Week 4’s video to honor ADHD Awareness Month tackles common myths about ADHD. Common Myths that are NOT True: 1. ADHD is just bad behavior from poor parenting. 2. If you can focus for a long time you don’t have ADHD. 3. Eliminating sugar and eating clean will fix ADHD. 4. People always outgrow ADHD. 5. Successful people can’t have ADHD. 6. Smart people can’t have ADHD. 7. The medications to treat ADHD will lead to drug abuse. 8. ADHD is just an excuse for laziness. They shoul

Week 4's video to honor ADHD Awareness Month tackles common myths about ADHD.

Week 3 of ADHD Awareness Month’s question is one of the most commonly asked: What’s the best treatment for ADHD? If you missed the first two weeks: What are Executive Functions and how are they related to ADHD? What does ADHD look like at different ages? Resources: CHADD’s Toolkit has fantastic information and printables: https://chadd.org/nrc-toolkit/ Parent to Parent: Family Training on ADHD provides parents with a comprehensive understanding of ADHD as well as strategies t

Week 3 of ADHD Awareness Month answers one of the most common questions about ADHD: What's the best treatment?

We’re honoring ADHD Awareness Month this year with a weekly video about ADHD. This week’s question: What does ADHD look like at different ages? See Week 1’s video about Executive Functioning.

We're honoring ADHD Awareness Month this year with a weekly video about ADHD. This week's question: What does ADHD look like at different ages?

In appreciation of ADHD Awareness Month, each Sunday of October we'll share a new educational video about ADHD.

Each Sunday during October 2020 we are answering a new question about ADHD in honor of ADHD Awareness Month. Question 1: What are executive functions and how are they related to ADHD? ADHD is not just a problem with attention and hyperactivity. Some people can have sustained attention on things they enjoy despite struggling to maintain focus on the task at hand. Others don’t have hyperactivity at all. The name ADHD can be misleading but it is a diagnosis that physicians and p