5 Questions to Ask Your Childs Doctor before Taking a Summer ADHD Medication Holiday

5 Questions to Ask Your Child’s Doctor before Taking a Summer ADHD Medication Holiday Many parents consider having their child take a break from his or her ADHD medication over the summer. Research shows that there are in fact some benefits to summer medication holidays for children who take ADHD medication. For kids who experience medication side effects, such as insomnia, decreased appetite, or slowed physical growth, a summer break can provide relief and chance to catch up in weight gain and growth. Summer medication breaks also give parents an opportunity to observe their childs ADHD symptoms when his or her medication is not in effect. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends short ADHD medication breaks periodically as a strategy for assessing whether medication or not the medication is still effective and necessary. If the child behaves very similarly on and off ADHD medication, then either the medication isnt doing its job and adjustments are needed, or the childs symptoms have improved to the point where medication is no longer needed. Are you considering a summer ADHD medication holiday for your child? Start by talking with your childs doctor. Having answers to the following questions will allow you make an informed decision, and will help you create an effective plan for getting the most out of a summer medication break. How will we evaluate changes in my childs ADHD symptoms? Ask your doctor about rating scales you can complete before and after your child discontinues his or her medication. It can be helpful to also have camp counselors or summer instructors complete rating scales. Make sure you or an instructor is able to observe your child during some academic activities over the summer so that your childs ability to stay focused can be assessed. How will the break affect my child during summer activities? For some children, ADHD medication primarily serves as a tool for managing symptoms during activities that place a high demand on attention, like sitting in a classroom, reading a book, or doing homework. For other children medication also significantly helps manage attention, impulse control, and hyperactivity when they are playing sports, interacting with friends, participating in less structured games and activities, and traveling on family vacations. Share your childs summer plans with the doctor and ask how a summer medication break may affect your child during his or her activities. Are there any safety concerns around taking a medication break? If your child is very impulsive and required intense supervision before starting an ADHD medication, discuss whether a summer medication holiday is compatible with your current childcare and vacation plans. What will we do if we need to reintroducea modified ADHD medication schedule that can accommodate summer academic activities? If you would like to take a summer medication break but are concerned about the impact it will have on your childs summer learning activities, talk to your doctor about a modified summer medication plan. Can the frequency of his or her medication be reduced by taking it only on days when academic activities are scheduled? Or, if he or she is attending a summer program that only has academic enrichment activities in the morning, is a short-acting medication that wears off by the afternoon an option? If medication needs to be restarted this summer, what steps should be taken? Have a plan in place for restarting medication in the event that your childs ADHD symptoms begin to interfere with his or her daily activities this summer. Will you be able to quickly schedule an appointment with your childs doctor? Or will they be able to provide a simple phone consultation? If you need to restart your child on a lower dose of his or her medication and gradually work back up to the current dose, how long will that process take? Summer ADHD medication holidays can be beneficial for some children with ADHD. By creating a plan and working closely with your childs doctor the medication break can go as smoothly as possible. Youll be setting your child up for success so that he or she can enjoy the summer and make the most of his or her time off from school! ABOUT DR. MARY ROONEY Mary Rooney, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco. Dr Rooney is a researcher and clinician specializing in the evaluation and treatment of ADHD and co-occurring behavioral, anxiety, and mood disorders. A strong advocate for those with attention and behavior problems, Dr. Rooney is committed to developing and providing comprehensive, cutting edge treatments tailored to meet the unique needs of each child and adolescent. Dr. Rooney's clinical interventions and research avenues emphasize working closely with parents and teachers to create supportive, structured home and school environments that enable children and adolescents to reach their full potential. In addition, Dr. Rooney serves as a consultant and ADHD expert to Huntington Learning Centers. ABOUT HUNTINGTON Huntington Learning Center is the tutoring and test prep leader. Its certified tutors provide individualized instruction in reading, phonics, writing, study skills, elementary and middle school math, Algebra through Calculus, Chemistry, and other sciences. It preps for the SAT and ACT, as well as state and standardized exams. Huntington programs develop the skills, confidence, and motivation to help students of all levels succeed and meet the needs of Common Core State Standards. Founded in 1977, Huntington's mission is to give every student the best education possible. Call us today at 1.800.CAN LEARN to discuss how Huntington can help your child. For franchise opportunities please visit www.huntingtonfranchise.com. This website does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The material on this site is provided for educational purposes only.

Using Had Had in English Video and Listening Exercise

Using Had Had in English Video and Listening Exercise It may sound a little weird to you, but in English, you can use sentences with had had.For instance, I can say I had had to study Spanish for a long time before I could have a good conversation. To understand better how to use sentences with had had watch the video below.Had Had video Had Had Exercise: Fill in the gaps below with the correct verbs. Write your answers in comments and well respond. 1. I _____   ______ several cats before I adopted a dog.2. I have _____ lunch, but Ill have a bite of your pie.3. I ___  had a really bad day but, it got better when he brought me flowers.4. He ___nt ____ any children by the time he turned 40.5. Had you ____(want) children before you _____ them?Listening ExerciseWatch the first 4 minutes of this TED video and try to answer the questions below. 1. What was their first website? 2. There are more taboos around parenting than around_______. 3. We decided we wanted to give it to parents_______. 4. What does the above sentence mean? 5. List the first two taboos? 6. Does your country have traditions around childbirth or having a child? 7. Do you have children? If so talk about your happiness since the birth of your child? 8. What is your advice to people who don’t have children? Would you recommend that they should have children? 9. Is there pressure in your society to have children? Am Nj Thank you and please provide me with more like this. LOIEnglish Im glad that you enjoyed the lesson. Do you have any doubts or troubles with grammar? Let me know and I will try to answer them. rocky please correct the comment i wrote. thank you LOIEnglish Rocky, I dont see the comment that you wrote. Can you put a comment below here? rocky This is the first time im using Disqus. I might post different place?? Please correct my English. Thank you.Had Had Exercise: Fill in the gaps below with the correct verbs. Write your answers in comments and we’ll respond.1. I had had several cats before I adopted a dog.2. I have had lunch, but I’ll have a bite of your pie.3. I had had a really bad day but, it got better when he brought me flowers.4. He hadn’t had any children by the time he turned 40.5. Had you wanted children before you had them?What was their first website? Nurve.com2. There are more taboos around parenting than around the sex.3. We decided we wanted to give it to parents straight reality about parenting.4. What does the above sentence mean? Falth advertizement of parenting5. List the first two taboos? Can’t say you did not fall in love with baby in the first minute You can’t how lonly having a baby can be Do not talk a bout miscarriage Cant say “average happiness has declinedDoes your country have traditions around childbirth or having a child? No, but usually mother helps daughter’s child delivery few weeks of resting time.Do you have children? If so talk about your happiness since the birth of your child? Yes I have one child. Happiness is participate to his or her growth and be able t o give love and be loved.What is your advice to people who don’t have children? Would you recommend that they should have children? The experience of having child is expanding your own world to different dimension. Since we are born there are many occasions to make our own world to become greater through experience. As example, to start driving, getting married will widen the life dimension in enormous way. Having child/children is adding totally different depths in ones life.We learn much more ourself.Is there pressure in your society to have children? Yes in some cultures. Especially in orient and may be in eastern Europe too. Having boy is most important because traditionally family name will continue. LOIEnglish RockyNice work on the grammar exercise you got all of them correct. You have a few mistakes, I think they are just typos, with the listening exercise. For example: a bout (this is one word) about.Your writing: No, but usually THE motherTHE daughter and FOR A FEW WEEKS Happiness is TO PARTICIPATE INThe experience of having A childto A different dimension. to make our won world BECOME (without to). FOR EXAMPLE, STARTING TO DRIVE and GETTING MARRIED will widen the life dimension in AN enormous way. Having A child/children We learn much more ABOUT ourSELVES.Especially in THE orient and MAYBE (one word). Having A boy is most important because the TRADITIONAL FAMILY NAME will continue.Rocky it looks like from your writing you have the most problems with articles, prepositions, and plurals. Remember that ANY noun in English that is countable MUST have an article. A child, A mother, A father, A boy. When you are learning new vocabulary and it is a countable noun be sure to write an article with the noun. After you have written a paper or an essay underline all the nouns. Mark U for uncountable and C for countable above the nouns and circle the article in front of the noun. This may help. I recommend for your next lesson with us to do a lesson about arti cles. Ill speak with your teacher about this.Thanks for answering! rocky thank you so much. now i could see my weakness very clearly. ill keep practicing.. Lenka 1. I had had several cats before I adopted a dog.2. I have had lunch, but I’ll have a bite of your pie.3. I had had a really bad day but, it got better when he brought me flowers.4. He haden’t had any children by the time he turned 40.5. Had you wanted (want) children before you had them? LOIEnglish Good Lenka!

GABA Corporation

GABA Corporation GABA Corporation Teaching at Gaba is a unique experience that reflects our unique perspective on teaching English to our clients. We operate all of our lessons on a one-to-one basis, so teaching with us means getting to know your students as individuals, and understanding what they want to learn, at what pace in and in what manner. That means that as an English Instructor with Gaba, you can focus your attention and your efforts on one learner at a time and make the most of your time and theirs. That individual focus is in the DNA of the company, and individual freedom and choice are built into the Instructor position from the ground up. Since opening our first Learning Studio in the year 2000 we have been single-mindedly honing our craft. That means both improving the quality of the one-to-one lessons we offer our clients, as well as the support and options we offer to our Instructors. We pride ourselves on being different from the herd - whether it is the online lesson booking system through which our clients arrange their lessons, the in-house customized curriculum and certification programs for Instructors we have developed and continually strive to improve, or the stylish and comfortable Learning Studios where we teach our lessons. Our Instructors enjoy a large amount of freedom at Gaba. Each month, as an Instructor you can choose your schedule for the following month. Fancy a break to travel around Japan? No problem, just schedule it in no need to ask permission, or to wait for your proscribed holiday time to roll around. Want to teach a lot of lessons to save some money next month? Right on - just open a larger schedule! As an Instructor, Gaba is what you make it effort in results in rewards out. We operate a performance based tiered pay scale that rewards quality rather than tenure. We have options for Instructors to get involved with sales lessons, podcasts, corporate offsite lessons, and developing learning materials to name a few. We offer incentives to boost your income and job satisfaction. Of course, we expect a high level of effort and professionalism from our Instructors and we dont promise that teaching with us will always be easy, but we can promise a transparent, supportive and flexible teaching environment. We are proud to say that we dont discriminate based on age or nationality, and that we have well over 70 different nationalities represented among our Instructors we just care about your aptitude, experience and enthusiasm.

3 Resources to Use When Looking for Internships

3 Resources to Use When Looking for Internships Photo by Anete L?si?a on Unsplash Uloop While Uloop provides plenty of insight for college students through daily articles, the website also connects its users to job opportunities in its Jobs section. Whether youre looking for part-time or full-time work, Uloop has several internship opportunity posts to connect applicants to different opportunities. The job postings themselves are categorized to make your search all the easier you can find internships in multiple categories, ranging from business development to education. You can add opportunities to your favorites to make applying to them later much easier, or if you dont manage to find your ideal internship, you can sign up to join a weekly newsletter that has the latest internship opportunities sent directly your way. Uloops internship section also has links to its multiple articles regarding internships and its internship QA category. The featured news articles will give you plenty of insight -  interview help, dealing with coworkers, or resume help. WayUp Similar to the popular LinkedIn, WayUp helps professionals network through profile-based job searches. Its specifically for college students and recent graduates, like Uloop, and is a great resource for internships. WayUp invites you to build a profile, just like you would for other social media platforms, but with a career-oriented feel. Your profile showcases your work history, education, skills, volunteer works, and leadership roles to help recruiters see if you are the perfect fit or not. While recruiters can come to you via your profile, you still can manually search for internship opportunities yourself. Through WayUps search engine, you can put it in your preferences when it comes to your ideal internship. You can narrow your search down to part-time or full-time, industry, specific location or remote, and more. When you already have your resume uploaded to WayUp, the site allows easy, one-step applications for several companies that require your resume and/or a few answered questions. If youre lost on connecting to different internship opportunities, WayUp is a great resource for internships during your internship search. Your universitys career center/platform, like  Handshake When it comes to resources for internships, your universitys career center is a useful resource to tap into. If you visit your universitys career center, you can personally connect with career counselors instead of blindly searching for help on the internet. Throughout the year, your universitys career center will hold plenty of career talks, networking events, career-oriented workshops to help you get closer to your ideal internship or career. Many career centers have their own digital platform that helps its universitys students and alumni connect to internship and job opportunities or allow their students to access a larger networking platform, like Handshake. Handshake offers its services to over 475 universities and much like LinkedIn and WayUp, allows its users to build a professional profile and connect to internship and job opportunities. Through Handshake, you build a profile that advertises your school year, GPA, education, work experience, courses, skills, extracurriculars, projects, and much more that will attract various recruiters that view your Handshake profile. Handshake helps you connect to job opportunities that match your preferences and jobs that have application requirements that you actually fill. Because Handshake is typically offered by your universitys career center, its also allows you to view different events at your university like career fairs or workshops, and connect to your classmates to help elevate your network. These resources will help you search for internships more easily when you have help on how to improve your resume and another platform to find opportunities. During your search for internships, finding resources for internships will help make your search much easier and help you connect to your ideal internship much quicker.

Why We Need Better Gun Control Laws Now

Why We Need Better Gun Control Laws Now Photo Credit: watchdog.org The tragic shooting of these two young journalists, which Flanagan recorded and spread on his social media  accounts,  comes just weeks after other incidents of gun violence have occurred in the U.S. On Thursday, July 23, John Russel Houser, 59, stood up in a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, during a showing of the Amy Schumer comedy “Trainwreck” and fired into the crowd of movie-watchers, killing two people and injuring numerous others. On Wednesday, June 17, Dylann Roof, 21, killed nine people during  Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina, in hopes of starting a race war; all nine of his victims were black. Beyond these shootings, other horrific bouts of gun violence have plagued America going back years. In September 2013, lone gunman Aaron Alexis killed 12 people in a mass shooting in the Washington Navy Shipyard in Washington, D.C. In December 2012, 20 children and  six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School when Adam Lanza, 20, went on a shooting spree. In July 2012, gunman James Holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 others when he went on a mass shooting spree during a midnight screening of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colorado. In January 2011, six people died and 19 people were shot, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Gifford, when gunman Jared Lee Loughner fired his pistol into the crowd at a constituent meeting in a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, Arizona. In February 2010, Amy Bishop, a biology professor, stood up and killed three people during a department meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. In November 2009, 12 people were killed and more than 30 were injured by Nidal Malik Hasan when he went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas. In February 2008, five people were killed and 21 were injured  by gunman  Steven Kazmierczak at the Northern Illinois University. In April 2007, 32 people were shot and killed at Virginia Tech by senior student Seung-Hui Cho, in the deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman in U.S. history. The list of shooting sprees goes on â€" as does the list of victims who were killed by these senseless acts of violence. Why then has no progress on gun control been made? Journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward were killed August 26, live on air in Virginia.Photo Credit: Getty The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted in 1789, and states that “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The language of the amendment has sparked debate over the intended range of this right, but as it stands, that right has been fairly unrestricted for hundreds of years. Which makes efforts to restrict that amendment so much harder. While there’s something to be said about protecting the individual’s fundamental rights, there also comes a time when the government needs to restrict this right for the greater good and for the safety of society. The two acts that have been passed that somewhat practice gun control are the 1934 National Firearms Act and the 1968 Gun Control Act, though both deal more with  HOW people can buy guns and the ways in which they can be ordered and transported, rather than WHO can access guns. The only real law that’s been passed that helps regulate who can buy guns is the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which was enacted in 1993. It required licensed gun dealers to do federal background checks on people attempting to buy firearms by using the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NCIS), which is kept up by the FBI. The Brady Act includes conditions which prohibit people from buying guns. They include: those who have been convicted in a court of any crime punishable by a prison term over one year, are a fugitive from justice, are an unlawful user of or addict to any controlled substance, have been committed to a mental institution, are an illegal alien, were discharged from the Army dishonorably, have renounced U.S. citizenship,  are under a court order prohibiting them from harassing, stalking, or threatening a partner or child, or have been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. Many states have laws that add other criteria which can disqualify an individual from being able to buy a gun. This act may seem like it restricts a lot and is effective gun control, and in some shooting incidents, it should’ve been enough to prohibit the gunman from purchasing a weapon. Such is the case with Charleston shooter Dylann Roof, who should’ve been rejected by NCIS as he was arrested for possession of narcotics and admitted to the drug crime, but a mistake in the FBI system allowed him to buy a gun. However, the gun Flanagan used to kill Alison Parker and Adam Ward was legally purchased, and that and another Glock pistol were bought after the Charleston church massacre of nine black people. Flanagan was able to pass a background check, even though before he was fired by the station he was told to seek help for mental health problems. While employed at the TV station, colleagues complained they felt threatened or uncomfortable working with Flanagan. Now I don’t know whether stricter gun control laws would’ve been able to disqualify Flanagan from purchasing a gun as he had no criminal record and complaints at work cant really be used in background checks.  However, I do know that more restrictive gun control laws and universal background checks would go a long way in helping diminish shooting sprees and gun violence, while not overly impinging on American citizens’ Second Amendment rights. We cannot afford to let media hype and political attention to this issue die down before any progress has been made, as has been the problem in the past, because we deserve to feel safe whether we’re going to a movie, to work, to college, or  anywhere else. The time for tougher gun laws is now.

Top smartphone apps for travelers

Top smartphone apps for travelers By: Jack White For teachers headed overseas, one of the smartest things to pack (and maybe among the lightest!) is a smartphone. Leave the travel guides, multilingual dictionaries, and GPS at home and instead download these apps to help you get the most out of your teaching overseas experience. FlightAware (free/Android, iOS): Check your flight arrival and departure times in real-time, anywhere in the world. This app spares you any nasty surprises when you arrive at the airport. If you're still stuck on the tarmac, FlightAware can't help you - but it can provide you useful info that the flight crew might not be sharing with the cabin. TripAdvisor (free/Android, iOS): Explore your destination before you've even left for the airport with this valuable app. It also allows you to bookmark hotels, attractions, landmarks, and restaurants that you might want to check out - and save the essential information for offline use. Word Lens (free/iOS, Android): Not even sure how to type the text you're trying to decipher? This useful app just needs a photo to provide you with an English translation. While it is a free app, the language packs do require an in-app purchase. Google Goggles (free/iOS, Android): Google Glass is a cool concept but a terrible fashion move. This app allows you to use your smartphone to access the same information without looking like a total nerd. Point your camera at the landmark, building, or establishment and you'll be provided with relevant information pulled from the Internet. FourSquare (free/iOS, Android): A great app for checking nearby landmarks, cafes, and restaurants, FourSquare started as a social network marketing tool but is now a terrific resource for travelers worldwide. Get tips from fellow tourists and locals, and find out about Happy Hour deals and discount certificates during your stay. Galileo ($4/iOS): Maps are essential for navigating around a new city, and this handy mapping application downloads Street Map data for offline use. Great for Starbucks or hotel wifi pit stops that can later be used on the go. Wi-Fi Finder (free/iOS, Android): The modern traveler is always on the lookout for decent wifi hotspots, and this app is here to help. It not only detects nearby spots that are free, it provides directions to the nearest source. WhatsApp Messenger ($0.99/iOS, free/Android): For a small fee on iOS and a free download on Android, you can use this app to keep in touch with friends back home and abroad for free. While standard data charges apply, you won't get stung for unlimited texting, pictures, videos, sound clips, and GPS links. Do you have apps that you’ve used that have been a lifesaver while abroad? Share with other teachers below!

Chemistry Styles in Football - How Does Chemistry Styles Work?

Chemistry Styles in Football - How Does Chemistry Styles Work?Just what is the difference between football and soccer and how do chemistry styles work in these sports? What is the method of building up or boosting the performance of a team and how can chemistry play a part in this?Football and soccer are both very popular games and are played worldwide. The object of each game is to win and this is done by collecting more points than your opponent. A point is the basic unit of football and is worth a point when awarded and in soccer is worth a goal, assist or a goal.Soccer is played with the ball on a flat surface that is divided into 18 squares called 'squares'. The sides of the square are known as 'fields' and there are 3 teams in the game that include the goalkeeper and the forwards. In football the game is broken down into four sectors where the ball is placed and there are different formations for each team.While in soccer the players use their own skills and techniques, in foot ball the players need to be able to combine their skills and techniques in order to win the game. So far as soccer is concerned, it can be said that it is more competitive than football as the rules are very strict and most players do not like to lose.Chemistry Styles in Football: There are two ways that chemistry can be used to boost the performance of a team. Firstly, it can be incorporated into the strategy plan. The second way in which chemistry can be used is through the performances of the team. It is in this manner that football is regarded as being more skill based than soccer and therefore football can be classified as a more skill-oriented sport.There are many teams who go into competition as a team rather than individually. This gives them the advantage of playing together to win the game. This also makes the game faster and hence quicker to play. The third factor is that the players who do the best work together so they make the most of their ability together.Football fa ns will appreciate chemistry Styles in Football teams will benefit from a good game plan and an excellent performance from their players. This will be a vital part of winning a football match as the players must work together in order to win the game. So if you are interested in football then it is advisable that you try to learn how to create a team that works well together.