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Digital Intervention Software: “Brain Training” for ADHD
…of the brain (the front part of the brain), which is the last region in the brain to mature and therefore may have the greatest potential for change. Children enjoy…
View“Brain Training” Options for ADHD: New Fact Sheet
…involve the prefrontal cortex of the brain (the front part of the brain), which is the last region in the brain to mature and therefore may have the greatest potential…
ViewADHD News-Caregiver
…Our late bloomers don’t have the necessary brain maturity and skills required to juggle the demands of college or a full-time job following high school. Chris Dendy, MS, and Ruth…
ViewAwards Recipients
…brain-behavior interactions underlying psychopathology, particularly ADHD and mood disorders, in children and adolescents. She received an NIH Pediatric Loan Repayment Program grant for her work examining brain-behavior interactions involved in…
ViewADHD News-Caregivers
…children who have ADHD. How do parents know when it’s time to put down the devices? View Article “Brain Training” Options for ADHD: New Fact Sheet ADHD Weekly When your…
ViewComplementary and Alternative Interventions for ADHD
…to depict their brain activity on a screen. And then sometimes there’s a feedback or a game aspect to it, where you get rewards for demonstrating brain activity that’s sort…
ViewOrganization Skills Training for Children with ADHD
…improve brain connections that are needed for attention and behavior control. The skills training needs to be modified according to the age of the child, and teaching smaller groups of…
ViewTeacher to Teacher: Supporting Students with ADHD
…obtain a course certificate. Trish White is the training manager at CHADD. Why Teacher Training on ADHD Changes Lives by Fereshteh Shahrokhi, LCSW CLASSROOM TEACHERS CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT…
ViewParents of Very Complex Kids
…in a child’s treatment with referrals to behavior therapy (also known as behavior management training or parent behavior training). A first-line recommended treatment, it’s intended to teach parents how to…
ViewWhen Love Gets Lost in Translation
…focus, work differently in the ADHD brain. The ADHD brain has less dopamine, for example, so it requires external rewards, like praise, to focus on a task they are not…
ViewCalming Down and Cooling Off
…downstairs brain and upstairs brain. Downstairs brain initiates the urge to fight, run for your life, or freeze. Upstairs brain produces thoughts that can cause the downstairs brain to fire…
ViewCalming Down and Cooling Off
…as downstairs brain and upstairs brain. Downstairs brain initiates the urge to fight, run for your life, or freeze. Upstairs brain produces thoughts that can cause the downstairs brain to…
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