Teens with ADHD
ADHD Symptoms in Teens: Your Guide to Warning Signs & Treatments for Adolescents
With its mood swings and hormonal changes, adolescence also brings new and unnerving ADHD...
Mental Health & ADHD Comorbidities
When It’s Not Just ADHD: Symptoms of Comorbid Conditions
At least half of all people with ADHD also have a second condition — like learning...
Behavioral Therapy
How Behavioral Therapy Targets Executive Dysfunction — with Positivity and Praise
ADHD is not an excuse. But it is the neurological basis for so many of your child’s...
ADDitude for Professionals
ADHD in Teens: How Symptoms Manifest as Unique Challenges
ADHD brains develop differently than neurotypical brains. In the adolescent years, this...
Executive Functions
How to Help Children with Working Memory Deficits
Your child is not willfully tuning you out. He has a working memory deficit. Here's how yo...
Support & Stories
Childhood Memories of Growing Up with ADHD
“I remember my 5th grade teacher asking me, ‘Kimmy, why do you run everywhere? Why don’t...
Dear Teen Parenting Coach
Q: How Can We Keep Fights From Escalating in the Heat of the Moment?
Family conflict can trigger a tidal wave of emotion in the best of us. For teens with...
Guest Blogs
Forgetful Sixth Grader Syndrome
Ever noticed how kids with ADHD enter sixth grade and suddenly hit a brick wall? Thanks...
ADDitude for Professionals
DESR: Why Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation is Central to ADHD (and Largely Overlooked)
DESR, or deficient emotional self-regulation, is a core facet of ADHD that carries...
Positive Parenting
3 Clarifying Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD
“Raising happy, healthy children with ADHD comes down to these core actions: accepting...
School Behavior
Impulse-Control Strategies for Students with ADHD
Why do kids with ADHD call out in class or push in line? Poor impulse control. The...
For Teachers
Lost, Late, or Burnt Out?
A student with ADHD may start off the school year organized and eager to do her best, but...
Productivity at Work
DIY ADHD Accommodations for Your 9 to 5 Job
Access to reasonable accommodations often hinges on diagnosis disclosure. If you’re not...
ADHD at Work
How to Shut Your Mouth — and Your Wallet
Poor impulse control can sabotage your relationships, your budget, and your self-esteem....
Homework & Studying
You Do the Math: Homework and Study Tips
Whether you like it or not, math is part of any school curriculum. Learn how identifying...
Adult Blogs
“EMDR Therapy Helps People Heal From Experiences That Haunt Them”
"EMDR therapy can help individuals with ADHD and comorbidities process and release the...
Support & Stories
“My Keys Were in the Fridge!” ADHD Stories of Wildly Misplaced Items
“It was a couple of weeks later that the nicely chilled hearing aids turned up somewhere...
Chores & Cleaning Up
End the Chore Wars!
How do you get your kid to do chores without arguing? Parents sound off on how they get...
Executive Functions
Bridging Executive Function Gaps in Middle School: ADHD Strategies for Distance Learning
Executive functions strain and suffer in middle school as workloads increase and...
Learning Challenges
A Homework Reboot: Math Strategies and Writing Tips for ADHD Brains
Math and writing require rock-solid executive functions, a source of immeasurable...