In a previous post we talked about how ADHD impacts a teen's life at home and provided some strategies for them to use to help reduce some of the friction at home. This week, we will focus on tips for teens to use at school.
As a teen with ADHD, your high school years may be difficult. You are expected to take on more responsibility for yourself and rely less on parents and teachers to keep you up to date with schoolwork. You are expected to start taking control of your ADHD and prepare...
August 1 has always been the date that I begin to prepare for the upcoming school year with my children. I begin reviewing with them math... Read more »
As a teen with ADHD, you may feel you are constantly getting into trouble at home; you try hard and yet everything you do somehow ends up... Read more »
For more on the series of teens with ADHD: For Teens: Understanding ADHD Strategies to Help at Home Strategies to Help at School Acting... Read more »
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... Read more »
The school year has begun, for some it is just a few weeks old, for others it has been in full swing for over a month. As parents, you... Read more »
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, advocacy is “the act of pleading or arguing in favor of something, such as a cause, idea or... Read more »
Your child is not doing so well in school. The teacher has been sending home notes about behavior: your child is being disruptive, seems easily... Read more »
For high school students with ADD/ADHD, tests can be a source of great frustration. Studying the night before certainly doesn’t guarantee that you... Read more »
The teenage years are enough to make any parent cringe. Living with a teen is spending your days waiting for the next battle to erupt, only to be... Read more »
Paperwork, deadlines, meetings, assignments--these hallmarks of the workplace and school environment can make even the most organized person fail,... Read more »
ADHD Medications Can Mimic Depression Medications for ADHD sometimes mimic the symptoms of depression and sometimes exacerbate symptoms of depression (and bipolar disorder ). This can make it hard to distinguish which symptoms are caused by...
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