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ADHD – What does it mean and how do you deal with it? From diagnosis to treatment, ADHD Focus will explore all aspects of ADHD. The latest research, trends and interpretations will be discussed with prominent experts in the field. We’ll also talk with people who have been diagnosed and, their families to learn their techniques for coping and pursuing a productive, happy life!
Would you recognize the early warning signs of burnout in yourself? Do you know what burnout feels like? Are you... The post Everyone With ADHD needs A Burnout Prevention Plan appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Do you find Artificial Intelligence (ai) baffling, mysterious, useful, fantastic, or dangerous…or any combination of those? It is a great... The post ai and ADHD, a great combination! appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
If there were some fairly simple changes to your environment and to your habits which you could make to get more energy, better focus, and reduce... The post Get your Circadian Rhythm back on the beat! appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Anxiety, the tightness in your chest, shoulders rising up toward your ears, dry mouth, sweaty palms, heart pounding…sound / feel... The post ADHD & Anxiety: How EFT Tapping Can Calm Stress Fast appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Are you thinking of moving to another country, for a job, for school, retirement, or just because? It’s not like... The post ADHD and Moving Abroad – Plan Carefully! appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Do you worry that other people will discover you are not as competent as you appear to be? Are you... The post ADHD Masking: Why You Feel Exhausted All the Time appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Have you ever heard someone say “ADHD isn’t real, those people are just lazy, no willpower.” Ever seen a post... The post Ari Tuckman Myths and Misinformation about ADHD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Girls can have ADHD too. For a variety of reasons that fact may not be so evident as in boys, which often results... The post Girls With ADHD: The Signs We Miss with Cynthia Hammer appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
What is your biggest ADHD challenge? Getting started? Finishing the task? Getting out the door (aka One More Thing)? Not enough motivation? All are variations... The post The ADHD Struggle Is Never Just One Thing appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Finding Motivation. The ultimate quest for persons with ADHD. My patients often tell me "I'm not motivated" or "I need more motivation". Actually,... The post Finding Motivation with Jeff Copper, ADHD coach and Chief Engineer of Cognitive Ergonomics appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Inaccurate and negatively-biased information about ADHD bombards us from all sides, in public and professional media alike. Sad to say,... The post ADHD Evidence Project with Dr. Stephen Faraone appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Do you (if you have ADHD) find it is easier to “think out loud”, to process your thoughts by talking... The post Talk It Out: How ADHD Brains Solve Problems appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Do you shudder when you hear the words “financial planning”? How do you answer the question “what would you like... The post ADHD-Friendly Financial Planning Made Easy appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
As a parent advocating for your ADHD/neurodivergent child at their school, have you found it difficult to jump through all... The post Creating a collaborative relationship with your child’s teachers appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Visualize a tree, with roots, trunk and branches all visible. This is your Tree, your life past and present, ready to grow more branches, the ideas and plans and things you create with your life. The roots are the experiences you have had in your life, some good, some not so good; what have you […] The post Tree of Life with Michelle Raz appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
“Just can’t get started“. “I did a bunch of things on my To-Do list…not the important ones but I got a lot done”. “I’m exhausted, can’t do another thing! (5pm)”. Does this sound like you? Join the crowd! At least 8 out 10 of us with ADHD (my guesstimate, probably more than that) have said that more […] The post The Murderers of Motivation appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Daydreaming. Spacing out. Moving slowly, takes a long time to do anything. Always tired, even if they got a good night’s sleep. They can focus, get chores and homework done, it just takes them such a long time. This is a description of a child with Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome, CDS (formerly known as Sluggish Cognitive Tempo). […] The post Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Which assignment do I work on now? Which is more important? When is that one due? These are questions every High School and college student has to answer every day. What if there was an app that consolidated all of those answers into a single list “do these today” and completing that daily list resulted […] The post Finish homework on time and stress-free? For real? Use studyzen™ appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
If anyone had doubts about whether my guest or I have ADHD, in this episode of ADHD Focus we provided decisive proof that indeed we do. In a wide-ranging discussion we touched on girls/women with ADHD, student struggles with ADHD, the shame experienced by women with ADHD due to impossible-to-meet societal expectations of a woman, […] The post The “lived experience” of ADHD as motivation to help others deal with it. appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Do you: You need to hear and/or watch this show!! A solution is at hand! Brent Newton is CEO and co-founder, along with his 12 year-old daughter, of myOwl, a program which integrates all apps and programs used by a school into one easy-access point which shows all assignments in all classes on the same […] The post Brent Newton of myOwl appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Micromoments of shame – stepping over the box you were going to take upstairs as you go upstairs, passing by the unfolded laundry, discovering the clothes in the washer from two days ago…we have them daily. Maybe neurotypical folks do too, but ADHDers have many more every day. this expression is not originally mine, a friend […] The post Micromoments of Shame appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Menopause and the hormonal swings leading up to it, perimenopause, often causes mood swings, brain fog, and always hot flashes. ADHD added to the mix compounds everything! Join Linda Roggli and I for a discussion of how hormonal shifts during this time affect ADHD, from the basic level of estrogen helping dopamine work better to […] The post Menopause and ADHD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Inattentive ADHD, the Stealth Diagnosis. People with Inattentive ADHD tend to fly under the radar for years, decades even, women and girls more often (inadvertently) than men and boys. They are labeled as disorganized, always late, space case, overwhelmed and over-committed, the kid with no friends, the school dropout. After High School (almost half the […] The post Inattentive ADHD, the Stealth Diagnosis appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Women with undiagnosed ADHD of either Type “pay” more for it than do men, this is theFemale ADHD Tax. Women and men who have undiagnosed ADHD struggle with life;they have higher risks of relationship issues, involvement with unwanted pregnancies,lower educational progress, lower-paying jobs, AND higher incidence of anxiety,depression, and domestic partner violence (to name a […] The post Women with Undiagnosed ADHD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Do you feel that the treatments for your child’s ADHD and co-occurring Anxiety and/or Learning Disorders and/or Depression are not working for …something else but you don’t know what? That there are signs – behaviors, meltdowns, struggles with friends – that things are not yet OK, that something is being missed. You are totally spent […] The post Girls on the Autism Spectrum – "the something else" appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Why do we ADHDers (which includes myself) toss one task aside and choose to do another? Why are some of us usually arriving late to meetings, dates, dinner at home? What we call Procrastination and Poor Time Management may actually have foundations in a different aspect of ADHD, Self-awareness. The strategies for changing those symptoms/habits […] The post A Fresh Perspective On Executive Functions appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
What is Asperger’s Syndrome anyway? Is it like autism? Can someone have ADHD and Asperger’s? How is that determined? In this show Thomas Brown PhD and I discuss the answers to these questions and more. Dr. Brown is one of the pre-eminent clinicians and authorities in the field of ADHD and associated disorders, I am privileged […] The post What Is Asperger’s Syndrome Anyway? appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
“I have to help my 9th grader, she can’t get organized and her grades are way down.” "Why does it take you so long to get your homework done?” “What can I do to help?” Do any of these questions sound familiar? Today my guest is Michelle Raz, a board-certified ADHD coach, her specialty is academic coaching. We will be exploring how […] The post Academic Coaching with Michelle Raz appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Welcome to the inaugural Video production of ADHD Focus, available on YouTube at ADHD Focus Kristin Swanson 32323 And coming soon to Roku and Firestick! The audio podcast of course remains available on most podcast channels. Do you know your ADHD-related strengths? So many of the resources for ADHDers talk about strategies to address weaknesses in our ADHD […] The post Know Your ADHD Related Strengths appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Why do people with ADHD need boundaries? Why do we typically have poor boundaries? Tamara Rosier joins us for a second time for an enlightening discussion about boundaries. Tamara Rosier, Phd is the Founder of the ADHD Center of Western Michigan and author of ‘Your Brain’s no Broken”. Tamara’s book “Your Brain’s Not Broken” explains how ADHD […] The post Boundaries appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
“I can’t be late for work again! Where are my keys?” “Mom, where are my baseball shoes?” “It’s past midnight again, and I have that 7am meeting”. Do any of these sound familiar? Getting up earlier to get to work on time won’t work; setting a routine, a habit of where you put the keys […] The post Master ADHD Now with Nic McLoughlin appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.
Email, the Great Time Sink! As in your precious time goes down the drain…. It is almost impossible to resist jumping right into email first thing and pretty soon you are thinking “I am being productive! I am getting things done!” Well, yes…you are diverting your attention/energy from the tasks you had decided were important […]
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In this part II of the discussion begun last week with Elaine Taylor-Klaus, author of Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids, we move on to parent coaching, helping your child learn the skills they will need to manage their time, attention, and emotions. The faulty neural networks in the brain in the centers for executive functions […]
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Have you been asking yourself these questions: “The treatments we have been doing help but it’s still a struggle every day, is it this hard for all parents?” “We think there is more going on than just ADHD (or) Anxiety (or) Autism Spectrum issues, where can we find help to figure that out?” “I know […]
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This is Dr. David Pomeroy, your host of ADHD Focus, the podcast with the goal of exploding the myth-information about ADHD out there. Welcome back to round 2 of my discussion with Jeff Copper, ADHD Coach and creator of DigCoaching, about the basic elements of coping with ADHD which you may be missing. His podcast is available on attentiontalkradio, his website is www.digcoaching.com. Awareness is the key, not only […]
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How are you sabotaging yourself in dealing with ADHD? And you are, all of us with ADHD are doing it. Maybe you are working on organization, time management, getting things done. BUT if those are the only strategies you are using to deal with your ADHD you are missing the essential basics, the foundation which […]
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What can you be doing now to enable you to live into the vision you have for your future? Yeah, I know. "Future? I have a tough time keeping me in line with tomorrow much less years away." "Future? I'll deal with it when I get there. And don't you DARE say the word "plan"! That's […]
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“I am just not motivated. Maybe my meds need to be adjusted.” “I do many things every day but not the ones I know I need to do”. “Why can’t I get going on school work/that big project/my taxes?” Motivation, energy to get started and then actually starting, is a BIG issue in ADHD. My […]
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Why do people pick at their skin, pull out their hair, pop zits for fun? Is it part of ADHD? Can it become a part of someone’s ADHD? Can it be from ADHD medications? Answers are in this show! My guest is Roberto Olivardia, a psychologist in private practice in Lexington MA and lecturer at […]
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Join Dr. David Pomeroy for the second show about life before and life after the diagnosis of ADHD and starting treatment, the stories of 2 people whose lives turned around . In the previous show you heard how Alyxx went from dissatisfaction with their job yet thinking they could not do anything else to creating a therapy practice and managing it as well as their personal life with great success. In this show we hear from Aron, a"life failure by age 32" who had lost 7 jobs, was divorced and broke, a man transformed by treatment of his ADHD into an ADHD Coach, frequent webinar host and guest, change management consultant, and founder of hiddenadd.com. Listen and learn!
What is it like going from struggling but not knowing why to discovering why so much of your life didn't go well to success in so many ways? If you have ADHD and know it, many of these shows will be familiar. If you think you may have ADHD and the journeys of the 2 people presented in the next 2 shows sound familiar, all too familiar, see an expert for an evaluation. Starting treatment for your ADHD will (with high probability, like 90%) change your life.
This is the first of two shows about two people and their lives before and after their ADHD diagnosis and treatment. One is an ADHD Coach and man with a passion for helping everyone (yes even neurotypicals) understand ADHD and those with ADHD to succeed in life. The other is a patient of mine, a woman whose life turned around when she decided to treat her ADHD, a diagnosis made when she was a child but whose parents "did not want me to take speed". (myth often held by neurotypicals, prescription stimulants are like street drugs and will ruin your life. WRONG.)
Join me in getting an inside look at how 2 lives changed with diagnosis, treatment, and acceptance of the challenges of having ADHD. The first show features my patient Alyxx (they/them). How are they meeting those challenges now? Listen and learn!
This is the final installment of my series with Elaine Taylor-Klaus on raising complex kids (aren’t they all? Yes) especially those with ADHD, Anxiety and More (and sometimes both of those and others).
Our discussion continues on the 4 Phases of parenting roles – Director, Collaborator, Supporter and Advisor/Champion – as they apply to children at the different stages of their emotional, social and academic development. If you missed any of the previous 3 shows you can catch up with them here or at targetingadhd.com. Listen and Learn!
Would you like to change how life happens in your home, reduce frustrations, change the emotional tone of family interactions? Parenting is difficult and the path to making constructive changes can be hard to find.
Elaine Taylor-Klaus returns for this show and the next as we move through the ways to do exactly that. Elaine is a parent of 3 kids with ADHD, an adult with ADHD (as is her husband), a Parent Coach, and the author of The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety and More. In the last 2 episodes we discussed the 6 steps of the IMPACT model of parenting, in this and the next episode we talk through the Four Phases of the Parent-coach role as they apply to parent-child relationships at different developmental stages of childhood. Raising your child to become an independent confident young adult is the goal of every parent. This series of 4 shows gives you the blueprint for how to do it. Listen and Learn!
My guest today is Kate Moryoussef, a well-being/ADHD coach who lives in the UK and thanks totechnology for online meetings has clients around the world. She outlined her “8 Rules of Wellbeing: An Aid Kit for Women with ADHD” in a guest blog in ADDitude magazine which includes many methods you probably know about and someyou may not.
Rejoin Elaine Taylor-Klaus and I as we continue our discussion of the IMPACT model of collaborative parenting, a powerful way to reach a primary goal of parenting, guiding your child to independence in self-management by their late teens. We take an in-depth look at applying the model at each stage of of a child’s emotional and intellectual development as a parent advances from the role of Director to Guide then Supporter and finally Advisor and Cheerleader. The task at hand: homework. Always a challenge.
Elaine’s book The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids takes you through the steps of the IMPACT model in detail. Listen and learn!
What frustrates you most as a parent? Are your challenges different at different ages or with one child and not with another? Is there a clear path through the wilderness of parenting, one that leads to the goal every parent seeks, raising adults who can manage their lives independently with confidence? The answer is Yes, there is.
(If you are not a parent yet or do not plan to be one, do not change the channel! Wisdom lies ahead in this series, regardless of your life situation.)
Elaine Taylor-Klaus of IMPACTparents.com has cleared a path through the tangle of parenting in her 10 years of experience coaching parents and at least twice that as a mother with ADHD raising 3 kids with ADHD. Her book The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids outlines clearly how to develop a collaborative approach to parenting, laid out in the IMPACT model, one that works. We discuss the model and the different roles parents can use as they teach and guide their children into becoming adults confident in managing their lives on their own. Listen and learn!!
Welcome back to Part 2 of my discussion with Dr. Bill Dodson on Emotional Dysregulation and Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria in ADHD. We are continuing our discussion of last week on this important aspect of ADHD which has been left out of the “official” definitions of ADHD and is only now gaining the attention it deserves. I believe it is the part of ADHD which causes the most distress to people with ADHD and all those in relationships with them. But there is hope! Listen and learn!
Today Dr. David Pomeroy speaks with Dr. Bill Dodson about Emotional Dysregulation in ADHD. Emotional Dysregulation and Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria are important aspects of ADHD which have been left out of the “official” definitions and are only now gaining the attention they deserve.
This is part one of a two- part series addressing two issues that cause a tremendous amount of distress to people with ADHD as well as those in relationships with them. There is hope! Listen and learn!
This episode continues the discussion about depression and ADHD, moving into bipolar disorder and ADHD. Some people have both, sorting that out is important as the bipolar disorder needs to be treated before the ADHD. My guest is Dr. Bill Dodson, a psychiatrist who is one of the pioneers in treating adult ADHD starting 20 years ago. He has moved on from direct patient care to writing and consulting. He has written many articles for ADDitude magazine and does Webinars with them as well. Join us for Part 2 !
Have you ever been told diagnosed with depression, either before or after your ADHD diagnosis? Depression commonly travels along with ADHD and sometimes can be confused with it. They each complicate the other; it is important to make the distinction to treat each one successfully.
Sometimes the depression derives from the impairments of ADHD and treating the ADHD first is the key resolving the depression. If the depression includes thoughts or plans of suicide then certainly it needs to be addressed first.
My guest today is Dr. Bill Dodson, a psychiatrist who began his clinical practice 25 years ago as one of the first practitioners to specialize in adults with ADHD. He recently changed the emphasis of his practice from patient care to being a writer, speaker, and consultant in the field of ADHD. He has written more than 100 articles and done 12 webinars for ADDitude magazine and ADDA (Adult ADD Association). He is an expert in both conditions and has wisdom to share with us about ADHD and depression. Listen and learn!
What can you do about it and how can you help your child?
Ellen Braaten, PhD of Harvard Medical School and Executive Director of LEAP (Learning and Educational Assessment Program) at Massachusetts General Hospital, author of Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up, joins me again to discuss this condition which can be part of ADHD and/or Learning Disorders. Listen and Learn!
Second installment on processing speed - What can you do about it and how can you help your child? Ellen Braaten, PhD of Harvard Medical School and Executive Director of LEAP (Learning and Educational Assessment Program) at Massachusetts General Hospital, author of Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up, joins me again to discuss this condition which can be part of ADHD and/or Learning Disorders. Listen and Learn!
“So that’s why my son takes so long to get ready for school, every single day, no matter what I say.” “She never remembers half of what I ask her to do, it’s easy things too.” “He can do his multiplication tables fine at home but he is slowest in class on the 3 minute tests at school.” Does this sound familiar? Slow processing speed may be the problem. Often a part of ADHD but it can also be the primary issue instead of ADHD.
My guest today is Dr. Ellen Braaten, Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Executive Director of LEAP (Learning and Educational Assessment Program) at Massachusetts General Hospital, author ofBright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up, and an expert in the field of processing speed, ADHD and LD.
Slow Processing Speed
· what is it?
· how does it show up at home and school ?
· how can you as a parent best help your child succeed?
Join us! Listen and Learn !
Cannabis/weed/marijuana - it's everywhere. It is legal for adult use with no restrictions in 11 states, for "medicinal" (sic) use in 34 states. And it affects brain development in teens and even into 20s because the brain doesn't become fully mature until age 25 – and later for an ADHD-affected brain. Regular use as an adolescent has permanent negative effects which result in altered brain capabilities...FOR LIFE. That will become increasingly evident as the current teen users get into their 20s and 30s, but it has been shown even now. How many teens really use that much, enough to cause life-altering problems? As of 2017 DAILY users - 1.3 % of 8th , 4.8% of 10th, and 6.4% of High School seniors !! 36% of HS seniors had used weed at all in the previous year. And those numbers are increasing every year. The number of users vaping (smoking a refined concentrated liquid form of cannabis) DOUBLED from 2017 to 2018.
My guest this week is an expert in this subject, Roberto Olivardia, a psychologist in the Boston area with a private practice who also holds a part-time teaching position at Harvard Medical School. We discuss the scope of use of cannabis, how it affects brain development and why using it is attractive to teens, especially anyone with anxiety, ADHD, depression, poor school grades etc. Roberto also outlines what parents can do to help their children learn how to deal with all the influences encouraging cannabis use which they will encounter as they enter and go through teen-age years. Listen and Learn!
Today Dr. Pomeroy talks to Elaine Taylor-Klaus, one of the innovators of ADHD Coaching specifically in the area of coaching parents. Elaine has done group classes for parents since 2011 and her book just came out – Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids.
If there were a way to change your child's self-perception and self-talk from negative to positive would you want to know about it? (Hint, yours will change as well.) How about helping your child learn how to calm her/himself before becoming overwhelmed and “losing it”? My guest today is eartha Powell. She has developed a way for you to do exactly that. Through her determination, curiosity and drive to help her son with ADHD and learning issues she created an approach she calls Transition Awareness Breathing. .
It is not your usual coloring book! Check it out, it is full of great ideas and fun things for kids and families to do. This show will give you an introduction to an approach to learning, creating and being unlike any other! Listen and learn!
Her book TAB Mindfulness, Awareness, and Coloring Activities in a pandemic world can be found here on Amazon.
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Here you go....Brendan Mahan and the Wall of Awful
“Yup, I failed again, messed it up”. “I’ve disappointed Mom again, she probably wishes Iwasn’t her kid.”
“I’ll be up until 2am getting this report done, why didn’t I get startedearlier instead of watching Netflix again? I’m stupid, that’s why”.
Ever heard yourself saying that? Ever heard your child say that? Ouch! It hurts!
My guest today is Brendan Mahan, Executive Function coach/consultant, speaker andeducator (former 6th grade teacher). And parent. And person with ADHD. He came upwith the concept of the Wall of Awful as the representation of the negative emotions andself-talk that accumulate faster and grow higher for those of us with ADHD than forneurotypicals. Kids, parents, adults with ADHD are very good at adding those emotional“bricks” to the Wall of Awful. Join Brendan and I as we discuss how the Wall gets builtand the 5 ways of dealing with it, 2 of which work well and get us to the other side of theWall of Awful. Listen and learn!
Brendan’s podcast is ADHD Essentials, his website www.adhdessentials.com
Have you ever felt like dealing with your ADHD child is a never-ending series of battles?
Homework, chores, screen time … only a few of the possible sticking points. There is hope!
My guest this week is Penny Williams, author of 4 books** on parenting ADHD and ASD children, developer of an online Parent Training course – 8 sessions go-at-your-own-pace – in which parents learn the different mindset needed to be the best parent to their child with a different-than-usual mind. Kids in tantrum mode are not out to give you a hard time, they are having a hard time…and they don’t know how to make it better. You as a parent can learn how to teach them, and yourself, to do exactly that – stop the battles and move into a more peaceful enjoyable family life. Listen and learn!
** Boy Without Instructions – her first, chronicling how she developed her own ways of working with her ADHD son and Hidden Layers of ADHD – the most recent of the four.
Her website is www.parentingadhdandautism.com ; This has details on her Parent Training course, her blogs and descriptions of her books. Find Penny and her books on Amazon here.
Everyone is asking, how do we cope with the summer of COVID? Usual activities are gone, everyone in the family is on edge, we can’t see friends or other family…HELP!
Help is on the way, and it’s here. My guest is Dr. Sharon Saline*, psychologist extraordinaire, author of the book What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew and the just released card deck ADHD Solutions. Building upon the outline she developed for a webinar with ADDitude magazine (www.additudemag.com ) we discuss strategies to help the family deal with the anxiety and lack of certainty resulting from the way COVID-19 has affected our lives. Establish a daily routine, weekly family meetings to sort things out, self-care to fill your tank up again and maintain resilience in the face of the multiple challenges of the COVID Summer (and coming soon, COVID Fall the Sequel) and other practical approaches to reducing stress while coping with the uncertainties we all face. Listen and learn!
Preview –
How to set up smart daily routines and long-term plansHow to deal with mental health issues related to COVID-19 (such as feelings of anxiety, hopelessness, and anger)How to go with the flow in a world without answersHow limit screen time without argumentsHow to foster social contact that’s safe and appropriateHow to solve childcare challengesHow to take care of ourselves and what self-care really looks like
*Dr. Saline can be found at: www.drsharonsaline.com, www.facebook.com/DrSharonSaline, twitter.com/DrSharonSaline
Would you want to live in a world without ADHD?
I certainly wouldn’t. How dull it would be! Artists, inventors, explorers, statesmen, actors, musicians – many have ADHD and many who have now passed can be figured to have had ADHD.
My guest today is Kirsten Milliken PhD who together with Kris Mitchell has spun an idea they had into what will be a virtual online exhibit in conjunction with the International ADHD Conference in November 2020. “The intention is to illustrate how much the world benefits from the presence of ADHD in the human neurodiversity ecosystem,” said Kirsten. Visual arts or written word from people of any age will be shown and auctioned off to benefit anyone of three ADHD-supporting organizations.
Go to the website www.worldwithoutADHD (http://worldwithoutadhd.com).com for details. Kirsten wrote the book PlayDHD, a book for adults with ADHD (more on that in another show), she is an ADHD Coach and now a facilitator for an exhibition of ADHD talents! Listen and Learn!
Do you and your ADHD child understand how to work together to solve the time management, task management, emotional management issues that show up daily? These happen in every household of course but they break down more easily and more often when ADHD is involved. Your child is trying the best she or he knows how but the ADHD brain can’t figure it out without help, your help. My guest today is Dr. Sharon Saline, a psychologist who sets out the framework for approaching these challenges in her book What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew, based upon the 5 Cs. Her website is https://drsharonsaline.com/ (https://drsharonsaline.com/)
Curious to know what the 5Cs are and how they can help families coping with ADHD? Listen and learn!
Have you ever tried to sort through programs and apps to find which one might help your child with ADHD and/or LD do better in school?
Which ones are included in programs you probably have like MS Word or Google Docs?
Are there others that aren’t too costly and have proven value?
My guest this show is Dr. Brian Friedlander (http://assistivetek.blogspot.com), Associate Professor of Education at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ. He teaches graduate programs in assistive technology (AT), has co-authored the book Engaging the Resistant Child Through Computers as well as several laminated reference guides to AT in a variety of formats. His blog can be found at assistivetek.blogspot.com. Join us for a whirlwind tour of AT for students with ADHD and LD challenges. Listen and Learn!
For quick referral - here are some of the apps and programs suggested by Dr. Friedlander.
Closing the gap: https://www.closingthegap.com/ (https://www.closingthegap.com/)
Don Johnston: https://learningtools.donjohnston.com/support/product-resources/ (https://learningtools.donjohnston.com/support/product-resources/)
Mathpad 2.0: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mathpad/id435087400 (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mathpad/id435087400)
Mathline Abacus: https://www.howbrite.com/ (https://www.howbrite.com/)
ADHD often shows up differently in girls than it does in boys. Usually. How? What factors indicate higher risk outcomes for girls? Consequences of undiagnosed ADHD in girls are much more severe overall, especially in teen years – cutting, depression, anxiety, suicidal thinking, eating disorders. Higher risk for these are 4: Combined Type ADHD, impaired family dynamics, poor peer acceptance and past abuse -physical, sexual and/or emotional neglect.
These topics I discussed with my guest today, Dr. Stephen Hinshaw, Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Francisco and Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley. He has written and co-authored numerous books, among them Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness in 2017 and The ADHD Explosion in 2014 with Richard Sheffler. He directs the Berkeley Girls with ADHD Longitudinal Study which began in 2003 and continues. His website is www.stephenhinshawauthor.com.
Listen and learn!
*** Stay tuned for the sequel, treatment – what helps and how.
“He disrupts the class, he argues with me, he breaks the rules at home and at school”. “I have to ask 3 times and she still forgets to do it”.
Does that sound familiar?
These are behaviors which result from the brain differences in people with ADHD. My guest today, Dr. David Anderson, specializes in helping families learn how to turn these behaviors around. As a clinical psychologist at ChildMind in NYC he teaches parents strategies they can use to reduce the stresses of living with ADHD-affected kids and to set their ADHD child(ren)on the path to success at home and in school. Listen and learn!
Resources Dr. Anderson suggests for parents:
The Everyday Parenting Toolkit by Alan Kazdin
Managing ADHD in School (for teachers) by Russell Barkley PhD
Sleep is the most important of all life rhythms. Your brain is not turned off and resting during sleep, it is putting information into long-term memory so that learning becomes knowledge, it is “defragging the disk” clearing out leftover bits of metabolic processes so neural networks don’t get clogged up, it is working all the time 24/7/365 (more in leap years). My guest is Dr. Joel Nigg, a Professor at the Oregon Health Sciences University and Director of the Division of Psychology, researcher and author in the ADHD arena, and an expert in many aspects of ADHD. His latest book Getting Ahead of ADHD is an up-to-date summary of knowledge in all areas of ADHD including exercise, diet, sleep, video games and toxins/pollutants. It addresses many issues including new treatments using technology and behavioral methodologies. Getting to bed and getting good quality sleep is crucial for us ADHDers, and a major challenge in this day and age. Join us to learn how to do it – Listen and learn! (and then sleep on it so you know how to do it )
“It’s too hard!” “Why do I have to do this stupid book report? It’s dumb!”
“I finished it in school”…which you find out later is not the truth.
Have you heard this before, or something like it? Frustrating to say the least! For you, the teacher(s) and your child. My show today is about how to change the repeated failures into repeated successes.
Dr. Jerome Schultz is a neuropsychologist of 38 years’ experience who has developed a simple technique to turn this around. Simple but it does take effort and practice to make it work. You can do it! We discuss what is “behind the curtain”, why kids evade homework and hate school, how the brain differences in ADHD are a setup for failure if not recognized and an approach that works to develop successes leading to a Growth Mindset.
He outlines this approach in his book Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD & LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It. He spends 2 days a week in schools working with teachers and students, consults with School Districts in the Boston area, and he writes articles in ADDitude magazine (additudemag.com (http://additudemag.com)) and blogs for Understood which is now at u.org (http://u.org). He walks the talk! Check those out, but right now listen and learn!
Follow Dr. Schultz on twitter @docschultz
How can someone with ADHD figure out what career to pursue?
What if I don’t like what I chose in college? Where can I get some practical experience and discover my true interests? I have many interests, do I have to choose just one and leave the others behind? In this show my guest Rick Green and I discuss these questions and more.
Rick is the creative mind behind TotallyADD.com, which has grown from their first video/documentary “ADD and Loving It?!” in 2010 to many more documentary-style shows addressing all aspects of ADHD. He and a colleague in the comedy business started the TV show “The Red Green Show” which ran for 12 seasons on Canadian TV and can still be seen in syndication on many PBS stations in the US. His college degree is in Physics. Following one’s passions and interests can result in a career vastly different than the college degree, as Rick and so many others have found.
First step? Accept your ADHD, don’t fight it. Then learn to know your strengths and play to those. Develop your interests, meet your challenge areas with support systems and strategies, and be open to whatever comes along. You can have a rewarding career and life while using your ADHD as an advantage. Listen, and learn!
Here are more answers to the FAQs on the “High School to ‘after’ transition” for students and families dealing with ADHD – a parent’s role is coach, not player; what teens wish parents had done to help the transition; important facts about medications at college. Dr. Theresa Maitland returns to discuss these topics and more.
She has over 45 years of counseling/coaching experience in this field. She has co-authored 2 books with Patricia Quinn MD - Ready for Takeoff, Preparing Your Teen for the Transition from High School to College for parents, and On Your Own, College Readiness Guide for Teens with ADHD/LD. Her work as one of the first professionals doing ADHD coaching with students has grown to include families as well. She is open to receiving questions by email at drtmaitland@gmail.com (mailto:drtmaitland@gmail.com). In this show we continue our discussion on the best ways to prepare adolescents and their parents for the move to what comes after High School. Listen and learn!
Does your spouse/partner/you have ADHD? Do any of these sound familiar?
“You never listen, you don’t care about me.”
“I’ve told you so many times…(pick any of 15 things)”
“I’ve had it. Either you get this fixed or I’m leaving.”
ADHD affects relationships in so many ways and can derail them in so many ways. It’s not the fault of either person, but it needs to be figured out or the relationship will fall apart.
My guest today is Don Baker, a Masters level therapist in Seattle. Don has worked in the field of ADHD since his own diagnosis in 1997 and obtaining his counseling license in 1998. He works with couples in all stages of their journey/struggles with ADHD. His website is www.unpackingadhd.com (http://unpackingadhd.com) and Facebook page is unpackingADHD (https://www.facebook.com/unpackingadhd/). He posts tips and thoughts daily.
In this show we discuss the three key stages of the process of working through the effects of ADHD on relationships and give you resources to help in your journey. It’s hard work. Takeaways from this show – 1) There is hope, and 2) Commitment on the part of each partner to the process, both in his/her individual therapy work and in how they can approach the issues together is the key to success. Listen and learn!
Do you worry about how your ADHD child will do when she/he goes off to college? Do you wonder how you can give him/her the best preparation for demands of living away from you, not to mention the college academics?
Dr. Theresa Maitland has over 45 years of counseling/coaching experience, the last 24 years at a college specifically assisting students who are struggling with those exact challenges. She has written 3 books, including Ready for Takeoff, the Transition from High School to College for parents, and On Your Own, College Readiness for teens (co-authored with Patricia Quinn MD). She was one of the first professionals doing ADHD coaching in this issue, and soon realized it had to include families, not just students. She is open to receiving questions by email at drmaitland@gmail.com. In this show we discuss to best ways to prepare adolescents and their parents for the move to college life and academics. Listen and learn!
There are so many sources of information and myth - information about medications for ADHD it is hard to get reliable information. Dr. Ted Mandelkorn began working with children with ADHD in the mid-1970s in his Mercer Island practice (near Seattle) and continues to do so. He is a pediatrician who saw many of his patients, and their families, struggling with the behaviors and impairments of ADHD, and recognized the critical importance of treating the neurochemical imbalance of ADHD with medication. He shares with us in this show some of the wealth of information on this topic, informed by experience “on the front lines”. Practice-based Evidence.
PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Mandelkorn and I firmly believe that medications are only one of the aspects of treating ADHD, an essential one but certainly not the only one. This discussion is only about medications. Other shows address many of the other important strategies for helping people cope with ADHD.
Roberto Olivardia, PhD - Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Do you know anyone who absolutely hates some aspect about his/her body? Enough to obsessively try to change it? Some do with cosmetic surgery, but many do with behaviors – hours of exercise daily, extreme diets, etc. These people check the mirror daily if not more. And as a group 20% of people who suffer from BDD commit suicide. 20% !!
Listen as Dr. Roberto Olivardia, an expert in the field of eating disorders and BDD, tells us about this condition that affects 1-2% of the population, how to help someone you may think has it, and resources for families and individuals affected by it. People with ADHD are at risk for it by the very nature of the emotional turmoil caused by ADHD. One key resource is https://iocdf.org, the website of the International OCD Foundation.
Dr. Olivardia has a private practice in the Boston area, and is on the clinical faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has written a book The Adonis Complex, about eating disorders in boys and men, and his clinical work centers around eating disorders and BDD.
Do you struggle to parent your ADHD child? Does your ADHD child resist, dismiss, rebel against your requests, advice, guidance, and rules? This is a podcast you will not want to miss! Cindy Goldrich explains how an ADHD mind works, and why your child appears to defy reason, logic and you. Starting with “parent the child you have”, she explains 8 Keys to Parenting Children with ADHD (also the title of her book), and how to go about developing a collaborative relationship with your child. Communication and collaboration are the keys to success, reducing the stress levels, and guiding your child to a more effective way of dealing with the world. Learn more and sign up for online coaching at www.ptscoaching.com (http://www.ptscoaching.com) Listen and learn !
How can kids learn to identify their feelings, and to read social cues to identify how others are feeling? Feelings are facts to the one doing the feeling, and many are uncomfortable or scary; what tools can one use to cope with them? My guest today is Anna Vagin, PhD, a Speech and Language Pathologist, whose work in the past 30 years has been in the field of social learning. She has developed a process by which kids can learn about emotions – their own and those of others – and how to deal with them. YouTube videos! Who knew there were good ones out there!
Her website is www.socialtime.org (http://www.socialtime.org/) , she is on Twitter @anna_vagin and her first book is YouCue FEELINGS, Using Online Videos for Social Learning.
I think you will find this a fascinating topic, one which every parent, child, teacher, and all the rest of us can use to improve our social awareness. Listen and learn !!
Are you a woman with ADHD? Do you know one? You need to listen to this show with Kathleen Nadeau, a psychologist and pioneer in the field of ADHD in women. She began her clinical practice over 30 years ago working with children, then with parents of those children, and then concentrated on the issues faced by women with ADHD. She has written many books on aspects of ADHD and continues her clinical practice at the Chesapeake ADHD Center. We discuss how ADHD in women is often missed in diagnosis and how it affects a woman’s self-esteem and ability to function well in all the arenas of life she is called upon to manage. Dr. Nadeau is in the process of writing a book on Aging with ADHD, and would love to interview women over the age of 60 with ADHD; please contact her through her website www.chesapeakeadd.com (http://www.chesapeakeadd.com/).
Organization – a word that brings a shudder of shame and guilt to all with ADHD. We know we don’t do it well, even though we may have read all kinds of books and tips. There is an approach which holds hope for us, and that is “marginal gains”, progress that comes from making incremental changes.
Organization is not just “arrange the clutter”, it also applies to managing time. That may be the aspect of it that leads to many of the frustrations of ADHD. Simple changes one or two at a time can reduce that frustration quotient significantly.
My guest is Denise Allan, a professional organizer who holds a designation of ADHD Specialist from the National Association of Professional Organizers; she figures 70% or more of her clients have ADHD. Her monthly newsletter can be found at www.simplyexperts.com (http://www.simplyexperts.com/) and on her Facebook page Simplify Experts has a daily tip on organization.
Baking, get cards sent out, family dinners, Santa pictures, decorate the house, get the lights up, finish the costume for the play… presents? Oh no, I’ve got to get some for the kids to give to Aunt Gladys, and…and…and…. In one way or another most of us have been there. What are some things parents can do to create and celebrate family traditions, include their children in the planning and doing, and give themselves the gift of self-care along the way, so they can satisfy their desire to give their families a wonderful Holiday time? Listen as I talk with Elaine Taylor-Klaus, co-founder of IMPACTadhd, an online parent training and coaching program for parents of complex kids, and co-author of the recently released book Parenting ADHD Now. We discuss how to stay mindful of celebrating holiday time, not just getting through it. And if it has been a struggle this year, take heart, next year can be better !
Lose your keys again? Up too late doing “one more thing”? Down on yourself because “I got nothing done today” when only 3 of your 18 items on the to-do list got done? My guest on this show is Doug Puryear MD, a psychiatrist who discovered at age 64 that he had ADHD, and he set out to change the ways ADHD had interfered with his life. His book Your Life Can Be Better outlines many strategies you can use to do exactly that. He also has 2 blogs on ADHD issues, at www.ADDadultstrategies.wordpress.com (http://www.addadultstrategies.wordpress.com/) . His basic approach: identify the problem, create a strategy, make a rule and follow it (expect that you will flop a few times, pick yourself up and start again) and the rule becomes a habit. Listen up, find out how you can do the same !
Does “screen time” on Smartphones, laptops, tablets etc affect my child’s brain? If so, how? Is she losing anything, or not developing some skills because she’s on YouTube and Netflix and Facetime so often? How much screen time is OK, and at what age? Listen to this show with Dr. Mary Burke, psychiatrist in San Francisco who has studied, written and lectured about these questions. One crucial skill everyone needs is the ability to read emotions from facial expressions, and that is based upon face-to-face time with parents mainly. When children are in an unresponsive social environment (parent or sitter or sib on screen, not interacting), that alters the expression of some genes and critical pathways are undeveloped. Does it matter? You bet it does! Listen up !
What can replace screen time? Campaign for Commercial Free Childhood (http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/%20) has great ideas, check it out !
Have you ever wondered with your child or a family member might have bipolar disorder, in addition to or instead of ADHD? Do the rages your child exhibits always represent bipolar disorder? This can be a difficult distinction to make for health care professionals and yet it is an important one to make, due to the serious nature of bipolar disorder. In today’s show my guest Dr. Robert Olivardio and I will discuss how parents and family members can provide information to the health care professionals they’re working with that can be very helpful in determining whether a bipolar disorder is present. Dr. Olivario is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Lexington Massachusetts and also a clinical instructor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in the treatment of ADHD, executive functioning disorders, OCD, and issues faced by students with learning disorders. He serves on the Advisory Boards of ADDitude magazine as well as national ADHD organizations.
Do you get knocked off balance by unexpected events in your life? While you are going about your business does life come along and interrupt? For those with ADHD these events can knock us out of action, unable to function well, and our ADHD symptoms come roaring back in spite of medications, our own coping strategies, coaching, counseling, whatever had helped before. My guest today is James Ochoa, a Licensed Professional Counselor in Austin TX and Director of the Life Empowerment Center in Austin (www.tlec.info (http://www.tlec.info/) ). He conceptualizes this as an Emotional Distress Syndrome which affects literally 100% of people with ADHD. We discuss what this looks like, how it comes about, and what to do about it. More details on the tools you can develop to navigate the unexpected storms that come up are in his latest book Focused Forward: Navigating the Storms of Adult ADHD (also available in audio format). Listen in, learn, and take heart – there is hope!
Are you often late for appointments? Is your task list hours long but the time in your day disappears before the 3rd item is done? Is there time for yourself in all the busyness of the day? Most ADHDers would answer Yes/Yes/No. My guest today has great ideas on how to turn those answers into No/No/Yes.
Denise Allan, is a Certified Professional Organizer whose business, Simplify Experts, is in the Seattle area. She has added accreditation in the field of ADHD from the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (http://challengingdisorganization.org). You can search their Directory by ZIP to find an Organization expert near you.
We will be discussing how to improve your time awareness, to keep your tasks on track, and to reward yourself each step of the way (keeps the motivation going!). Sound daunting? It’s not, take it one small step at a time. Listen and learn!
Do you plan out your day? Do you have a good idea on how long a task will take you to finish? Do you have an ADHD accountability partner? For answers to these questions and more, listen to my conversation with Eric Tivers, LCSW, MSSW. Eric is a nationally recognized expert in the field of ADHD and productivity. In his private practice he works with clients of all ages; he also has a “public practice” using online approaches in a variety of ways.
His website is www.ADHDreWired.com (http://www.adhdrewired.com/). On it you can find links to his podcast “ADHD rewired” as well as his unique approach to coaching for ADHDers that utilizes easy to use video conference technology - ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Groups. This is an intensive online program, structured 12 week interactive groups of 12 people per group, from all different walks of life with the shared issue of difficulty coping with ADHD roadblocks. You can learn more about the group atwww.coachingrewired.com (http://www.coachingrewired.com/). Eric has also put together a 5 part video series called "125 Strategies to get your ADHD reWired.". You can find that at www.erictivers.com/125strategiesvideo (http://www.erictivers.com/125strategiesvideo)
So listen up, discover more ways to change your ADHD challenges into solutions that work for you!
Do you put things off you know you have to do? If you don’t, you may not have ADHD, though many neurotypical folks probably do it as well. But for ADHDers this is a MAJOR issue. My guest for this show is Rick Green of TotallyADD.com. After he was told he had ADHD, Rick’s background in TV and broadcasting enabled him to put together documentaries on all aspects of ADHD. ADD and Mastering It! was the second one, the “now what do I do?” part, with many tips for getting past the major stumbling blocks posed by ADHD.
Procrastination and steps to beat it, tracking tasks, getting ideas down that pop up in the midst of other tasks then returning to the task at hand, all these and more are included for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
Are there effective treatments for ADHD issues which do not involve medication? How can I overcome the negative self-talk I use when my ADHD gets in my way? Listen to this segment to find out!
My guest is Dr. Russell Ramsay, an expert in the field of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for ADHD. He is a psychologist, co-founder and co-director of the Penn Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program in Philadephia, Associate Professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Univ Pennsylvania School of Medicine, a full-time clinician, researcher, and author of books and journal articles about the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for ADHD. His two books for ADHDers are The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to facilitate coping inside and out, co-authored with Anthony Rostain MD; it is a "companion patient guide" for the CBT approach used at the Penn program, and Nonmedication Treatments for Adult ADHD: Evaluating impact on daily functioning and well-being.
Listen up to learn how CBT works and how it may help you with some of your ADHD-related struggles.
What are Executive Functions anyway? What do they have to do with ADHD? Are there ways to get them to function better? Listen up, answers to these questions and more are right here!
My guest today is Dr. Ari Tuckman, a clinical psychologist who specializes in the field of ADHD. In addition to his private practice, he has a podcast with over 100 episodes, has written three books and gives presentations on ADHD diagnosis and treatment. His websites are www.tuckmanpsych.com (http://www.tuckmanpsych.com) and www.adultadhdbook.com (http://www.adultadhdbook.com) . More Attention, Less Deficit has a wealth of information on all aspects of ADHD, it’s an encyclopedia of ADHD. And those Executive Functions? Get yours to work better with his workbook Understand Your Brain, Get More Done. Dr. Tuckman guides you as you develop your own solutions to issues like time management, organization, procrastination…well, if you happen have any issues with those. Give it a go!
Would having a coach for some of your ADHD issues be helpful? How does a coach help with some of the challenges of ADHD that medications cannot?
You will want to listen to this show to hear answers to these questions, and to hear of a unique approach to the day-to-day challenges we face as ADHDers. You will learn how to understand your unique ADHD challenges in ways you probably have not heard before, enabling you to develop solutions to remove the barriers that keep you from living into your potential.
My guest is Jeff Copper, an attention coach whose business it is to help those with ADHD achieve what they are capable of doing and being. His coaching business is Dig Coaching Practice, found at www.digcoaching.com (http://www.digcoaching.com/). He has “free fun stuff” on www.digcoaching.com/bundle (http://www.digcoaching.com/bundle), including challenging exercises to help you see attention and focus in a different light.
In addition to his personal coaching business, Jeff hosts Attention Talk Radio andAttention Talk Video, shows which bring other aspects of ADHD to public awareness. Listen up! You will be glad you did!
Do you struggle with organization, time management, getting started on tasks, not following the squirrels (aka getting distracted)? If you have ADHD, you know that these are challenges you face every day, among others.
My guest today is Alan Brown, an entrepreneur, ADHD/productivity coach and host of Crusher™TV (www.CrusherTV.com). He is the creative force behind ADD Crusher™, an award-winning video series for ADHD teens and adults. Diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, he found it difficult to learn coping strategies from books, so he developed his own unique strategies which he calls “brain hacks”. He shares these on his TV show, his video series and at his websites, and … in this show! You can get Alan’s free eBook, “5 Things You’re Doing Every Day that Make Your ADHD Worse!” atwww.ADDCrusher.com .
What is the “central mystery” of ADHD? What do “executive functions” have to do with ADHD? My guest today is Thomas Brown PhD, one of the foremost clinicians and thinkers in the field of ADHD today. Dr. Brown is the Associate Director of the Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders and has a private practice in Hamden CT as well. He says of his 40 year career “All I know about ADHD I have learned from listening to my patients”, and he shares some of that knowledge here in this show. His latest book Smart but Stuck explains, with stories from his patients, the role that executive functions play in the emotional reactivity and unpredictability of people with ADHD. Tune in to hear about that “central mystery”!
Have you, or your ADHD child or pour ever gone into a rage or withdrawn from others over nothing?
What triggers ADHD'ers into instant rage or expression? Dr. Bill Dodson and I discuss Rejection Sensitivity - a common issue with ADHD.
When one with ADHD perceives she or he has been rejected, discounted or unheard ... watch out!
You need to know about this! It can be destructive to relationships!
Bill dodson, MD is the founder of Dr. Dodson ADHD, a clinic in Denver, Colorado for the evaluation and treatment of ADHD and Learning Disorders. He has specialized in the field of Adult ADHD for over 20 years.
His book is in the press - watch for it!
Parenting an ADHD child takes parenting to a new level way beyond the usual parenting challenges. You are now playing in the big leagues, so having a coach to guide you is a necessity, not an option. The best foundation for building a healthy child and healthy family relationships is effective parenting, which with ADHD children often runs counter to usual parenting efforts. With coaching you can prevent problems which can develop in the future and take much more work as a parent and family to cope with.
My guest on this show is Elaine Taylor-Klaus, an ADHD Coach “and a Mom in a family of 5 ADHDers”. She is a co-founder of ImpactADHD, an online parent training program for parents of children with ADHD, and of Sanity School, an online parent training program for parents of kids with behavior problems, regardless of diagnosis. We will talk about the importance of parent coaching; all parents want the best for their child but it can be difficult to figure out how to get there. This show will point you in the right direction!
See her websites for further details. ImpactADHD.com (http://impactadhd.com) and SanitySchool.com (http://sanityschool.com)
In this show I explore that question with Rick Green of TotallyADD.com. We talk about some of the quirks that are often part of ADHD but may not be recognized as such, even by the one who has ADHD! Rick’s documentaries on ADHD and all of its aspects, as well as webinars with experts on ADHD, are onwww.TotallyADD.com (http://www.totallyadd.com/) . Rick is a comedian by experience, a fellow ADHDer, and now a man passionate about helping others understand ADHD. Join us!