Anxiety
Q: “Is It Anxiety? Nervousness? Worry? What’s the Difference?”
Anxiety, nervousness, and worry are all signs of ADHD emotional dysregulation, but they...
Parent-Teacher Cooperation
4 Secrets to More Positive Teacher-Student Relationships
Students with ADHD shine brightest when teachers illuminate their strengths. Here’s how...
ADHD News & Research
Study: Cognitive Flexibility Improved by ADHD Stimulant Medication Use
Cognitive flexibility may serve as a useful metric when evaluating children for symptoms...
The ADHD Brain
Intention Deficit Disorder: Why ADHD Minds Struggle to Meet Goals with Action
Intention deficit disorder is not a medical diagnosis but a helpful way to frame a...
Executive Functions
Middle School Tumult: ADHD Strategies to Ease Your Child’s Transition
Simple strategies to help adolescents with ADHD — and their parents — navigate the new...
ADHD Treatment Options
Considering Collaborative Care? Here Are 5 Commonly Asked Questions
Collaborative care models may offer a more efficient and effective way to diagnose and...
Learning Challenges
When Schools Resist Evaluating & Addressing LDs
The repercussions of a missed diagnosis can last a lifetime. So why do some schools fail...
School & Learning
ADDitude’s Back-to-School Guide for ADHD Families
This back-to-school season, ADDitude is exploring the Top 10 hurdles to learning with...
For Teachers
How to Help ADHD Brains Follow Directions the First Time
To follow directions, students with ADHD must hear and understand classroom instructions....
Free Downloads
The Top 6 Learning Challenges Associated with ADHD
Practical strategies for teachers and parents of children with ADHD who struggle ...
Ask the Experts
Q: “Must I Helicopter to Teach My Teen Time-Management Skills?”
Your teen’s executive functions are weak, and his time management needs help. But he...
Friends at School
Will My Child Find a Best Friend This School Year?
Social skills may not come naturally to kids with ADHD, who may seem bossy or oblivious,...
Rewards & Consequences
Mo’ Problems? Raising Smart Spenders (and Savers) with ADHD
Money management skills sometimes elude children with (and without) ADHD when they don’t...
ADHD Comorbidities & Related Conditions
How Trauma and Chronic Stress Affect Developing Brains
Trauma alters the developing brain, triggering behavioral and mental health issues. Under...
School & Learning
7 Surprising Ways ADHD Shows Up in the Classroom
ADHD in the classroom is easy to mistake for carelessness, defiance, laziness, or a...
Self Esteem
Resilience Begins Here
“If there’s an ocean of inadequacy, there must be islands of competence.” Celebrate your...
Webinars & Podcasts
“Why Will No One Play with Me? Social Emotional Training for Teachers and Parents of Kids with ADHD” [Video Replay & Podcast #418]
Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#418), download the slide...
Emotions
Childhood Trauma Happens More Than You Think It Does. How Do We Treat It?
Childhood trauma affects almost half of all American children. Now more than ever, it’s...
Teens with ADHD
How Dysregulated Emotions Hijack the Teen ADHD Brain
Emotional dysregulation – one of the most impairing symptoms of ADHD — causes teens to...
Guest Blogs
“Roe’s Overturn Sabotaged My Executive Functioning”
“I was in the middle of researching why women die when I found out that the U.S. Supreme...