Over the past several months, I have been focusing on helping parents understand and manage some of the common behaviors in children with ADHD:
When Your Child with ADHD Lies
Managing Hyperactivity in Children with ADHD
Curbing Impulsive Behavior in Children
Six Ways to Help Your Child Focus
Using behavior modification strategies is one of the most effective ways of helping a child with ADHD. Although we have talked a lot in the past about setting up a program like this at home...
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 »
The teen years are tough. You have more responsibility, at home, at school, possibly at work and you need to navigate the ever-changing... Read more »
The holidays are upon us, and many forces are conspiring to tax people's mental health. First of all, the light. Close to half a million... Read more »
It may be hot outside but in just a few weeks, everyone will move into back-to-school mode: shopping for clothes, shoes and school... Read more »
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... Read more »
When children enter school, they are expected to sit still for longer periods of time, complete tasks (even when they aren’t interested in them),... Read more »
Although there is no single, definitive test that will state whether a child has ADHD, there are a number of rating scales that are sometimes used... Read more »
Many parents may cringe at the idea of forcing their child to complete work over the summer (who can blame them, children with ADHD often require so... Read more »
How would you describe the family life in a home where at least one child had Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)? Fun, interesting, chaotic, hectic,... Read more »
When a child enters first grade, he/she has his/her first experience with needing to sit still, pay attention for extended periods of time, homework... Read more »
I forget things, even important things. Just because I forget does not mean that it doesn't matter. I am not trying to be a smart-alec or arrogant when I say "I forgot." I really do forget. I am not stupid. I may sometimes lose my place...
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