People with ADHD tend to be extremely engaged in workplaces where they feel accepted and supported as themselves. Our interest based nervous system means that we can be incredibly enthusiastic about the work we do, and highly compassionate towards our colleagues. Having engaged and motivated employee...
Interestingly, many people, particularly ADD and ADHD sufferers, report that fidgeting helps them concentrate and focus. This may be because it helps relieve the restless energy within them, which is so distracting. However, it does make me wonder: if the underlying cause behind the restlessness...
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The rise in referrals during the pandemic, he explains, was because people with ADHD did "not know what to do without structure". Despite this, it's worth noting ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition. This means that symptoms usually begin in childhood. According to Dr Khurra...
My son is 13, 7th grade, ADHD inactive. last year was hard with virtual learning, now he's barely turning in anything. Its come to me monitoring daily what's been turned in to the best that I can do but he continues to lie to me about having turnedMore ...
What should you do? Personal hygiene can be an embarrassing subject for some people. Most often, the people who are supposed to teach you about hygiene are the adults you grew up with. But what if they aren’t really the parenting type? You can have drastic holes in your knowledge of ...
How do I stop hand flapping? Below are a few strategies which can be used to decrease hand flapping across environments, at home, school, and in the therapy setting: Squeezing a ball or small fidget toy. Squeezing “theraputty”, playdough or clay. ...
Learn why your ADHD brain wanders so easily, and what you can do to keep it focused on the conversation at hand.
Most children learn how to manage their anger and self-regulate by watching and learning from the people they spend the most time with–their parents and caregivers. As the saying goes, “Monkey see–monkey do.” And because children tend to mirror the reactions and behaviors of the adults...
Children do strange things sometimes. They will sometimes jump up and down when they are excited or talking about something they are passionate about. This has many parents asking, why does my child jump all the time? While excessive jumping can be a sign of ADHD, in many cases, it is ...