ADHD Parenting
This comprehensive guide to parenting a child with ADHD won’t waste your time with run-of-the-mill advice. You need ADD-tested strategies, and here they are — everything you need to know about oppositional defiance, positive parenting, school and learning challenges, health and wellbeing, social skills, executive functions, treatment & more.
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For Teachers
Teaching Strategies for Students with ADHD: Ideas to Help Every Child Shine
Your child's teacher is your partner in a fair and equitable education, but does she have the ADHD...
Homework & Studying
7 Secrets to Studying with ADHD
Learn faster. Retain more. Perform better on tests. Yes, really. With these research-based techniques...
Schedules & Routines
This Sample Schedule May Save Your Sanity
Children with ADHD need routine. Reliable schedules for mornings, after school, and bedtime make a...
ADHD in Girls
Do I Have ADHD? The Ultimate Quiz for Teen Girls
Typical symptoms of ADHD in girls — like daydreaming, non-stop talking, tardiness — are too often...
Typical ADHD Behaviors
Fight, Flight, Freeze… or Fib?
What if your child’s lying is not evidence of a character flaw or disrespect? What if his fibs are...
Free Learning Downloads
Free Checklist: Common Executive Function Challenges — and Solutions
Share the accommodations listed in this free checklist with your child's teacher to better address...
For Teachers
Easily Distracted? How to Tune Out Distractions & Focus on School
Children with ADHD experience a lower level of brain arousal, which means they are easily distracted...
Homework & Studying
Music That Focuses the Brain
Research suggests that the soundtrack to your child's homework should comprise these 21 songs, proven...
Emotions
The Key to ADHD Emotional Regulation? Cultivating Gratitude, Pride & Compassion
We can’t (and shouldn’t) protect our children from every stressor that may overwhelm them, but we can...
Accommodations
Step-by-Step Guide for Securing ADHD Accommodations at School
8 straightforward steps — from requesting a school evaluation to monitoring accommodations — to help...
Caregiver Blogs
“When Your Child’s Chronological and Developmental Ages Are Out of Sync”
“ADHD, like autism or a learning disability, is a neurodevelopmental disorder. In plain terms, it...
Caregiver Blogs
“My Autistic Child Sincerely Wanted Friends – and Finally Found Them”
“If your neurodivergent child longs for social connection, consider these steps that helped my child...
Oppositional Behavior
Your Emotionally Reactive Child Needs Empathy — Not Punishment
When power struggles strain your relationship, defuse the emotional reactivity by staying calm,...
Teens with ADHD
Grow Up Already! Why It Takes So Long to Mature
The school-to-work transition can take longer for young adults with ADHD, who don't mature at the...
Accommodations
When ADHD Accommodations Inflame OCD in Kids
Some supports for ADHD can intensify a student’s OCD symptoms. Here’s what teachers ne...