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Our understanding of and diagnostic criteria for autism, a lifelong condition, have evolved considerably over the last 50 to 60 years. One fall-on effect of this awareness: Many autistic adults overlooked or misdiagnosed in childhood are finally pursuing an evaluation. This population is sometimes called “the lost generation.”

Today, there remains a significant lack of information and understanding about the unique needs, supports, and challenges of autistic people in midlife and at older ages. This webinar will highlight autism and aging as a rapidly advancing and important area of research, and it will provide approaches to help autistic adults live full and happy lives.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About the historic changes to diagnostic criteria that resulted in some 90 percent of autistic people receiving diagnoses at and after age 50 worldwide
• How complementary conceptual approaches can be used to examine aging in autism (i.e., dimensional trait-based approaches and categorical diagnosis-based approaches)
• What recent empirical research findings tell us about aging as an autistic person, covering a range of studies related to cognition, health, wellbeing, and life experiences
• How the information gained from these studies can be pieced together to create a broad picture of where support can be provided to improve the quality of life and outcomes of older autistic adults to ensure they live long and happy lives

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Autism in Adults: Resources

• • • Free Download: The Truth About Autism in Adults
    • Read: AuDHD: ADHD and Adult Autism Symptoms, Diagnosis & Interventions for Both
    • Read: Q: How Can I Get Evaluated for Autism as an Adult?
    • Read: ADHD, Autism, and Neurodivergence Are Coming Into Focus

Meet the Expert Speaker

Gavin Stewart, Ph.D., is a senior postdoctoral research fellow at King’s College in London. He is an expert in autism and aging, and his research takes a multifaceted approach to explore the life experiences of autistic people across adulthood and as they age.

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Puberty is a vulnerable time for many adolescent girls with ADHD. Research suggests that they may experience earlier pubertal onset than their neurotypical peers, adding a complex layer to a time of emotional, social, and neurological changes.

This webinar will explore current research on early puberty in youth with ADHD — why it may occur, and what it means for girls’ mental health risk and resilience. Designed for caregivers and clinicians, this session will review the signs of early puberty timing and examine the developmental mismatch that can emerge when bodies mature faster than emotional regulation skills.

How can hormonal shifts impact ADHD symptoms and mood, and how might these changes further shape subsequent mental health trajectories? Special attention in this webinar will be given to girls’ increased vulnerability to depression, anxiety, substance use, and eating disorders — and the practical, actionable strategies that can buffer stress and promote confidence during this critical developmental transition.

 In this webinar, you will learn:

• How pubertal timing may differ for girls with ADHD
• About the mental-health consequences of early pubertal development in adolescent girls
• How pubertal development may lead to fluctuations in ADHD symptoms across the menstrual cycle in girls
• About the impact of puberty on both assessment and treatment of ADHD
• Strategies for building emotion regulation skills that can support adolescents with ADHD as they navigate the pubertal transition

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ADHD and Puberty: Resources

• • • Free Download: Free Menstrual Cycle Workbook for Women with ADHD
    • eBook: Hormones and ADHD 
    • Read: ADHD and the Turbulence of Puberty
    • Read: Protecting the Emotional Health of Girls with ADHD
    • Read: ADHD in Women and Girls: Why Female Symptoms Slip Through Diagnostic Cracks

Meet the Expert Speaker

Molly Nikolas, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Iowa and the Principal Investigator of the Iowa ADHD and Development Lab. She is also the Director of Clinical Training of the Clinical Science doctoral program and a licensed psychologist in the State of Iowa. She has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed papers on ADHD, with a focus on the interplay between biological and contextual contributors to the development and maintenance of the disorder.  Her research on ADHD has been funded by the National Institute of Health, Shire Pharmaceuticals, and the Society for Research on Adolescence.  She routinely conducts and supervises ADHD assessments for people of all ages through the Seashore Psychology Clinic at the University of Iowa. She has served as the President of the Iowa Psychological Association and as a Member of the Executive Committee for the Academy for Psychological Clinical Science. She has also served as a reviewer on several NIH study sections. Dr. Nikolas is currently an Associate Editor at the journals Assessment and the Journal of Attention Disorders.

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Executive functioning skills — the brain-based internal skills that drive focus, planning, self-regulation, working memory, and follow-through — develop differently and often slowly in children with ADHD. This can result in disorganization, inconsistent effort, missing assignments, emotional outbursts, and heavy dependence on adult prompts and reminders.

In this practical, strategy-packed webinar, ADHD & executive function specialist Michael McLeod will break down why executive function challenges show up in daily life and academics — and how educators and parents can build true independence by strengthening a child’s internal skills that drive performance. Attendees will learn how common problems (messy backpacks, “I forgot,” not starting work, rushing, shutting down, low frustration tolerance) connect to specific executive function skill gaps, such as self-awareness, self-regulation, working memory, planning, and self-evaluation.

Michael will also share actionable, real-world methods to reduce reliance on prompts and accommodations, while increasing student engagement and ownership, using concrete classroom examples, guided “prediction” strategies, and simple structures that support follow-through. Participants will leave with a clear roadmap and usable tools that help students move beyond “getting by” and toward long-term independence at school and at home.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About the brain-based reasons behind executive function delays in ADHD and how this impacts academics and daily functioning
• To identify the internal executive function skills driving performance and what specific struggles reveal about skill gaps
• How to increase engagement and participation and focusing less on dependence on prompts and reminders
• How to use practical strategies to strengthen working memory, self-regulation, planning, and follow-through in real time
• How to shift from accommodations alone to skills-based independence—without power struggles or shame

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Executive Functioning Skills : Resources

• • • Free Download: Could You Have Executive Function Disorder?
    • Read: How to Sharpen Executive Functions: Activities to Hone Brain Skills
    • Read: Your Brain’s GPS Is Glitchy: Why Working Memory Fails and How to Bolster It
    • Read: 10 Ways to Improve Your Teen’s Executive Skills
      

Meet the Expert Speaker

Michael McLeod is an ADHD & Executive Function Specialist, award-winning trainer and keynote speaker, and the founder of GrowNOW ADHD, a nationwide organization providing executive function coaching, parent training, and school professional development. He is the creator of GrowNOW’s Internal Skills Model, which helps educators and families build self-regulation, self-awareness, self-motivation, and self-evaluation to drive meaningful independence and success. Michael works with students, parents, and schools across the country and is known for translating cutting-edge neuroscience into practical, high-impact strategies that can be implemented immediately in classrooms and homes.

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ADHD is not a disorder of willpower; it is a condition of dysregulation. Decades of neurobiological research demonstrate that altered signaling in key neurotransmitter systems — particularly dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin — contribute to the core features of ADHD. These chemical messengers in the brain shape how we focus, prioritize, feel motivated, regulate emotions, and experience reward.

Dopamine is central to motivation, pleasure, reward processing, and goal-directed behavior. When dopamine signaling is adequate, individuals feel calm, satisfied, and capable of sustained engagement. When dopamine tone is reduced or dysregulated, as often observed in ADHD, the brain compensates by seeking novelty, urgency, or high stimulation. This contributes to distractibility, procrastination on mundane tasks, and the pursuit of immediate rewards over long-term goals.

Norepinephrine supports sustained attention, executive functioning, working memory, and impulse control. In the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s executive control center, dopamine and norepinephrine work together to optimize cognitive performance. When these systems are underactive, individuals may experience task initiation difficulties, emotional reactivity, sensory overwhelm, and mental fatigue.

While not traditionally viewed as a “core” ADHD neurotransmitter, serotonin plays a critical modulatory role in mood, sleep, emotional stability, and behavioral inhibition. Serotonergic imbalance can amplify irritability, anxiety, mood swings, impulsivity, and sleep disturbance, complicating the ADHD clinical picture.

In this engaging and scientifically grounded webinar, you will learn:

• About the neurochemical basis for ADHD and understand what is beneath the surface of symptoms
• How ADHD brains differ structurally and functionally from neurotypical brains, including altered activity in the prefrontal cortex, differences in reward circuitry, variations in cortical maturation and connectivity, and dysregulation within the networks that aid cognitive control
• Gain insight into how these neural systems interact dynamically, and how neurotransmitter balance influences real-world behavior
• How excess hormones and neurotransmitters can lead to over arousal, anxiety, and irritability while insufficient signaling affects executive function, procrastination and motivation
• How serotonin modulates emotional regulation, impulsivity, and sleep stability, with clinical examples to illustrate how neurochemical dysregulation translates to everyday functional difficulties

About evidence-based interventions and how they restore brain function, including:

• Stimulant medications that enhance dopamine and norepinephrine signaling
• Traditional non-stimulant treatments that target norepinephrine
• New and novel nonstimulants that modulate serotonin
• Behavioral interventions that leverage reward systems
• Sleep, exercise, and lifestyle strategies that support neurotransmitter balance

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ADHD & Brain Health: Resources

• • • Free Download: Unraveling the Mysteries of Your ADHD Brain
    • Read: ADHD Neuroscience 101
    • Read: Everything You Never Knew About the ADHD Brain
    • Read: Using a Dopamine Menu to Stimulate Your ADHD Brain
      
      

Meet the Expert Speaker

Gregory W. Mattingly, M.D., has been a psychopharmacology Instructor for more than 20 years at The Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his medical degree and residency at Washington University, where he received a Fulbright Scholarship. Dr. Mattingly has been a principal investigator in more than 500 clinical trials and his research has been published in numerous national and international journals. He is the CMO for ACCUMIN Neuroscience, a research insights and analytics company. In addition to his clinical and research practice, Dr. Mattingly has worked as a mental health consultant and evaluator for both the National Football League and Major League Baseball. Dr. Mattingly is the Past President for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders, serves on the Scientific Program Committee for the World Federation for ADHD and is Co-Chair for the U.S. Psych Congress.

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Emotional distress includes feelings of anxiety, low mood, worry, rumination, and self-criticism. For people with ADHD, as well as those facing chronic stress, it can stem from changes in relationships, work, caregiving demands, health problems, or challenges to life satisfaction. When we feel prolonged uncertainty, our distress can become self-perpetuating. Heightened emotional reactions lead to overthinking and avoidance, which ultimately limit meaningful action and personal growth.

In this webinar, Doug Mennin, Ph.D., introduces ideas aligned with emotion regulation therapy, a research-based approach designed to help people better understand and respond to emotional distress. Rather than trying to erase difficult emotions, this approach focuses on changing how we relate to them so that we can move forward with greater clarity, flexibility, and purpose.

In this webinar, you will:

• Understand emotional distress through a motivation and emotion-regulation lens, including why anxiety and depression often feel so hard to shift
• Recognize common patterns like worry, rumination, and self-criticism that keep distress going
• Build mindful awareness of emotions, body sensations, and internal conflicts without becoming overwhelmed by them
• Develop practical skills to step back from intense thoughts and feelings and see them more clearly
• Use emotion-regulation strategies to support meaningful actions, even when emotions are uncomfortable

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Emotional Dysregulation in Adults: Resources

• • • Free Download: Emotional Regulation & Anger Management Scripts
    • Read: Everything You Never Knew About the ADHD Brain
    • Read: Does ADHD Emotional Dysregulation Ever Fade?
    • Read: After the Shame: How to Re-Center Your Bruised Emotions

Meet the Expert Speaker

Doug Mennin, Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of Clinical Training of the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. He earned his Ph.D. from Temple University in 2001 and has previously held positions in the Department of Psychology at New York University, Yale University, and CUNY Hunter College, where he was Co-Director of the Health Psychology and Clinical Science PhD training program. In his academic role, Professor Mennin has trained numerous graduate students and post-baccalaureate research assistants on diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of anxiety and mood disorders. He has published more than 150 articles, chapters, and books and is the developer of Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT). He regularly leads workshops to help people better understand and respond to their struggles with anxiety, worry, and depression. He currently serves on the editorial board of six journals and has been on the executive boards of the APA Division of Clinical Psychology, the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, and is the former Chair of the Scientific Council of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA).

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SPECIAL NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this webinar has been canceled. We will notify all registrants if Leslie Josel is able to reschedule this event.

How do we help our children and teens with ADHD take ownership of their time, tasks, and daily responsibilities—without endlessly directing, reminding, and rescuing them? How do we, as parents, step back in a way that strengthens their independence?

In this webinar, ADHD Coach Leslie Josel will show parents how to resist the temptation to jump in with solutions, and instead guide their children to create their own plans, articulate their own answers, and build the executive functioning muscles needed for independence.

She’ll explore how strengthening key executive functioning skills—planning, initiation, and future thinking—creates the foundation for sustainable habit-building and true problem solving. Leslie will also unpack why the word “problem” matters more than we think, and how its overuse can unintentionally send discouraging messages that stall growth and motivation.

Walk away with practical tools and insights that make stepping back feel purposeful and effective.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• How repeatedly labeling something a “problem” can shut down a child’s problem-solving mindset — and what to say instead
• How to use future-focused, empowering verbiage to help your child strengthen initiation, awareness, and internal motivation
• About the 3-Step Habit-Building Model, a simple, brain-based framework that parents can use immediately to help their children create sustainable habits and routines
• Guided questions parents can use to spark independent thinking and reduce over-reliance on adult direction
• How to stop answering questions your child never asked and avoid unintentionally becoming the “manager” of their every move

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Life Skills for Teens: Resources

• • • Free Download: What Are Your Teen’s Weakest Executive Functions?
    • Read: How to Explain ADHD in Positive, Empowering Terms
    • Read: 5 Life Skills Every Young Adult with ADHD Should (Eventually) Master
    • Read: How to Steer Your Teen Without Hovering or Nagging
      
      

Meet the Expert Speaker

Leslie Josel is an award-winning ADHD student and parenting coach. She founded Order Out of Chaos, a virtual company whose mission is to help parents guide their students to success in learning and in life, when her son was first diagnosed with ADHD. She is also the creator of the award-winning Academic Planner: A Tool for Time Management®, a planner that helps students develop time management skills, and the author of three books, including How to Do it Now Because it’s Not Going Away: An Expert Guide to Getting Stuff Done. (#CommissionsEarned)
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Behavioral parent training (BPT) can be especially effective for children with ADHD and related behavioral struggles. BPT teaches caregivers the skills and strategies that can help improve their child’s behavior, self-control, and self-esteem. BPT is recommended as a first-line treatment for young children with ADHD, and starting treatment with BPT may reduce the need for ADHD medication.

BPT can help children and teens improve their ability to stay on task and control impulses at home, in school, and in social settings. It can improve the parent-child relationship and promote calm in the household.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About behavioral parent training and why it is especially helpful for children with ADHD
• About the specific behaviors that BPT addresses
• Skills and strategies to help your child learn to manage and improve their impulse control and emotional regulation
• How BPT improves communication at home, in school and in social settings
• Why it’s important to partner with your child’s teachers and how to collaborate effectively
• How to use rewards and consequences to improve behaviors

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ADHD Parent Training: Resources

• Sign Up: Parenting Class for ADHD Families
• Read: Train the Parent, Help the Child
• Read: How Behavioral Therapy Targets Executive Dysfunction — with Positivity and Praise
• eBook: The ADHD Positive Parenting Guide

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Nicole Schatz, Ph.D., is the Clinic Director with the Florida International University Center for Children and Families and a Research Associate Professor in the FIU Psychology Department. Dr. Schatz is also a licensed clinical psychologist in Florida and New York with expertise in behavioral interventions for children and adolescents with ADHD, including behavioral parent training.

Through her clinical work, Dr. Schatz has worked directly with parents of children with ADHD to implement behavioral parent training. Dr. Schatz has also provided clinical training and supervision in behavioral parent training to trainee clinicians. As a clinical researcher, Dr. Schatz’s program of research has emphasized the development and evaluation of behavioral interventions for children with ADHD.

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With so many alternative and complementary dietary interventions marketed for ADHD, it’s tough to separate science from hype when seeking to improve symptoms. Some people add supplements like fish oil or zinc to an existing medication regimen; others take supplements alone.

But are supplements considered safe and effective for treating ADHD? And if you’re taking medication, will supplements pose a risk or cause interactions with your medication? This webinar will explore the latest research findings about non-medication approaches to ADHD management. Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D., psychotherapist and author, will discuss why stimulant medications remain the most effective treatment, along with exercise and behavioral therapy.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About effective, evidence-based treatment options for ADHD
• About the importance of therapy, exercise, nutrition, and sleep in managing ADHD symptoms
• About the latest research findings involving the efficacy of medication and alternative and supplemental ADHD interventions
• About alternative interventions that claim to help symptoms but can waste time and money

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Managing ADHD: Resources

• Free Download: Scorecard of ADHD Treatments
• Sign Up for This Guided Course! The Adult’s Guide to Treating ADHD
• Read: ADHD Medication Overview —  Stimulants, Non-stimulants & More
• Read: 5 Foundational Habits That Benefit ADHD Brains

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Meet the Expert Speaker

Stephanie Moulton Sarkis, Ph.D. is a licensed and board-certified psychotherapist specializing in ADHD, anxiety, and narcissistic abuse. She has authored several books and workbooks, including the best-selling Natural Relief for Adult ADHD: Complimentary Strategies for Increasing Focus, Attention, and Motivation With or Without Medication. She is the host of the Talking Brains podcast and contributes to Psychology Today. Dr. Sarkis has a teletherapy private practice based in Tampa Bay, Florida. www.stephaniesarkis.com

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ADHD is not a prerequisite for social anxiety, but many adolescents, teens, and young adults with ADHD do suffer from hidden fears about being embarrassed or humiliated in social situations. These worries about what others think of them appear in the diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

However, this definition of social anxiety excludes other ways in which some people suffer with fears, such as how others may perceive or disapprove of them. These fears are not tied to how they perform in social situations. Instead, these fears relate to aspects of their behavior, thoughts, or wishes that may be seen as inappropriate by others. These fears, sometimes fueled by shame, sound like this: “What would other people think about me if they knew what I was thinking?” This type of social anxiety isn’t talked about much and less than half of those affected seek treatment.

What does research say about the causes and effects of social anxiety among those with and without ADHD? Which treatments and interventions work best to help and support students in social situations?

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About the genetic, family, and environmental factors that contribute to social anxiety
• How to recognize social anxiety through real-life examples and case studies
• About common fears at different ages and stages
• Why students are often reluctant to seek help for excessive worries
• How untreated social anxiety can lead to higher risk of dropping out of school, higher rates of unemployment, and suffering a decreased sense of wellbeing
• About effective treatments and interventions for social anxiety

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Social Anxiety: More Resources

• Free Download: Social Anxiety Facts and Falsehoods
• Self-Test: Social Anxiety Test for Teens
• Read: “Help! My Child Won’t Go to School.”
• Read: You’re Not Shy or Stuck Up. You Have Social Anxiety Disorder.
• Read: 6 Cognitive Distortions That Fuel Anxiety in ADHD Brains

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Meet the Expert Speaker

Thomas E. Brown earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Yale University and served on the clinical faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine for 20 years while operating a clinic in Connecticut for children and adults with ADHD and related problems. In May 2017, he relocated to California where he opened the Brown Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders in Manhattan Beach.

He has taught continuing medical education courses on ADHD for the American Psychiatric Association for 18 years and has given lectures and workshops in hospitals, medical schools, universities and for professional and advocacy groups throughout the United States and in more than 40 other countries.

Dr. Brown is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine and is an elected Fellow of the American Psychological Association, The APA Division of Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse, and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. He has published 30 articles in professional journals and seven books on ADHD, including Smart, but Stuck: Emotions in Teens and Adults with ADHD; Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults-A Practical Guide, and ADHD and Asperger Syndrome in Smart Kids and Adults: Twelve Stories of Struggle, Support and Treatment; and Social Anxiety: Hidden Fears and Shame in Teens and Adults.

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People with ADHD may struggle with disordered eating patterns due to the condition’s impact on executive function, emotional regulation, and reward processing. Research shows that ADHD significantly impacts eating behaviors through multiple mechanisms, including altered hunger and satiety signaling, difficulties with meal planning and preparation, increased emotional eating, and the use of food for dopamine stimulation.

Most recommendations around nutrition and healthy eating fail to address these neurobiological challenges, often promoting restrictive diets that can worsen both mental health and eating behaviors in individuals with ADHD. People with neurological differences require specialized approaches beyond conventional dietary advice.

Intuitive eating, when adapted for the ADHD brain, provides an evidence-based framework that works with rather than against ADHD traits. This approach helps reduce overwhelm, prevent binge eating, and create sustainable eating habits without triggering the restriction-binge cycle common in ADHD.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• How ADHD’s neurological differences affect eating behaviors, including hunger and fullness cues, executive function challenges in meal preparation, and the brain’s reward response to food
• The connection between ADHD and disordered eating patterns and why traditional dieting approaches often fail or cause harm
• Why intuitive eating principles, when modified for ADHD, can effectively address common challenges like emotional eating and food-related overwhelm
• Practical strategies to implement ADHD-friendly eating habits that support both physical and mental health without restrictive dieting
• Specific techniques to manage executive function challenges around meal planning, grocery shopping, and food preparation

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ADHD and Nutrition: More Resources

• Free Download: Health & Fitness — Lifestyle Changes for Adults with ADHD
• Self-Test: Eating Disorders in Adults
• Read: 40 Ways to Eat Healthy and Resist Impulsive Snacking
• Read: Healthy Eating Habits for Impulsive, Dopamine-Starved ADHD Brains
• Read: Build a Better Relationship with Food to Benefit Your Brain

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Nicole DeMasi Malcher, MS, RD, CDCES, is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care & Education Specialist with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition & Food Science. After a late ADHD diagnosis, she dedicated her career to helping adults with ADHD heal their relationship with food and body image through intuitive eating and weight-inclusive care.

As the founder of the Eating with ADHD Online Course & Community, she has helped hundreds of individuals develop sustainable, non-restrictive eating habits using ADHD-specific strategies for executive function and emotional regulation.

Drawing from personal experience and over a decade of clinical expertise, DeMasi Malcher empowers adults with ADHD to overcome food-related overwhelm, prevent binge eating, and reconnect with their body’s internal cues, without restrictive dieting.

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Children with ADHD often face more trauma, excessive criticism, and attacks on their self-esteem than their neurotypical peers. These chronic negative experiences profoundly shape their thoughts and how they interact with the world. The reactive thought patterns and behaviors that take shape in childhood can lead to depression, anxiety, and other conditions that often impact functioning and complicate the management of ADHD throughout adulthood.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a type of talk therapy that can help people heal from trauma. It’s based on the idea that people have many different parts inside, some of which hold painful memories and beliefs related to their traumatic experiences. IFS therapy helps people understand, manage, and release the intense feelings and behaviors that such parts take on, improving coping skills and emotional regulation.

In this webinar you will learn:

• About the link between ADHD and trauma
• About the common forms of trauma that children with ADHD experience
• How trauma reactions can explain certain behaviors in children at home and in school
• How responses to trauma can impact the management of ADHD
• About IFS therapy and why it’s particularly helpful to people who experience trauma
• How to use IFS to understand and address the behaviors that often impede ADHD care and treatment

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ADHD and Trauma: More Resources

• Read: How Trauma and Chronic Stress Affect Developing Brains
• Read: Does Trauma Cause ADHD? And Vice Versa?
• Read: Adverse Childhood Experiences Help Explain the Depression – ADHD Link

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Dr. Susan Bauerfeld is a licensed clinical psychologist, executive function coach, and an Internal Family Systems therapist. She has recently retired from her private psychotherapy practice but continues to provide workshops and presentations for parents of children and young adults struggling with ADHD, trauma and other issues. Through education infused with hope, support, and skill building, she has helped countless individuals cope better with anxiety disorders, trauma, learning challenges, technology management, and chronic health conditions.

Dr. Bauerfeld received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She was a staff neuropsychologist at the Rusk Institute at NYU Medical Center and for the Center for Head Injuries at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Hospital in New Jersey.

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Parents with ADHD who are parenting a child with ADHD face a double dose of executive dysfunction, emotional dysregulation, disorganization, and impulsivity. When both parents and children have trouble with time management, planning, and other ADHD symptoms, those difficulties multiply, making neurodivergent-specific parenting skills and strategies essential for the family’s wellbeing.

But here’s a twist: In our treatment program for children with ADHD, we learned that the parenting strategies and techniques that worked best for moms with ADHD weren’t always the same interventions that dads with ADHD found most helpful. In this webinar, we will discuss why parenting can be more challenging when mothers and/or fathers have ADHD. We’ll also discuss the skills and strategies that mothers and fathers with ADHD have reported as being the most helpful when it comes to parenting their children with ADHD.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About the challenges of parenting children with ADHD when parents also have the condition
• About parenting skills that effectively address common challenging behaviors and situations involving children with ADHD
• About the parenting strategies and skills preferences for mothers and fathers with ADHD who participated in a child treatment program for children with ADHD

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Parenting with ADHD: Additional Resources

• Read: 19 Authoritative Parenting Tips for Raising Neurodivergent Children
• Read: A Survival Guide for Parents with ADHD: Strategies from Preschool to High School
• Read: “The Best Neurodivergent Parenting Tips I’ve Ever Received Are…”

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Meet the Expert Speaker

Christina Danko, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and associate clinical professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Danko is a faculty affiliate of the UMD ADHD Program, where her research investigates the impact of evidence-based interventions on the treatment and prevention of mental health disorders for children and their families. Much of her research has focused on children with ADHD, and addresses issues related to parental mental health and parenting. Dr. Danko also serves as Program Director for the Master of Professional Studies in Clinical Psychological Science at the University of Maryland. She is a co-author of Supporting Caregivers of Children with ADHD: An Integrated Parenting Program.

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Just one generation ago, ADHD was considered a predominantly male disorder. For decades, clinician bias hindered diagnosis and treatment of ADHD symptoms in girls and women. We now know that untreated ADHD is even more impairing for some women than it is for men. We know this not because scientific evidence informs us; in fact, research has long neglected to investigate ADHD’s profound impact on women across the lifespan.

Instead, we know this because women with ADHD have been telling us for years about the heavy burden of living in a world not designed for them. How undiagnosed and untreated ADHD causes turmoil in their closest relationships. How It affects their performance in school and at work. How it shreds their self-esteem.

That’s why ADDitude has convened a special panel of experts to discuss the lived experiences of women with ADHD, the need for more research, and the importance of an open exchange of ideas to increase understanding and support.

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ADHD in Women: Essential Resources

• Free Newsletter: Essential Support for Women with ADHD
• Read: We Demand Attention! A Call for Greater Research on Women with ADHD
• Read: Why ADHD in Women is Routinely Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Treated Inadequately
• eBook: Women with ADHD — How Hormones, Symptoms & Late Diagnoses Impact Females
• Hub: ADHD in Women

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Meet Our Panelists

Lotta Borg Skoglund, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Skoglund is an associate professor at Sweden’s Uppsala University, Department for Women’s and Children’s Health, where she continues her research into ADHD, comorbidity, and gender influences. Together with colleagues from around the world, she leads the pioneering research group GODDESS ADHD. Read more about Dr. Skoglund here.

Ellen Littman, Ph.D.

Dr. Littman is a clinical psychologist who has been involved with the field of attentional disorders for more than 35 years. Described by the American Psychological Association as a pioneer in the identification of gender differences in ADHD, she has particular expertise with issues affecting women and girls. Read more about Dr. Littman here.

Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Ph.D.

Dr. Chronis-Tuscano is a professor at the University of Maryland and Director of the UMD ADHD Program and UMD SUCCEEDS College ADHD Clinic. Her research focuses on understanding early predictors of developmental outcomes for children with ADHD and developing novel treatments which target these early risk and protective factors. Read more about Dr. Chronis-Tuscano here.

Diane Miller, Psy.D. M.Ed.

Dr. Miller is a clinical psychologist who specializes in adult ADHD, racial identity issues, and sex therapy. She works at the Center for ADHD in Philadelphia, where she empowers individuals to navigate ADHD’s complexities and foster self-acceptance. Dr. Miller holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and a master’s in human sexuality from Widener University. Read more about Dr. Miller here.

Maggie Sibley, Ph.D.

Dr. Sibley is a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a clinical psychologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She is Secretary of the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) and a Professional Advisory Board Member for Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). Read more about Dr. Sibley here.

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Emerging research may explain ADHD’s unexpected associations with inflammatory conditions like allergy, autoimmunity, fatigue, pain, and hypermobility. Scientists have identified genes linked to brain functions that also regulate immune and other bodily functions, indicating a potential connection between these disorders.

Research suggests a surprisingly strong link between ADHD and hypermobility syndrome, a condition in which connective tissue laxity results in a range of physical and mental health problems. Those with hypermobility syndromes often have the following:

• Dysautonomia: When the autonomic nervous system doesn’t work properly such as in the condition known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS
• Mast cell activation disease: When there is excessive reactivity of the immune system (e.g. allergies) and autoimmune conditions

These interconnected disorders often cause fatigue, sensory issues, pain, anxiety, and mood disturbance, as well as other features commonly seen in ADHD and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

While studies have yet to confirm the role of neurotransmitter-related genes in ADHD, neuroinflammation is emerging as a key contributor to ADHD and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Observational studies link ADHD with conditions such as asthma, rhinitis, urticaria, and food allergy. Substances released by mast cells, a type of immune-based blood cell involved in inflammation, are known to drive neurocognitive impairment, irritability, and fatigue.

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About the apparent association between inflammation and ADHD, including the likely involvement of the mast cell
• How disruptions in physical body functions can directly affect brain health and influence or trigger anxiety, depression, fatigue, cognitive difficulties, emotional dysregulation and other features traditionally linked to conditions such as ADHD
• How findings linking inflammation and ADHD may eventually lead to different ADHD therapies
• What future studies might reveal about the association between inflammatory disorders and ADHD

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ADHD and Inflammation: More Resources

• Read: How ADHD Can Intensify Physical Health Conditions
• Free Download: Lifestyle Changes for Adults with ADHD
• Read: Chronic Fatigue Twice as Likely Among Children with ADHD

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Meet the Expert Speaker

Dr. James Kustow is a London-based Consultant Psychiatrist and integrative psychotherapist specializing in adult ADHD. He is the author of How to Thrive with Adult ADHD. Dr. Kustow works part-time at the National Health Service and runs a thriving private practice. As Medical Director of The Grove Practice, an internationally respected mental health training provider, he spearheads the ADHD+ program for professionals and the THRIVE program for individuals with, or exploring, ADHD.

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Caffeine may be the world’s most common stimulant, almost universally seen as nature’s antidote to memory, fatigue, and focus problems. But caffeine’s common side effects, including higher heart rate, irritability and sleep problems, may outweigh the benefits for adolescents and adults with ADHD. What should adults with ADHD, and caregivers of children and teens with ADHD, know as they weigh caffeine’s role in improving certain symptoms?

In this webinar, you will learn:

• About the neurobiology of the ADHD brain and why caffeine may be considered by some scientists as a supplemental therapy
• What the latest studies say about caffeine, ADHD, and cognitive enhancement
• How caffeine affects memory, focus, and other ADHD symptoms
• About the risks and benefits of consuming caffeine, including its impact on sleep, a known problem for people with ADHD
• Whether caffeine should be used with stimulant medications or in place of stimulants
• How caffeine and exercise can work together to address ADHD symptoms

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Additional Resources

• Read: 10 Supplements and Vitamins for Brain Health
• Read: The Truth About Lion’s Mane, Psychedelics & Caffeine
• Read: The Truth About Caffeine and ADHD

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Dr. Cheyette graduated cum laude in Cognitive Neuroscience from Princeton University and received her medical degree from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Following specialty training in pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and in pediatric neurology at Seattle Children’s Hospital, she is now in private practice.

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