High School
ADHD can run wild in high school, where students need strong executive functions to manage projects, complete homework, and balance activities. How to help your teen set up the systems and build the skills needed to succeed.
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Organization
The Messy Student's Guide to Organization
Chaotic desk? Forgotten homework? Missed deadlines? Your child needs these ADHD organizing tips ASAP...
For Teachers
12 Teacher Strategies to Inspire Listening, Learning and Self-Control
Detention doesn’t work. Neither does criticism. Or yelling. In fact, they may actually aggravate and...
For Teachers
My Eye-Opening Discoveries After Shadowing My Students
One woman spent a day as a student and found herself wishing she could go back and change her...
Guest Blogs
“My ADHD Teaching Strategies That Benefit All Students.”
After my son’s diagnosis, I made it my mission to learn everything I could about ADHD. In the process...
High School
What Are My Teen’s Best Options After High School?
In high school, many teens with ADHD are just trying to get by. They don’t have the extra brain space...
IEPs & 504 Plans
Your Child’s Educational Rights While Crisis Schooling: IEPs and 504 Plans in a Pandemic
Your child’s IEP or 504 Plan do not disappear with remote learning and crisis schooling. Though some...
Ask the Experts
Q: My Teen with ADHD Only Works When I’m Standing Over Him!
High school academic problems multiply when your teen with ADHD is suddenly learning at home — and...
Learning Challenges
“How Our Teen Became His Own Best Advocate”
It takes a village to make sure children and teens with ADHD get the support they need to thrive....
High School
How to Convince Your Teen to (Actually) Use a Planner
Every year, you buy your high school student a shiny new planner. And every year, it’s abandoned...
Dear Teen Parenting Coach
Q: Can My Gifted High School Student Still Get an IEP or 504 Plan?
Your child has always excelled in school, until suddenly – in high school – the workload is too much....
Teens with ADHD
“Should I Talk Openly About My ADHD in High School?”
Teens with ADHD face myriad challenges — many of them invisible. Would high school be easier if your...
ADHD in College
5 Factors That Influence Success in College
Teens with attention deficit will be college ready if they learn these five skills in h...
Dear Teen Parenting Coach
Q: What If My Teen Lacks All Career Ambition and Direction?
Your teen is a couch potato with no long-term plans after high school, or apparent ambition. Before...
Teens with ADHD
Hormones, High School, and ADHD: A Parent’s Guide
Teens want freedom, not rules. Learn to establish cooperation and peace at home with these...
Teens with ADHD
They Should Teach This Stuff In High School
"Do or do not; there is no try." And 7 more mantras for any teen with ADHD who's trying to figure out...