I remember
when my now 22-year old son was a junior in high school. At that time his
special ed case manager and I made a very difficult decision: to let him fail
geometry. Our hope was that he would learn a valuable lesson from the
experience. You see, he was not doing what he needed to do to pass the class;
wasn't holding up his part of the... Read more
Last week, I wrote all
about the importance of finding support, and specifically support groups for
adults with ADHD. As I was writing that
post, I naturally began thinking of all the other ways I find support... and the
places I think of as "home". It
occurred to me that for many of us, attending our first ADDA conference... Read more
Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz had it absolutely correct... there IS no place like home!! (Dorothy probably had ADHD, but let's not digress!) And for me, "home" has become an adult ADHD support group in suburban Chicago. Anyone who has ever heard me speak or read anything I've written about ADHD, whether to... Read more
Evelyn Polk Green, ADDA President Elect Yesterday my 16-year-old son and I did a presentation for a group made up primarily of very serious clinicians working with children and adolescents with ADHD. After hours of challenging travel and thankfully a good night's sleep, today I'm sitting here watching my... Read more
This week I'm just a bit overwhelmed and feeling like I've got a HUGE case of writers block! NOTHING is flowing from my brain to paper, and it hasn't every time I have tried to sit down and write over the last few days. It would be one thing if I only had this blog to write, but I've also got a huge work project due (that... Read more
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