Total results: 40

• Treating Depression in Children with ADHD
  Treatment for depression in children is critical to reduce the likelihood of suicide... more »
• Essential School Information for Parents
  Ensure your child gets what he needs with these six steps to success – and... more »
• Is It an Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)?
  Does your child struggle to block out background noise, follow conversations or pronounce words correctly?... more »
• Maybe It’s Not ADHD After All: About Common Learning Disabilities
  Nonverbal learning disorders frequently go unrecognized - or are mistakenly diagnosed as ADHD in children... more »
• ADHD vs. Nonverbal Learning Disorders
  Many doctors misdiagnose a nonverbal learning disorder (NLD) as ADHD. These NLD traits should prompt... more »
• About ADHD Children: ADD Diagnosis and Treatment
  A parent's guide about the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in children: recognizing symptoms, finding... more »
• Ask the Doctor: Critical Questions About ADHD Drugs
  Considering ADHD drug therapy for your child? Ask your doctor the right questions... more »
• Common ADHD Symptoms in Children
  Use this ADHD symptom checklist to determine whether your child meets the criteria for an... more »
• Can Brain Scans Help Diagnose ADHD?
  Some ADHD doctors offer patients high-tech options for diagnosis. Are these technologies helpful in determining... more »
• Diagnosing Related Conditions in ADHD Children and Adults
  How to help ADHD children and adults with common coexisting conditions like depression, anxiety and... more »

• Parenting ADHD Children with Learning Disabilities
  Expert strategies for parenting children with both ADHD and learning disabilities like dyslexia... more »
• When ADHD Might Be Something Else
  Understand the difference between sensory processing problems and attention deficit disorder (ADD ADHD) in children... more »
• Medicate Our ADHD Child?
  What to do when you say yes and your spouse says no... more »
• 7 Rules for Using ADHD Medications Safely
  7 ways to maximize the benefits of ADHD medications for you or your child with... more »
• Finding the Right Specialist for Your Child with ADHD
  Who does what? Here's a rundown of the help available for diagnosing a child with... more »

• Struggling with ADHD: 'I Almost Didn’t Make It Through High School'
  Help arrived in the form of a ADHD coach. But was Rob really ready... more »
• How Ritalin Saved My Child
  One parent's story of making the difficult but necessary decision to medicate her child with... more »
• Father-Son Bonding: Learning to Love Your Child's ADHD
  After years of wishing my son could just be "normal," it took a father-son camping... more »
• My Son Is More than an ADHD Diagnosis
  My ADHD child's behavior improved once I stopped holding my breath and seeing him as... more »
• Was It ADHD or Just Normal Preschool Activity?
  One mother asks, "Did heredity and prematurity cause my triplets' ADHD? Or should I blame... more »
• Hard Decisions for Loving Parents
  How one parent learned to grapple with his daughter's ADHD and bipolar disorder diagnoses, and... more »
• How We Missed Our Daughter's ADD
  Our daughter's attention deficit disorder (ADD) went undiagnosed for years while she struggled with distractibility,... more »
• Gut Check: How to Follow Your Instincts When Parenting an ADHD Child
  Why your parental instincts are usually right for your ADHD child - even when experts... more »

• A Qualified Diagnosis
  "My son's teacher thinks he might have ADHD. Who can diagnose him and treat this... more »
• Too Young for Treatment?
  "What’s the youngest age at which a child can be diagnosed with and treated for... more »
• How to Ensure a Correct Diagnosis
  "My son was diagnosed with multiple disorders, after an interview and psychiatric observations. Was he... more »
• Explaining the Diagnosis
  "My nine-year-old was recently diagnosed with ADHD. What’s the best way to tell him?"... more »
• Family Disagrees with Diagnosis
  "How do I convince my family that ADD is real?" ... more »
• ADHD, Change in Medication & Learning Disabilities
  "My nine-year-old son had to discontinue treatment, due to abnormal EKGs, and is now failing... more »
• ADD and ODD
  "My nine-year-old ADDer misbehaves at home and at school. Is he oppositional?"... more »
• Concerns About the Diagnostic Process
  "I realize that ADHD is often over-diagnosed as well as under-diagnosed. As a social worker,... more »
• Identifying Learning Disabilities
  "How can one differentiate between lack of focus related to dyslexia and that related to... more »
• Reading Disorders and ADHD
  "My eight-year-old has trouble reading. I recently read about a sight problem called convergence that... more »

• What Are the Symptoms of ADHD?
  The nine symptoms that suggest inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity... more »
• What Are the Symptoms of ADHD?
  The nine symptoms that suggest inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity... more »

• The Statistics of ADHD
  ADD by the numbers - a summary of the research of Russell Barkley,Ph.D... more »
• FAQ About ADHD
  Everything you ever wanted to know about ADHD... more »
• Straight Talk About Psychiatric Medications For Kids
  Making sense of psychiatric medications... more »
• Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults
  A new way of understanding — and diagnosing — ADHD. ... more »
• Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger’s, Tourette’s, Bipolar, and More!
  How to cope when it's not just ADD... more »