ADHD in a Pandemic
As a global pandemic closes schools, offices, and restaurants across the nation, roughly 90% of ADDitude readers are now working from home and most are also homeschooling and comforting their children as well. These resources are designed to help.
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IEPs & 504 Plans
Adjusting Your Child’s IEP or 504 Plan for Distance Learning
Your child’s IEP or 504 Plan was not designed for distance learning. But here we are. And now it...
Guest Blogs
5 Daily Rituals to Reduce Stress In Your ADHD Household Right Now
“No matter what we think should or shouldn’t be, the sooner that we accept “what is,” the better we...
For Teachers
Closing the Gaps in Distance Learning: Strategies to Meet Educators’ Toughest Challenges
Educators, let go of your preconceived notions and expectations. Classroom learning does not resemble...
Brain Health
How Could This Pandemic Change Me for Good?
“For women with ADHD, this is our chance, finally, to float. To slow down, to be more intentional, to...
Screen Time
My Kids Are on Screens All Day: Is That Okay?
How should our screen rules change during a pandemic? Are there long-term repercussions for loosening...
Depression
Safeguarding ADHD Youth Against Depression in a Pandemic
Parents are worried. About online learning and coronavirus and too many video games, yes. But more...
Brain Health
How to Re-Build a Life: 7 Framing Tools for ADHD Minds Emerging from Quarantine
“Back to normal” no longer exists. Our world is forever changed, which means our post-pandemic lives...
Managing Treatment
Can You Stock Up on ADHD Medications During a Crisis?
To ensure a steady supply of ADHD medication while also practicing social distancing, ask your...
ADHD Therapies
How Online Therapy Helps Soothe the ADHD Mind and Soul
Online therapy is now a vital lifeline for patients locked down in their homes with spiking symptoms...
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...
School & Learning
“I’ve Been Homeschooling for Years. Here’s What I Want You to Know.”
Rule One: Your child cannot learn if they are not feeling safe. No matter what the teacher or...
Productivity at Work
The ADHD WFH Guide: 7 Ways to Build Essential Structure Right Now
WFH anxiety flows from unstructured time, unclear boundaries, unstable schedules, and unattainable...
ADHD News & Research
When ‘Normal’ No Longer Exists: ADHD Brains in Free Fall
In the seventh of ADDitude’s pandemic surveys, adults and parents report higher-than-ever levels of...
Emotions
Is My Child’s Distress Normal? Or Do We Need Help?
Pandemic distress may transform from worry and sadness into anxiety and depression when ADHD brains...
ADHD/LD Schools
Under the Table and Teaching
Unschooling. Homeschooling. Crisis schooling. What is the difference? And what are the best learning...