…that change brain behavior? Everything that we have known about behavior comes from the brain, so why wouldn’t it do that? It’s nice to see that it’s looking like that…

…downstairs brain and upstairs brain. Downstairs brain initiates the urge to fight, run for your life, or freeze. Upstairs brain produces thoughts that can cause the downstairs brain to fire…

…is sharing the child’s strengths. Using the “brain-building” construction metaphor that I tend to reference most, this may sound like: “I learned that your brain is built in a way…

…been documented in several other regions of brain important for executive functions. White matter decreases in the brain are also associated with aging in the general population. One study found…

…capable than the average person. It has to do with your particular brain wiring, and knowing that can greatly benefit you. A quick look at that brain wiring can help…

…or capable than the average person. It has to do with your particular brain wiring, and knowing that can greatly benefit you. A quick look at that brain wiring can…

…the emotional brain takes over. This part of the brain is called the amygdala. It is the primitive part of the brain that responds rapidly and reflexively. When you hear…

…friends away. Although each child’s brain is as unique  as their fingerprints, children with ADHD have small variations in their brain chemistry and structure that differ from the neurotypical children…

…late bloomers don’t have the necessary brain maturity and skills required to juggle the demands of college or a full-time job following high school. Chris Dendy, MS, and Ruth Hughes,…

…unsafe, their emotional brain or survival brain has flooded (or both), which cuts off access to the thinking brain. This is why attempting to reason with a child when they…

…novelty stimulates the reward centers of ADHD brains more than neurotypical brains.1 And researchers believe that novel stimulation gives our brains the focus, attention,2 mood,3 movement, and creativity boost4 we…

…of the brain (the front part of the brain), which is the last region in the brain to mature and therefore may have the greatest potential for change. Children enjoy…