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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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...
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,...