For Parents
If your child has ADHD, you know that standard parenting strategies don’t always work. Here, learn ADD-tested discipline tips, positive parenting techniques, how to manage treatment, school and learning resources, and more.
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Your Free Guide to the 40 Best Accommodations for Children with ADHD or LD
Help your child succeed in school by using this free downloadable guide to pinpoint problems in the...
Behavior & Discipline
Never Punish a Child for Behavior Outside His Control
Make ADHD the enemy; not your child. Catch your child being good every day. Stop blaming others. And...
Oppositional Behavior
Why Is My Child So Angry and Defiant?
Forty percent of children with ADHD also develop oppositional defiant disorder, a condition marked by...
Rewards & Consequences
A Kinder “Time-Out” That Really Works
Traditional time-outs rely on the "crazy idea that to make children do better, we must first make...
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Free Chart Comparing IEPs to 504 Plans
Unsure whether your child qualifies for an IEP or 504 Plan — or even what the difference is? Use this...
Symptom Tests for Children
[Self-Test] The ADHD Test for Girls
ADHD looks different in girls. It is, at times, easy to mistake for hormones, anxiety, or a learning...
Support & Stories
Famous People with ADHD
"If you're a young person being called weird or different, I'm here to tell you that your critics do...
Diet & Nutrition
What to Eat, What to Avoid
A well-rounded diet can have a powerful, positive effect on your cognition, mood, memory, and...
Teens with ADHD
You Can’t Change Your Defiant Teen…
...but you can change how you parent!
The broken rules and rude remarks are snowballing. After years...
Executive Function Disorder
7 Executive Function Deficits Tied to ADHD
An internationally recognized authority on ADHD, Russell Barkley, Ph.D., explains how executive...
Positive Parenting
10 Things You Should Never Say to Your Child
Parents aren't perfect, and we all wish we could take back some things we've said to our kids in the...
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Your Free Guide to Music for Healthy ADHD Brains
Music can work wonders on the ADHD brain, improving everything from language development to impulse...
ADHD Videos
Every 504 Plan Should Include These Six Accommodations
Excess energy. Inconsistent focus. Poor social skills. Whatever your child's school challenges, these...
ADHD Moms & Dads
Confessions of an ADHD Mom: 10 Truths I Hide from Even My Friends
Dear friends, you are not the mom-shaming types. You don’t judge me for my impressive lack of...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
4 Easy-to-Miss Characteristics of ODD
The eight diagnostic criteria that define oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) exclude several of its...