ADHD & COVID-19 Resources Toolkit

This toolkit provides the following resources to help you cope with the stress, anxiety, and the challenges created by virtual learning, working remotely, and family conflicts during the pandemic:

Quick Facts

• ADHD and Stress: Information for Parents
• ADHD and Stress: Information for Young Adults 
• ADHD, Grief, and Loss During the Pandemic 
• Helping Children with Grief 
• Organizing Your Home and Office 

Infographics 

• Low-cost Treatment for ADHD 
• Remote Learning Tips for Students with ADHD 
• Tips for Building Resilience During the Covid-19 Pandemic 

Watch and Listen

Managing mental & physical health

• • Podcast: Guidance for Uncertain Times: Managing Anxiety
  • Ask the Expert: Helping Children with ADHD/LD Conquer Chronic Stress
  • Podcast: Guidance for Uncertain Times: Ways to Stay Healthy During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Parenting & family relationships

• • Podcast: Guidance for Uncertain Times: Tips to Help You Manage and Avoid Family Conflicts
  • Podcast: Guidance for Uncertain Times: Tips for Creating an ADHD-Friendly Home Environment
  • Podcast: Guidance for Uncertain Times: Parenting Children With ADHD During a Crisis
  • Podcast: Guidance for Uncertain Times: Navigating Relationship Challenges

Learning from home

• • Ask the Expert: Online Learning: Teaching Students How to Work from Home (Ezra Werb, 2020)
  • Podcast: Online Learning for Children with ADHD
  • Podcast: What Are My Child’s 504 and IEP Rights for Distance Learning?

Articles

Treatment of ADHD

• • New Options for ADHD Treatment During COVID-19
  • Staying In Touch With Video Chat
  • Keeping Extra ADHD Medication On Hand

Working & learning from home

• • How Do You Work from Home and Help Kids Navigate Remote Learning?
  • A Week in the Pandemic Life of Complex Families

Managing mental & physical health

• • You Can Manage ADHD and Anxiety During This Public Health Crisis
  • After It’s Over: The Pandemic’s Secondary Effects on Mental Health
  • ADHD, Self-Harm, and Suicide
  • Exercise for Adults with ADHD in Quarantine
  • Including Exercise with Behavioral Interventions Can Increase Benefits

Blogs:

• Better Self-Care in the Age of COVID
• Telehealth for Teens and Young Adults with ADHD
• Staying Home or House Arrest? Quarantine and Teens
• Steadying Our Communal Raft During Uncertain Times
• More Time Together Can Be a Mixed Blessing
• Resilience and Routines for Families During the Pandemic
• Balancing Your Job and Your Child’s Educational Needs
• When Children with ADHD Attend School from Home: An Expert’s Tips
• Suddenly Working From Home

Additional Resources

• How Right Now

 

The information provided by CHADD’s National Resource Center on ADHD is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number NU38DD000002 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).