Symptom Tests for Children [Self-Test] Symptoms of Hyperactive Impulsive ADHD in Children What do the hyperactive or impulsive symptoms of ADHD look like in a child’s everyday life? Could...
Meltdowns & Anger When His Anger Overpowers Logic — and Love Your child needs to express his anger. It is healthy and cathartic. "But the emotion should be like a...
Meltdowns & Anger To Master Anger, First Understand It Your child is prone to violent outbursts and angry tirades, which is frustrating — not to mention...
Screen Time For the Love of Gaming: Why It Hooks Kids with ADHD Your ADHD gamer is glued to the screen for hours, but tires of reading after a few minutes. What is...
Rewards & Consequences The Science of Reward vs. Punishment for Children with ADHD Neurology shows that the ADHD brain is particularly sensitive to positive reinforcement and to...
Behavior & Discipline “All Behavior is Communication:” The Discipline Approaches That Work for Real ADHD Families The best discipline approach for a child with ADHD? It doesn’t exist — at least not in any universal,...
Guest Blogs “Why That First Paycheck Is Priceless” Teen jobs are a rite of passage, and a (sometimes painful but incredibly important) way to learn...
ADHD News & Research Punishment Avoidance Strongly Motivates Behavior of Children with ADHD What motivates children with ADHD? According to a new study, the threat of punishment motivates...
Guest Blogs “The School Incident That Shattered My Heart – and Taught Me How to Discipline with Love.” “I must be calm and pretend I’ve got myself together. I can’t over-react, but what is the right level...
Rewards & Consequences It’s Not Bribery. It’s Brain Chemistry. “The anticipation of a reward creates dopamine, one of the neurotransmitters not playing nice in our...
ADDitude ADHD Experts Podcast “Motivate Your ADHD Child: What Makes Kids Tick and How Parents Can Help” [podcast episode #55] In ADDitude's ADHD Experts Podcast episode 55, Ann Dolin teaches parents how to inspire initiative in...
ADDitude ADHD Experts Podcast “Carrot & Stick: Dealing with Challenging Behaviors in Young Children with ADHD” [podcast episode #7] In ADDitude's ADHD Experts Podcast episode 7, Mary Rooney, Ph.D., advises parents of ADHD children on...
Behavior & Discipline The Secret to Better Behavior? No Punishment at All If you’re exhausted and running out of ideas to correct your child’s difficult behaviors, you’re not...
Guest Blogs Q: My Child Is Dr. Jekyll at School, Mr. Hyde at Home “When I see children exhibiting behavior challenges at home, but none of it appears at school, that...
Schedules & Routines The Trickiest Transitions for Our Kids — and Proven Remedies Hyperfocus, time blindness, and emotional dysregulation all hijack a child’s ability to transition...