How to Manage After-School Meltdowns With a Neurodivergent Child

By the time your child gets home from school, there’s a good chance they are ready for a class after-school meltdown. Also known as after-school restraint collapse, these meltdowns often happen because a child has been exerting an extraordinary amount of effort to behave during the school day, only to lose their control the moment…

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How families and schools can support girls with ADHD

ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is one of the most common childhood disorders. It affects 6% of Hawaiʻi children. They may have problems with focusing and impulsive behavior. And while it is often diagnosed in boys, it also affects girls. Sungalina Lee, the K-8 principal of Assets School, began working with neurodiverse youth because…

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Brown Noise and ADHD: What’s the Scoop on the Latest Buzz? A scientifically appealing, but not scientifically proven, low-risk treatment.

KEY POINTS: Scientific theory would support the value of brown noise or white noise for ADHD based on two different theoretical understandings of the brain. Brown noise to assist with attention is generally low-risk, provided it is not excessively loud. Brown noise has not been formally proven to help ADHD, and more research is needed.

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What Do We Know About Caffeine’s Impact on ADHD?

Children and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) struggle with attentive and impulsive behaviors and often experience low self-esteem and performance issues in school.¹ As a result, patients and caregivers may have questions about the ways certain substances might alleviate or increase symptom burden.

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Place of Telemedicine in ADHD

Advances in the Management of ADHD in Adult Population – Episode 4. Psychiatrists share how they have incorporated telemedicine in the management of ADHD in their clinics.

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