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154.ADHD-Know What’s Really Going On
Much of ADHD behavior looks like something other than what it really is. What looks rebellious is more likely to be overwhelm. What looks like hostility is more likely frustration. What looks like carelessness is more...
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148. ADHD-Your Child Isn’t Bipolar, It’s RSD
Many parents of ADHD have told me that the thing they’re most concerned about is the “temper tantrums” their child has. It’s so fierce and unexpected and out of control that they’re afraid it could signal something...
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147. ADHD-Building Resilience First When Raising an ADHD Child
The most important thing you can teach your ADHD child is resilience. Many of us start off trying to improve obedience and compliance and even increasing will power. There several things we, as parents, need to...
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146. ADHD-Sibling Resentment, When one’s Child Gets All the Attention
Raising an ADHD child is very demanding and takes a lot of time and attention. Family systems are likely to get out of balance when one child gets more of parent’s time and attention than the other children. As the...
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139. Raising your ADHD Child-Trust is the Foundation
Raisiong an ADHD child is very tricky and there are lots of ways to mess up. The central core issue that you must never screw up is Trust. Your ADHD child must believe that he/ she must be able to come to you with any...
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153. ADHD-4 Ways to Improve Your Child’s Learning
We all know the schools are not designed for ADHD brains. They are designed for neurotypical brains. ADHD brains work on interest-based learning. If it catches their interest they learn well. Neurotypicals have...
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152.ADHD-Why a 504 Plan Matters for an ADHD Child
ADHD children are allowed under the Americans with Disabilities Act to get Accommodations to make the educational environment more fair for them and their ADHD brains. We all know that the school system in the United...
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150 ADHD-Learning Strategies II
This is the second episode outlining specific strategies to improve academic performance by your ADHD child or, if you’re a an adult with ADHD, these tips apply to you. It’s important to remember that ADHD is more of...
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149: ADHD-Learning Strategies I Because School Is Coming/ Here
Last episode we spent a lot of time on 504 plans because that’s one of the first things to consider when getting ready for back to school. Now I want to discuss the actual nuts and bolts, mechanical part of improving...
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151-ADHD-Back to School, Re-establish the Routines
!Back to School time is upon us and for ADHD parents this can be a time of anxiety and concern. It is also time to prepare for the school year. One of the biggest issues is re-establishing the essential routines and...
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145: ADHD-The Late Diagnosis diagnosis, finding out in Middle Age that Your Whole Life Makes Sense
We are seeing a trend in this moment in time in which older people are asking for evaluation of posssible ADHD. There is increasing recognition of ADHD and its prevalence in our society. It used to be that my most...
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144: ADHD-Kim, What Have You Done? Another Neurotypical Goes Down
In most of the family structures I’ve worked with, one of the parents also has ADHD (along with the child they brought in for evaluation) and the other parent is a slightly (or strongly) compulsive individual who is...
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