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Dear Teacher: Let’s Work Together
Back-to-school time means it’s time to write a letter to your child’s teacher and outline the ADHD accommodations that have helped him/her find better success in the classroom.
Your Recipe for a Successful School Year
The new school year is upon us, and you want your child with ADHD to be happy and successful in school. You advocate for your child, but you can’t engineer your child’s success alone. You need to enlist your child’s school to team up with you. Here are some winning strategies to accomplish that.
The Importance of a Daily Schedule for Kids with ADHD – Back to School Series
Children with ADHD need routine. Reliable schedules for mornings, after school, and bedtime make a tremendous difference in setting expectations, building good habits, and improving ADD-related behavior. Use these recommended templates to wrangle your family’s time.
Always Late? Try These 5 Tips for Better Time Management
Time can be a tricky thing when you have ADHD. That’s because many ADHDers experience what is referred to as time insensitivity or time blindness. They have difficulty gauging the passage of time accurately which often results in getting lost in various tasks and activities; chronic lateness and missed deadlines; and overpromising but underdelivering on […]
What’s it like to have ADHD?
ADHD can present itself in many different ways and can feel very different for one person, versus another. This video outlines the many varied ways that ADHD can present.
How Many Times a Day Do You Tell Your Child “No”?
Children with ADHD are sometimes exhausting. They ask us to play tag. To set up the easel. To go for a bike ride. We feel the pressure to make dinner or run errands or clean house, so we say “no” — almost out of habit. But what if the trust and bond you created by saying “yes” was transformative?