Mother’s Day Activities for Kids With ADHD by Emily Levy, Ed.D. Founder & Director, EBL Coaching
May 1st, 2026
Mother’s Day is a festive day filled with French toast, pancakes, spring attire, and special time spent with mom. Yet it can also be a great time for learning! Kids with ADHD can enjoy short, engaging activities that integrate learning and will make their mom happy. The key is keeping ...
How Spring is a Great Time to Reset Academic Habits by Dr. Emily Levy, Founder & Director EBL Coaching
April 1st, 2026
Spring is a great time for fresh beginnings. Flowers are blooming and the chilly weather will soon be behind us. As the school year progressed, many students developed habits that may not be serving them well. Spring is a wonderful time to reset these habits and help your child boost ...
Fall Activities That Build Your Child’s Academic Skills by Dr. Emily Levy, Founder & Director, EBL Coaching
October 6th, 2025
Fall is a festive time of year, filled with colorful leaves, pumpkin flavors, apple cider, and candy corn. It is also a great season for learning! Help your child develop stronger reading, writing, and math skills with the fall-themed activities detailed below. Reading Rhyming Your child can develop stronger phonemic awareness skills - a ...
Tips to Help Your Child Get a Positive Jumpstart on the School Year by Dr. Emily Levy, Founder & Director, EBL Coaching
August 8th, 2025
Summer is a time for fun in the sun, relaxing days, and outdoor play. Yet the school year is just around the corner and many children have trouble with the transition from a laid back summer to a more structured fall. Try some of the ideas below to help your ...
Tips to Help Your Child Love Reading by Dr. Emily Levy, Founder & Director, EBL Coaching
May 2nd, 2025
[caption id="attachment_32688" align="alignleft" width="200"] .[/caption] Reading is one of the most important skills for success in school. When students read regularly, they tend to perform better academically and demonstrate stronger comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, spelling, and writing skills - skills that affect nearly all aspects of school. For some children, the idea ...
Study Skills Strategies for Your Child With ADHD by Dr. Emily Levy, Founder & Director, EBL Coaching
December 16th, 2024
Students with ADHD often struggle with study and organizational skills. They may lose their belongings, forget to turn in assignments, or wait until the last minute begin working on their homework. Study skills play an increasingly important role as students progress through school. Help your child with ADHD develop stronger study skills ...
Interview with Darby Fox, Author, Rethinking Your Teenager: by Robin Gorman Newman, founder, MotherhoodLater.com
March 10th, 2022
In your book, you discuss the concept of “who” you want your teen to be vs. “what”. Can you elaborate? In my book, I discuss trying to focus on raising your children with the concept of “who “ they want to become vs. “ what” you want them to be ...
Parenting a Teen with Special Needs: A Q&A with Adam J. Holstein, Psychoanalyst/Behavior Therapist: Interview by Melissa Couch Salim
March 22nd, 2021
In your work, you support children diagnosed with developmental disabilities and offer parent training. Can you share what the most common challenges have been, and what has been the most prevalent concern from parents? The most common challenge for parents who contact me is how to parent their child who ...
Why Will No One Play With Me? by Caroline Maguire (Book Excerpt)
September 25th, 2019
From WHY WILL NO ONE PLAY WITH ME?: The Play Better Plan to Help Children of All Ages Make Friends and Thrive by Caroline Maguire, PCC, M.ED. Copyright © 2019 by the author and reprinted with permission from Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved. Imagine the brain as a busy harbor, ships coming ...
What Toys to Give Children with Special Needs
June 9th, 2017
Caring for children with special needs can be quite a challenge especially for first-time parents or parents who are new in the care of special needs children. And since toys are the primary tools upon which children make sense of their world, these can play a very important role in ...
