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ADHD-Importance of Behavioral Monitoring
People don’t pay much attention to what’s going on in their lives, they just react and then forget about what happened. With an ADHD child it’s important to be fully alert to the situations that occur and be able to...
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ADHD- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
ADHDers have and emotional regulation problem called rejection sensitive dysphoria. This means they overreact to slights that are real or imagined.This difficulty is likely a result of the emotional regulation...
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ADHD - Psychotherapy vs Coaching
Psychotherapy and/or coaching and sometimes both are usually recommended for ADHDers. In this episode I’ll briefly review the advantages and disadvantages of both. Psychotherapy is generally recommended for...
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ADHD-Why I married an ADHDer
This episode is for all us neurotypicals who married an ADHDer. What could possibly possessed us to marry someone who generates clutter and piles of paper almost instantly. And then they don’t really see it after...
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ADHD-A Hunter’s Mind in a Farmer's World
One of the ways to conceptualize the difficulties of being ADHD in a neurotypical world is the Farmer/Hunter dichotomy espoused by Thomas Hartman. He says ADHD minds can be thought of as hunter’s minds needing to be...
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ADHD-Best Jobs
When it comes to finding an ideal job,ADHDers are, in a way, kind of lucky because they literally can’ stand, won’t tolerate and won’t do a very good job doing stuff that bores them. They need work that is fast paced,...
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ADHD-Best Sports
Sports can be very important for ADHD3ers. Exercise offers a natural wat to increase dopamine in the brain which improves he ability to focus and. Sustain attention and also improves self-control and impulse control....
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ADHD-Lack of Maturity
Your ADHDer’s physical development is consistent with that of his peers. However mentally and physically his/her development is 3-5 years behind the peer group. This is a particular problem for parents because your...
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ADHD-Talents and Abilities
Sometimes it seems like life is going to be difficult for ADHDers, no matter Wharton we, as parents do. But ADHDers are not brain damaged or stupid or crazy. They are however,different and have different brains from...
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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...
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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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