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ADHD Experts Podcast

84- Freeing ADHD Students from Obstacles Like Perfectionism and Procrastination

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ann Dolin, M.Ed., shares strategies that can minimize common obstacles for ADHD students, such as perfectionism, procrastination, and poor organization, so they can live up to their academic potential.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

0:12.0

Hello everyone I'm Susan Coffin in for Attitude magazine and you're listening

0:15.8

to Attitudes ADHD experts. As parents and children and young adults with

0:20.4

attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities

0:22.5

we're just all too aware of the obstacles they face in the academic world.

0:26.8

Difficulties focusing, difficulties starting work, difficulties finishing,

0:30.6

homework assignments, all too common.

0:33.2

Our guest today and Ann Dolan, will offer parents specific tactics that they can use to guide their children

0:38.4

to complete homework, efficiently, limit procrastination, and plan ahead for long-term assignments.

0:44.3

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0:48.4

As many of you know, working memory impairments are very common in people with attention deficit and learning disabilities.

0:54.6

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0:59.1

the capacity to learn.

1:01.4

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1:05.0

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com. W. dot Com med, COG, MED.

1:14.8

And with that, let me introduce Ann Dolan.

1:17.3

I'm very pleased to welcome her back today.

1:20.3

She is the President and the Director of Educational Connections, a tutoring firm based in Virginia.

1:26.0

Anne holds a B. A. in Child Psychology and a master's degree in special ed with a concentration of learning disabilities.

1:33.2

She is a recognized expert in education and learning disabilities with over 20 years of tutoring

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