The Mission & Vision for Life Solutions of Dallas-Fort Worth

Our mission is to help children, teens, adults, and families struggling with ADHD, anxiety, depression, and related executive functioning challenges make the most of their lives through cognitive behavioral therapy. Continue reading to learn more about how our mission and vision developed.

Journal Article Review Form

The journal article review form is designed for master’s level and Ph.D. level students to use to quickly review and maintain important information from journal articles assigned for review in class or used as part of your research. Download the Journal Article Review form. You are encouraged to complete your article review in the following…

Using a Daily Report Card for Classroom Behavior Problems

The Daily Report Card (DRC) can be a helpful tool to address the classroom behavior problems of children and teens. The DRC helps parents and educators collaborate to identify, monitor, and improve a student’s classroom behavior.

Eight Tips for Answering Multiple-Choice Questions

On multiple-choice questions, students are supposed to select the “best” choice among a set of four or more options – not always an easy decision!  There can be multiple distracters within the multiple choices: qualifiers, off-subject items, look-alike items, and more can easily get students off track.  Try these Student Success strategies to improve your…

Five Tips for Answering True-False Questions

True-False Questions can be tricky!  These five easy-to-learn tips can help students experience more success on tests. (1) Understand True-False Questions A true-false question is a sentence that states some facts about a person, place, or thing. Few true-false items are written simply: the entire statement must be considered, so it’s important to read carefully…

Active Test Taking Strategies

After spending all that time preparing for your exams, it’s important to take tests actively so you can show what you know. Try these active test-taking strategies on the day of your exam.

An Active Test Prep Plan

Having an action plan for preparing for tests not only helps raise a student’s grades but can also raise his or her confidence in taking future exams.  Help your student implement this easy-to-use timeline, and put in enough effort needed to succeed. This is a sample of what students learn in Student Success and our…

Educational Consultation

Because learning, attention, anxiety, mood, and executive functioning difficulties hamper major life activities, many students with these challenges can benefit from additional teaching and/or accommodations at school.  Dr. Davenport has over 25 years of experience helping families identify and obtain the educational services their children and teens need.  He is happy to review previous assessments, and as…

College Success!

College Success! is a structured research-based approach designed to help university students with organization, time management, planning/prioritizing, task initiation, self-monitoring, response inhibition, and active learning skills.

Parenting: Overcoming Shame and Becoming Vulnerable to Help Your Struggling Child or Teen

In her book Daring Greatly, University of Houston shame and vulnerability expert Brene Brown, Ph.D. calls parenting “a shame and judgment minefield.” Her assessment is especially true for those of us who are raising children and teens struggling with ADHD and related executive functioning challenges. In this heart-felt article, fellow-struggler Dr Davenport provides practical advice to help you overcome the shame and stigma of ADHD so you can vulnerably address your child’s needs, encourage her strengths, and celebrate her daily successes!