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There are a lot of myths out there about ADHD. If you have a child diagnosed with ADHD, you have heard more than one misconception that will make it all the more challenging to be of genuine help. After all, you want to know what is true so that you can best support...

At first glance, it seems to be the chicken and egg question. Which came first? But a closer look at the recent research reveals that there isn’t much of a question at all. Stuttering: First a little background Stuttering disrupts the way a person speaks which...

Unfortunately, sometimes children are forced to deal with their grief when their parents get divorced, or one of them dies.  There have been many strategies put forth over the years. However, it is the landmark work of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross published nearly 50 years...

Much print has been devoted to the demise of education in Rural America. Sinking demographics, imploding budgets, and the continuous loss of rural appeal are enough to cause even the most optimistic among us to throw in the towel and give up on Rural America...

The Debate The debate surrounding the advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism for children has been pitting linguists and psychologists for nearly 100 years old. Back then, most experts believed that bilingual children were doomed to suffer cognitive impairments...

Much of the conventional wisdom surrounding the treatment of PTSD is based upon the presumption that individuals who have PTSD have experienced irreversible neurological changes. However new research suggests otherwise. This important discovery could have far-reaching...

Who is KASPAR? KASPAR may not be a ghost, but he sure is friendly. Who is KASPAR you may ask? He is none other than Kinesics and Synchronization in Personal Assistant Robotics; a robot conceived initially by artificial intelligence researcher Kerstin Dautenhahn and...

How is Virtual Reality Applied to Mental Health? Researchers have been developing systems using virtual reality to assist people in overcoming phobias for over 20 years. Since then virtual reality (VR) therapy has been expanded to help with more complex anxiety...

It sounds like a broken record already: “Schools in Rural America are in deep trouble.” Between population loss, stiff financial challenges, and the inability to match the resources of the larger, more developed urban areas, at times it seems difficult to find...