ADDA: Webinar Recording – “Do You Need a Therapist for ADHD: How to Find One & How to Tell If They Really Know About ADHD” In this webinar, you will learn how to decide if you need a therapist and easy ways to find one … Continue reading ADDA: Webinar Recording – "Do You Need a Therapist for ADHD: How to Find One & How to Tell If They Really Know About ADHD"
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ADDitude Magazine: "How Can We Grant Her More Independence When She Makes Such Bad Decisions?"
ADDitude Magazine: “Dear Teen Parenting Coach: How Can We Grant Her More Independence When She Makes Such Bad Decisions?” Emotional dysregulation is an often-overlooked, but very real symptom of ADHD. If your teen struggles to control intense emotional reactions, try these practical and peaceful strategies … Continue reading ADDitude Magazine: "How Can We Grant Her More Independence When She Makes Such Bad Decisions?"
ADDitude Magazine: "How Can I Help My Teen Learn to Mute His ADHD Brain at Bedtime?"
ADDitude Magazine: “Dear Teen Parenting Coach: How Can I Help My Teen Learn to Mute His ADHD Brain at Bedtime?” All teens want more independence. Unfortunately, for many teens with ADHD, granting independence can lead to poor decisions — particularly if the medication isn’t working … Continue reading ADDitude Magazine: "How Can I Help My Teen Learn to Mute His ADHD Brain at Bedtime?"
ADDitude Magazine: "How Can We Stop Our Teen’s After-School Explosions?"
ADDitude Magazine: “Dear Teen Parenting Coach: How Can We Stop Our Teen’s After-School Explosions?” When ADHD meds wear off, teenagers can switch from calm and collected to angry, rude, and defiant. Here, our Teen Parenting Coach explains how parents can prepare for this post-medication crash, … Continue reading ADDitude Magazine: "How Can We Stop Our Teen’s After-School Explosions?"
ImpactADHD: 5 Steps to Improve Cooperation with Your Kids with ADHD
Are you pulling your hair out trying to think of ways to reduce your frustration and improve your child’s cooperation? Do you wonder why charts, reminders and incentives don’t seem to get your kids to do the stuff they need to do, especially when they … Continue reading ImpactADHD: 5 Steps to Improve Cooperation with Your Kids with ADHD
Manage Anxiety in Your ADHD Kids
This month’s blog is actually an interview that I had with the team at ImpactADHD. com. It focuses on building resilience and competency as a way to help ADHD kids manage their anxiety. Check it out! http://impactadhd.com/manage-emotions-and-impulses/kids-with-anxiety/
Reduce Holiday Overwhelm–Simplify!
Despite our best intentions, it seems like most families are frequently more stressed by the holiday season that they would like. Between our regular responsibilities of work, parenting and other life tasks, we now add shopping for gifts, planning family celebrations, attending holiday parties and … Continue reading Reduce Holiday Overwhelm–Simplify!
Interview w/ Maggie Wray Ph.D: Unstoppable Teens | Helping teens develop the skills they need
Interview w/ Maggie Wray Ph.D: Unstoppable Teens | Helping teens develop the skills they need Click logo below to listen.
Creating incentives that work
Creating Incentives that Work: How to do you get your child or teen to do things around the house? Do you ask your daughter nicely to set the table at first but then resort to yelling when she won’t get off her phone? Do you calmly … Continue reading Creating incentives that work
Change Writing Challenges into Writing Successes
Over the years, I have noticed that many, many ADHD kids seem to have trouble with writing. While some kids like it because it is a venue for expressing their many ideas quickly and creatively, others despise it because getting even a few words on … Continue reading Change Writing Challenges into Writing Successes
