADHD does not define a person and there are skills, strategies, and other interventions to help those with ADHD thrive. The way we like to look at it is that ADHD is a disorder of regulation: dysregulation of attention, dysregulation of impulsivity, dysregulation of emotions. Our job is to give these kids the strategies to be able to better regulate so they can do what they need to do each and every day. The first step to helping them regulate is to understand the facts and myths behind ADHD.