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Attention Magazine August 2021
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Coping with and Recovering from the Pandemic: Key School Issues for Kids with ADHD
Matt Cohen JD
What can be done to ease the transition back to in-person instruction, assist students still in remote learning, or seek extra help from schools for services lost during shutdowns?
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Calling All Students, We Need You!
Shari Gent and Kristin D. Sinclair
Student-led meetings can be a prime opportunity to build self-determination and advocacy skills.
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Tracking Homework Assignments: Why Students with ADHD Struggle
Carey A. Heller, PsyD
Here are some practical strategies and tools you can customize to meet the needs of your child or teen.
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The Gender Myths
(Or “Only Boys Have ADHD”)
Ellen Littman PhD
Girls, once excluded from the conversation, were overlooked—because girls with ADHD look very different from boys with ADHD.
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The Myth of ADHD Overdiagnosis
Margaret H. Sibley, PhD
Incorrect diagnoses may be made sometimes, but a bigger problem is that many people with ADHD are missed.
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The Parent As If They Are Younger Myth
Carey A. Heller, PsyD
What six-year-old wants to be treated like they are three years old?
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“If This Is Supposed to Be Easy, Why Is It So Hard?”
Vidya Guhan MS, CCC-SLP, ACCG, PCC, MCAC
Without understanding the ADHD brain, it is easy to think they “could do it if they wanted to.”
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Angels & Demons
Br. Jim Woodrum SSJE
Now three years into his life-changing ADHD diagnosis, he’s discovering new things about himself that he’d never known before.
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What a Difference a Year Makes: The 2021 Conference on ADHD
Zara Harris
A new platform and a team of experienced digital wizards will help us navigate the 2021 Virtual International Conference on ADHD.