The Gap-Year Edge

A gap year is most typically taken to explore a student’s interests between high school and college or perhaps during college. Participants can combine an array of experiences in a dynamic and hands-on fashion that will provide a significant edge in his or her development. The benefits of taking a gap year are numerous and varied, especially for those students with ADHD.

What is Coaching All About?

Coaching young adults with executive-function challenges is about allowing the brain and the body’s nervous system to work together to for best results. There are several ways of looking at coaching. One is coaching for compliance and the other is coaching for growth. By helping those with ADHD find new ways to think in a positive framework, coaches can help improve brain function, reduce anxiety, increase executive function and certainly reduce stress.

New Methods Enhance Driver Training of Teens with ADHD

Someone with ADHD who is trying to master driving skills encounters challenges due to impairments of executive functions plus a probable maturational lag. In addition to these problems, there are challenges encountered at each level of skill building. Promising research shows that driving instructors who utilize a coaching strategy to communicate with their students are more successful.

The Rules of Studying

Every year students try to cram as much information as possible into their heads to pass their final exams. This is often not a successful strategy. There is a right way to study and many wrong ways to study. Here are ten rules that help them learn better.

ADHD & Marijuana = High Risk for Addiction

Have you wondered if you use to much weed? Are you a stoner or a recreational user? Is it time to cut back?

Edge Foundation has created a marijuana personality quiz to get you started in thinking about your own use. It’s not a diagnostic tool; it’s intended to be fun and to make you think, maybe a little, about your own use

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