ADHD Holiday Help Guide

The holiday season can be overwhelming, especially if you or your child lives with ADHD. Here you'll find tips and guides to help you find the right gifts, cope with holiday depression, and make the most of the holiday season.

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Gift Giving and ADHD: Baseballs or Barbies?
When picking out gifts for your youngsters, consider choosing things you know they will truly like - not things you wish they would enjoy. Emphasize their strengths rather than reminding them of their challenges.
Be Thankful for ADHD
At this busy time of the year, it is easy to become frustrated, to lose patience and to become overwhelmed. For both adults and children with ADHD, the holidays are a frantic time, overstimulation tends to accentuate the symptoms of ADHD. But ADHD offers many gifts to each person.
Turkeys, Tempers and To-Do Lists
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and if you're an adult with ADHD, chances are you haven't begun your to-do list, let alone pull together a plan for celebrating the holiday.

Thanksgiving, Family Gatherings and Children with ADHD
Children with ADHD are in overdrive on holidays and Thanksgiving is no exception. Tips for helping parents manage ADHD and keep their sanity through the day.
Three Reasons New Year's Resolutions Don't Work
Do you wonder why you can't manage to stick with a resolution for more than a few days or weeks? Expert Eileen Bailey explains why resolutions often do not work and how you can create goals that help improve your life.
Setting Goals for the New Year
Do you consistently set New Year's Resolutions and consistently fail and keeping them? Tips for increasing your chances of success when setting goals.
Transitioning into Holidays and Vacations:Falling into the Black Abyss
Expert Terry Matlen shares her thoughts about changing routines and the difficulties managing those changes for adults with ADHD. She offers specific suggestions to make transitions into times such as holidays and vacations easier.
Holiday Gift Wrapping to Bring Organization
Expert Eileen Bailey offers a tip to make holiday gift wrapping and giving easier and more organized.
Adults with ADD/ADHD: Ten Tips for Making the Most of the Holiday Season
For some adults with ADD or ADHD, the holiday season can seem overwhelming and full of never-ending to-do lists. The following tips will help you cope, relax and most importantly, enjoy!
Holiday Depression in Adults with ADHD
Whether you struggle with depression on a daily basis or you feel it mostly around the holidays, there are ways that you can help make sure you control your feelings of depression, rather than letting them control you.
Buying Gifts for Children with ADHD
While finding gifts for children with ADHD can be a challenge, it can also be a great opportunity to purchase items that emphasize your child’s unique talents and interests.
Tips for Holiday Shopping with Children with ADHD
For children, especially those with ADHD, hours in a shopping mall can mean endless opportunities to get into trouble. Here you’ll find ways that you can help to make your shopping trips more enjoyable for both you and your children.
Surviving the Holiday Season with Children with ADHD
The excitement of the holiday season can be overwhelming for children with ADD or ADHD. Here you’ll find tips to incorporate into your child’s daily life that will help you keep sanity a part of your holiday routine.

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