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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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...
14. Still Parenting: When Your ADHD Child Is 40
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ADHD is persistent: an ADoutgrow ADHD, no matter how old they get.
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Maybe you thought the storm would calm once your ADHD child...
13. ADHD Parenting: 15 Important Things to Remember
1. ADHD is a neurologic condition. It is not a behavior problem or the result of poor parenting.Â
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2. The symptoms of ADHD are...
ADHD: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
The world of ADHD has added a new symptom that is not yet in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. That new symptom is called “rejection...
11. ADHD: HYPERCURIOSITY
Reading through a journal the other day, I came across an article about a new characteristic that has been identified in ADHDers. It's called “hypercuriosity.”...
10ADHD Parenting: Keeping It All Equal
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How do we keep everything equal in a family where one child has ADHD and another doesn’t have ADHD?
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Frequently, in ADHD families,...
9. ADHD Parenting: Positivity Needed
Parenting an ADHD child is difficult, but it’s important to be aware of how our negativity affects them. We have discussed behavior monitoring in terms...