ADHD Chat with DrG Newsletter
Coping with ADHD as a parent and/or an ADHDer yourself presented by a neuropsychologist who is also the parent of two ADHD kids and married into an ADHD family.
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26. ADHD: Distraction and Hyperfocus
One of the most confusing aspects of ADHD for parents is the apparent contradiction between extreme distractibility and intense focus. A child who cannot stay...
25. Executive Functioning Weaknesses
Executive functioning weaknesses are at the core of many daily struggles for children with ADHD—and a major source of parental worry. Parents often describe feeling...
24. Social Skills and Peer Rejection
For many parents of children with ADHD, social struggles are the most heartbreaking concern. Academic issues can be explained away or supported. Emotional outbursts may...
23. ADHD: Low Self-Esteem
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Low self-esteem is one of the most painful and far-reaching challenges faced by children with ADHD—and one of the greatest sources of worry for...
22. ADHD: Emotional Regulation and Meltdowns
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Emotional regulation is just a fancy way of saying temper tantrums. These scare all of us parents because they are so strong and so...
21. ADHDSchool Performance and Falling Behind Academically
For most parents of children with ADHD, academic struggles are the first big red flag. The child who “can’t sit still,” “isn’t living up to...
20. ADHD: THINGS PARENTS WORRY ABOUT MOST
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I’m going to start a series of newsletters on different issues that we as parents of ADHD children worry about the most. This list...
19. ADHD Chat – Holiday Tips
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Once again the holidays are upon us and as ADHD parents, this is a mixed blessing. The holidays tend to disrupt all our specially...
ADHD: Parent Glossary
Parenting a child with ADHD often feels like learning a new language. New terms fly at you—executive function, hyperfocus, time blindness—and most parents never get...
17. ADHD and Females
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A couple of weeks ago, I discussed some of the unique difficulties of males with ADHD. This time I’d like to talk about females...
16. ADHD: Coaching vs. Psychotherapy
I'm in the midst of a recertification program for high-performance coaching so it seemed like a good time to look at the difference between psychotherapy...
15. ADHD Chat: Males with ADHD 1
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Males have extreme difficulties with accepting their ADHD. The stereotypic male is one who does not admit or accept weakness. There have been attempts...