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March 14

ADHD Mar 14 Penn State Research Reveals Treatment Gap for Young People Building Focus Skills Amid Substance Challenges New research reveals a troubling paradox: while CNS stimulants reduce mortality by 30% for youth navigating attention and substance challenges, prescriptions drop sharply after substance use diagnoses. Here's what parents… AI in education Mar 14 How AI Tools Are Helping Doctoral Students Build Research Skills Faster A new doctoral program in Singapore is using AI to help students build research skills faster—showing how technology can enhance learning when designed intentionally. Education policy Mar 14 Berkeley Teachers Approve Historic Contract With 3% Annual Raises Berkeley teachers just approved a new contract with 3% annual raises and a $1,000 bonus. Here's why this matters for your child's education—and what it means for teacher quality in… Dysgraphia Mar 14 The Battery That Told the Truth: One Parent’s Discovery About Learning Differences When one parent noticed his son's laptop only needed charging once a week instead of daily, he realized his child's education had been more about data entry than actual learning.… ADHD Mar 14 After COVID, More Adults Than Ever Are Being Prescribed Stimulants—But There’s Another Path The number of adults prescribed stimulants in Ontario more than doubled after the pandemic began. By mid-2024, 1 in 50 adults aged 18-34 had received these medications. But here's what… Education policy Mar 14 National Academies Unveils Roadmap to Bring Data and Computing Skills to Every K-12 Student A new National Academies report confirms what many parents have suspected: while technology and data now shape nearly every aspect of modern life, K-12 education has failed to keep pace… Dysgraphia Mar 14 Texas Workshop Explores the Dyslexia-Dysgraphia Connection for Educators A new Texas workshop is helping educators understand why some children struggle with both reading and writing—and more importantly, what actually works to help them build these skills. The connection… ADHD Mar 14 New Adult ADHD Assessment Tool Shows Promise in Validating Focus Skills A new validation study shows 78% agreement between an asynchronous ADHD assessment tool and traditional clinical interviews. Here's what this means for adults exploring their attention patterns.

March 13

ADHD Mar 13 Why Women’s Focus Development Gets Missed Until Perimenopause Hits What if your daughter's 'chatty' or 'daydreaming' behavior isn't a personality trait—it's a focus development pattern you've been trained to miss? Research shows millions of women compensates for decades before… Dysgraphia Mar 13 Australian Schools Embrace Skill-Building Approach to Writing Development Australian educators are embracing a skill-building approach to writing development, with the Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation offering March 2026 workshops that help teachers and parents understand how to strengthen the underlying processing…