How I learned to live happily with my ADHD
by Wendy Davis - A few days ago, I received an Instagram message from a young girl who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She was struggling in school and depressed since being diagnosed....
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Jerry, 9 years old, dissolved into his Game Boy while his father described his attention difficulties to the family pediatrician. The child began flitting around the room, ignoring the doctor’s...
View ArticleMaking sense of childhood struggles after an ADHD diagnosis
by Liz Neporent - Reckless, impulsive, distracted. Andrea Frank, a 38-year-old nurse’s assistant from Wisconsin, said those words pretty much sum up her behavior from early childhood onward. Though...
View ArticleMeaningful fidgeting is effective in managing ADHD
by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. - We’re taught that we need to sit still and focus on one thing when we’re studying, writing, working or engaging in other activities. But for people with ADHD those...
View ArticleLawsuit may prompt questioning of ADHD diagnosing methods
by Elizabeth Simpson - Rick Fee had a question for the psychiatrist who last prescribed ADHD medication for his son: How, exactly, had Dr. Waldo Ellison diagnosed him with attention deficit...
View ArticleKids need movement, not an ADHD diagnosis
by Valerie Strauss - A perfect stranger pours her heart out to me over the phone. She complains that her 6-year-old son is unable to sit still in the classroom. The school wants to test him for ADHD...
View ArticleExercise should be part of ADHD treatments
by Stacy Hsu - A group of Taiwanese researchers has established a link between routine physical activity and improved self-control for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),...
View ArticleSchool helps kids with ADHD succeed by focusing on their abilities versus...
by Amy Coveno - As more children are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, some parents are resisting medications and looking for different solutions. A school in New Hampshire is...
View ArticleSome recommended strategies to help kids with ADHD
by Heather Gilmore - The upcoming school year is getting closer and closer. All kids who are headed back to school will have to manage some level of transition. For basically all kids, this requires...
View ArticleClassroom accommodations for students with ADHD
by Liz Matheis - Whether your child has a 504 Plan or an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), make certain that its outlined accommodations reflect his unique learning style and needs. Let me start by...
View ArticlePersonal dyslexia struggles drive tutoring center owner to help kids like her
The first book Laurel Sullivan ever read all on her own was the Green Mile by Stephen King. The second was Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio. It’s likely not surprising to those who know her, but key...
View ArticleTeen with ADHD brings music to indigent children through her nonprofit
by Rob Kuznia - It is often said that getting good grades will open doors. But for 18-year-old Danielle Pellizzeri of Rolling Hills Estates, the key was a ukulele. And, in a sense, another key has been...
View ArticleADHD can be misinterpreted as laziness
by Dan Florell, Ph.D. and Praveena Salins, M.D. - As his third grade teacher stood in the front of the class giving directions to the next assignment, the boy sat staring out the window. He often...
View ArticleChildren with ADHD just have a different way of learning
by Michael Henrich - A rising number of Hoosiers are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) every year and advocates dedicate the month of October to raising awareness about the...
View ArticleOur educational system should help struggling students
by Sheila Cosgrove Baylis - Channing Tatum never thought of himself as intellectual – he struggled with ADHD and dyslexia in school. “I have never considered myself a very smart person, for a lot of...
View ArticleHow schools support students with ADHD…or not
by Christina Samuels - A little over half of high school students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are receiving some kind of services from their schools, such as additional time on tests...
View ArticleThe creativity of students with ADHD is being wasted
Research now shows what many people who have Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder — or those who parent someone who does — have long since believed there is a huge link between ADHD and creativity,...
View ArticleBrain training as ADHD treatment
by Julie Crothers - As his mother will attest, Josh Goins has always had trouble staying focused and sitting still. “We started noticing in grade school a lot of problems he was having with paying...
View ArticleADHD traits would have given our ancestors an edge, not a disadvantage
by Erin Brodwin - If you’ve ever learned something by playing a game, observing someone else, or watching a TED talk, you’re doing it the way humans have for the majority of our history. Rather than...
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