Says for some people – especially children – sleep deprivation does not necessarily cause lethargy; instead they become hyperactive or unfocused A leading U.S doctor believes that many cases of diagnosed ADHD are in fact sleeping disorders in disguise. Vatsal…

By Michelle Diament – A small change tucked inside a government spending bill this month may have big implications for special education. Lawmakers included language clarifying the penalties that states may face if they fail to adequately fund education programs…

  Parents are quite simply not being given accurate information about psychiatric labels (mental disorders) or the drugs being prescribed to ‘treat’ their children. Millions of kids have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), BiPolar disorder, OCD, Social…

Michael Phillips spent the happiest four years of his life at Plant High. He shattered the curve in American Government. He could talk his principal into almost anything. He shot pictures and designed the school newspaper “I loved Plant,” he…

By DR. ALLEN FRANCES – Do 1 in 5 NYC preteens really suffer a mental woe? A psychiatry expert argues we’re overdiagnosing —and overmedicating — our kids Last week, The Post reported that more than 145,000 city children struggle with…

Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in reading in children and adults who have the ability to be better readers. Without specific interventions, dyslexia interferes with a student’s ability to read at his or her potential. Of all the possible learning…

Almond, N.Y. — One year ago, in mid-March 2012, Alfred-Almond Central School introduced technology to its 5th through 8th grade students not seen in area middle schools before. Every middle school student was assigned an iPad. The endeavor was deemed…

By Maureen Wilkinson At a time when education is the focus of debate, I find myself, a retired special education resource teacher from the York Region District School Board and a tutor for a student in the York Catholic District…

WASHINGTON – We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks of math — and what children know about numbers as they begin first grade seems…

The classroom for Gail Coleman’s son wasn’t the right fit. Diagnosed with both ADHD and autism, he was learning little to nothing in school for months and started threatening suicide. “Why don’t you just chop my head off and get…