Briana Hurst
Activate A “Feel-Good Party” In Your Brain!
By Briana Hurst | | Anxiety, Attention, Classroom, Development, Developmental delays, Executive Function, General Information, Homeschool, Homework, IEP, Learning Challenge, Learning Disability, Mental Health, School, Test anxiety
Did you know that when you use the facial muscles to create a SMILE it stimulates a feel good party in your brain? Smiling distracts momentarily and allows positive energy to recharge. “Feel good neurotransmitters” are released when you smile! Dopamine (attention modulator), endorphins (pain reliever), and Seratonin (mood lifter) join the party when you…
Read More Bring Independence into Your Home
By Briana Hurst | | ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, Asperger’s Syndrome, Attention, Auditory Processing, Autistic Spectrum, Comprehension, Core Learning Skills, Development, Developmental delays, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Executive Function, General Information, Homeschool, Homework, IEP, Language, Learning Challenge, Learning Disability, Math and Dyscalculia, Primitive Reflexes, Processing Speed, Reading, School, Sensory Processing, Social Skills, Spelling, Writing
This is my Father-in-Law with my husband David when he was a little boy. Today is Veteran’s Day. I’ve been thinking about my father-in-law who went up on the beach in Normandy on D-Day and all of the other service men and women, who throughout all the years of our county, have helped preserve our…
Read More Is Your Child’s Behavior Masking Dyslexia?
By Briana Hurst | | ADD, ADD / ADHD, ADHD, Anxiety, Attention, Classroom, Development, Dyslexia, Homeschool, Homework, IEP, Learning Challenge, Learning Disability, Poor reading, decoding, spelling, Reading, School
Halloween masks can be great fun, but there are students in every school who are wearing “masks” all year long. Mike was funny and gregarious. He showed his smarts in class discussions, but when it came to doing any kind of seat-work, he could be found entertaining his classmates. At home with all his unfinished…
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