Back to School
A back-to-school guide for students with ADHD: organization, accommodations, homework, focus, parent-teacher cooperation, school behavior and more.
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Free Downloads
Your Free Back-to-School Playbook
You and your child with ADHD want this to be the best year yet — and it can be. This back-to-school...
Guest Blogs
10 Back-to-School Promises from a Very Cool Teacher
"My job as a teacher is to create fun for people who think they’re about to be bored stiff for the...
Guest Blogs
Back-to-School for Kids with ADHD
Nat, like many kids with ADHD, has a hard time w...
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“Back at School — and Back in Limbo”
The whirl of grad school leaves me too busy to think about daily life...but my racing ADHD mind still...
Guest Blogs
When Back-to-School Triggers Difficult Emotions
Your child used to begin the school year with such hope — but now feels doses of apprehension, fear,...
For Teachers
9 Mean Teacher Comments Every Student with ADHD Knows Too Well
“My teacher is so mean. She doesn’t like me.” If your child has ADHD, you know that “mean teachers”...
Talking About ADHD
“Please Let Him Make Just One Friend.”
Every school season begins with the same, singular wish for my son: Please let the kind kids...
Ask the Experts
Q: The School Says My Teen Is Too Bright for ADHD
When a student with ADHD is also a perfectionist or people pleaser who doesn’t disrupt class,...
Organization
Parents, You Have Summer School Assignments
It's finally summer vacation and the last thing you want to think about is preparing your child for...
Homework & Studying
See It, Learn It: Make Homework Come Alive for Visual Learners
Visual learners need to physically doodle, create mind maps, take notes, and generally translate...
Guest Blogs
Mourning the Loss of Your Summer Child
During the summer months, our children run free. Their true and genuine selves burst forth, and the...
School Advocacy
7 Reasons Why You Need to Advocate More Than Other Parents
You are not enabling. You are not helicoptering. You are taking an active, hands-on role in the...
Parent-Teacher Cooperation
A Middle Years Guide for Students with ADHD
Parent advocacy and classroom cooperation don’t stop in middle school; they just get a lot more...
Learning Challenges
YouTube and the Art of Cooperation: Practicing Collaboration with Videos
Talking about tricky social skills like cooperation, patience, and persistence is one thing. Showing...
Guest Blogs
“Day Two… And the System Falls Apart”
Each new school year, we buy folders and binders and backpacks that we hope will magically solve our...