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ADHD-Medications
One of the biggest areas of conflict in the treatment of ADHD is the use of medications.Research indicates that the fastest, most efficient mode of treatment is medication. Parents are somewhat reluctant to pursue...
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ADHD-Why Strategic
I named my book Strategic Parenting because being an ADHD parent requires that you be intentional and have a strategic focus or you will get surprised and buried by all the things that you didn’t foresee and plan for....
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ADHD-Parenting, Colonel or Helicopter
Raising an ADHD child can be stressful in a variety of ways. School is frequently an extremely emotional experience as your child is put in an environment that was not designed for his type of mind.He also has general...
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ADHD-The Role of the ADHD Parent
The role of the ADHD parent is way more complicated than that of the parent of a neurotypical child. In addition to the developmental issues of a neurotypical child, you have the issues caused by the problems created...
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ADHD: Holiday Prep
The holidays- Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah- can destroy the routines that maintain at least a partial equilibrium and balance in ADHD homes. The changes in diet, guests or being the guests, the disrupted sleep...
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ADHD-Temper Tantrums-III
Kin the last episode, we covered dealing with temper tantrums and early identification. Now we’ll discuss prevention. First you have to remember that we’re dealing with a neurological condition thought to be caused by...
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ADHD-Temper Tantrums II
Of all the symptoms and behaviors that ADHD children display, the one that concerns most parents the most is the temper tantrum. Indeed when my ADHDers was young his temper tantrums were so extreme that I, as a junior...
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ADHD-Care and Feeding of ADHD Parents
ADHD parents tend to worry about everything else but themselves. They worry about their son’s tempered tantrums, their daughter’s bad grades, why the teachers don’t seem to understand ADHD and why none of them are...
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ADHD- Honor the Struggle
ADHD parents and ADHDers know the struggle for growth, respect and advancement is sometimes long and hard. It is necessary for both parents and ADHDers to be resilient and patient, knowing that it is worth the effort,...
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ADHD - Entrepreneurs in Action
In this episode, Dr. GÂ reviews his observations of a conference he attended that was organized and developed by groups of people that are generally considered to be 70-80% ADHD. Â As you might imagine, it was a very...
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ADHD - Family Observations
In this episode, Dr. G relates his experiences as a neurotypical who married into an undiagnosed neurodivergent family( pretty much everyone  was undiagnosed back in those days). The family members were all different...
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ADHD Executive Functioning #8 - Summary
In the last 7 sessions we have covered executive functioning which is how we make plans and take action. This episode involves a short summary and brief description of cognitive abilities that constitute executive...
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