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1998

Venus Williams playing her 1st Australian Open

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what the fuck and why the fuck

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Pasta 🍝 x

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Masseria Moroseta Inst @ellarosephillips

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Short comic I made about my experience getting a late diagnosis for ADHD, I’m gonna try posting one of these once a week !

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Sometimes, you really want to concentrate and get work done, but then...

(Something small I’ve done for hourly comic day! This happened to me today even though I took my medication... )

[adhd-alien]

With ADHD, our behavior often gets misinterpreted. What looks like me sitting motionless on the couch is often a deep frustration and inability to get up on the inside. This is part 3 of the ADHD & hurtful assumptions series!

Not everyone with ADHD struggles with the same things on the same level and not every problem will have the same causes. But if anything of this feels too close to home for you, I hope this will help you communicate with others!

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Flowers by Irving Penn

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Apparently it’s National Bird Day and it’s a B.F.F. (B.F. Friday). 

Let’s acknowledge the pigeon shall we?  

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This Behaviourist Believes They Can Change The World

It has been a sombre week for Canadians such as myself holding onto hope that Jack Layton, leader of the NDP and Opposition in the House of Commons of Canada could lead us towards a kinder, more caring and just society.  On Monday morning, Canada learned of Jack Layton’s passing from cancer.  We had known he was ill, but this was too soon.  In the moment I read the news, I felt as if that hope he had drummed up had been shattered.  Add to that the thought of the pain and loss experienced by his family, his caucus and ordinary Canadians and I found myself grieving for a man I had never met.   

And then came the letter.  In the days before his death, Jack wrote a letter which included his last thoughts for fellow Canadians - his “friends”, as he referred to us.  The letter spoke beautifully of his hope and the goals he worked so hard to achieve.  His words quickly spread, becoming an iconic wave of inspiration for all of us that share his vision.

I am one of those Canadians.  

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.  - Jack Layton

I believe that we can change the world; if only we started looking at problems a little differently.  Ultimately, what we want changed are the behaviours of others.  The world’s problems such war, homelessness, the environment, addiction (to name a few) are all problems of behaviour.  I am hopeful for a world where we will one day stop blaming people for their flaws and look at how their social and physical environment has contributed to behaviours associated with those flaws.  Rather, we will analyze the context and learning history behind any of these issues and gain a better understanding of what needs to be changed  I also believe in a society that is optimistic in its focus on what people can do; motivating and reinforcing the behaviours that contribute to the good of themselves and others versus trying to punish the actions we don’t want.  And finally, I believe that love - the ultimate reinforcer - can influence us far greater than any amount of money, car or fancy handbag, as long as we have enough of it.  

Call me a behaviourist.  Call me a socialist hippie.  Either way, at the heart of these philosophical positions is the thought that I/we can change the world.  Jack Layton loved his country, he was optimistic that people and society could be helped and he had hope for the future of all Canadians.  He may be gone, but his ideas and his vision live on through Canadians like me.   

RIP Jack. We’ll take it from here. 

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It’s been six years since Jack’s passing.  Still inspired by and working towards this.  

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Giving Kids Rewards for Good Behavior Will Not Ruin Them

We used rewards to help our son become more self-sufficient: to clear his plate, to say please and thank you, to put his dirty clothes in the hamper.

A good article summarizing the research often cited in support of the claim that rewards ruin student’s intrinsic motivation (it doesn’t).   

Unlike in the studies cited in the article, we don’t typically reward students for things they are already doing well.  This is because the skill is already learned and a source of reinforcement is in effect somewhere.  There is no need for us to mess with a good thing and rearrange contingencies.  Rather, we aim to reward (i.e., reinforce) the behaviours/skills we want to see more of - from a frequency, duration, latency, fluency or quality perspective.    

If you want your child to use more manners at the dinner table or put their laundry away, reinforce good manners and putting their laundry away.  If you want your student to stay in their seats during a lesson, reinforce in-seat behaviours after a period of time (i.e., catch them before they’re likely to get out of their seat).  If you want your student to learn the order of operations, reinforce their following the order of operations.  This is a proactive plan focused on watching for the positive behaviours/skills you want to see more of instead of a reactive approach to negative behaviours (or lack thereof) that uses redirection and correction.

Then, when your child/student is performing at optimal rates/levels/duration etc., you plan to fade reinforcement.  This means that instead of reinforcing every time you see them putting their clothes in the laundry basket, you can do so every 2-3 times (or after a slightly longer period of time in the case of a behaviour where duration of time is important), then maybe once a week etc. or move to a point system/allowance.  This is how skills are maintained over time. In some cases, a more naturally occurring source of reinforcement kicks in.  The newly acquired skill may allow them greater access to things/experiences (e.g., learning to drive, navigate public transit) or the skill becomes inherently beneficial/pleasing (e.g., enjoying books now that you can read).

In other words: Giving kids rewards (i.e., using reinforcement) for good behaviour when carefully planned for and adjusted as the learning occurs will not ruin them.  

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[adhd-alien]

Continuing from the last Comic, here is something showing how the huge amount of criticism and rejection we face for our ADHD symptoms can not only prevent us from getting better, but also teach us bad coping mechanisms - and how it might affect us even now in our daily life. Next up: How it affects me daily and what I do against it.

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How ADHD can influence relationships (romantically or not).

I fixed an older comic!

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