Find your tribe – those groups of mothers who hang at the pool with you, friends who go out for brunch or collect “stamps” at the local breweries, or those who visit in the evenings for a quiet dinner or drink. Find those who listen; those who offer suggestions; those who text bac...
She gives parents the tools and support they need to understand, parent more effectively and connect with their child. Simple shifts and techniques will allow you to parent with confidence and handle the challenges with grace. You’ll have a peaceful home, a closer relationship and your teen ...
“ADHDers grow up with constant negative feedback from peers, teachers, and parents,” says Schwartz. “It is the death of a million paper cuts. You learn on a deep level that everything about you is wrong, and your sense of interpersonal and personal security is threatened by these mista...
A friend, a relative, or even looking into support groups with other people who have ADD. Hope this gives you a good idea of some of the work that you can do in order to contain any of the shopping impulses you described. The next steps should be to be matched with a therapist so ...
Provide access to a counselor or trusted adult for support. Allow participation in a peer mentoring or buddy system. Implement social skills training or groups. Provide positive and constructive feedback privately. Develop a strategy for managing frustration or outbursts. ...
of which there are many. The ADHD patient community has gotten really into this and pushed it in a lot of support groups and patient communities and so on, where it is repeated uncritically as “an important ADHD feature psychiatrists often forget about”. But the genesis is just Dr. Dodso...
The authors share that of the many autism studies with nutrients, studies using vitamin B6 and magnesium “given by parents to ASD children have been observed to produce improvement for about 30 years.” As I mentioned above, this new research builds on some of the original findings about vita...
The DEA further states that: "Of particular concern is that most of the ADHD literature prepared for public consumption by CHADD and other groups and available to parents, does not address the abuse potential or actual abuse of methylphenidate. Instead, methylphenidate (usually referred to as Rita...
No parents wants their child to be diagnosed with ADHD. Understandably though, it can be a massive relief when there is finally an explanation for behaviours that don’t seem to make sense, or which are causing problems at school, at home and with friendships. Having a correct diagnosis is...
Fast forward several years, he has absolutely no need at all for medication. He is just a normal boy who did not belong in that kind of environment. And most of us don’t. Think about it. Walenski’s experience echoes that of other parents who removed their ADHD-diagnosed children from...