Fayette County pre-school teacher Heather Blankenship has noticed a trend among some of her young pupils who are born during the summer months. “A large majority of my students with summer birthdays struggle the first several months of pre-K,” Blankenship reported. “A few (struggle) the entire year.” Blankenship is among a number of local educators…

Some people are afraid to leave their homes. Others are stuck in dead-end jobs. Too many are too afraid to participate in the simplest of social encounters. Hearts race and pulses pound from the constant fear of judgement, embarrassment and humiliation. This is the reality of social anxiety disorder, one of the most common —…

Six simple questions can reliably identify adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a World Health Organization advisory group working with two additional psychiatrists…”It’s very important to look at the questions in their totality, not each individual symptom,” says Dr. David Goodman, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who was not…

Girls and boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder don’t just behave differently. Parts of their brains look different, too…Now, Mostofsky and colleagues have looked at the cerebellum, which plays a role in coordinating movement. He reported the new findings March 25 at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society’s annual meeting in San Francisco.

It is critically important for teachers and parents to work together to help students with ADHD face multiple social and academic challenges throughout their school years. Here are 10 ways schools and parents can help students with ADHD:”

Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D., has thought deeply about ADHD, basing much of his research the science of distraction. After serving 20 years on the faculty of Yale Medical School, he now teaches at Keck Medical School at the University of Southern California. In addition, he is the director of the Brown Clinic for Attention and…

Oftentimes the diagnoses of ADD and ADHD are missed, which could leave some students struggling academically…Your heart begins to race, your hands are clammy and shaky, your head is spinning and your breathing is slow and inconsistent. You look over and see all the stacks of books and mounds of homework you need to complete,…

About 6.4 million children in the United States have been given diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (A.D.H.D.). But the condition — characterized by impulsiveness and difficulty sitting still and paying attention — is also being recognized more in adults. The challenges faced by those with A.D.H.D. are daunting and deeply personal. Here, in their…

A videogame under development as a medical device boosts attention in some children with sensory processing dysfunction, or SPD, a condition that can make the sound of a vacuum, or contact with a clothing tag intolerable for young sufferers. In a study publishing April 5, 2017, in PLOS ONE, researchers at UC San Francisco measured…

Instead of eating, your child races around the dinner table. Moments earlier, the youngster abruptly stops playing with a favorite toy in favor of watching the birds gather around the backyard feeder. While these behaviors may seem normal for an active, curious child, could it possibly suggest he or she has the neurodevelopmental disorder ADHD?

Maybe you’re an entrepreneur. Maybe you’re a real estate agent or writer…Whatever your profession, you aren’t tied to a desk and you don’t have specific work hours — like 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. And you also have ADHD, which makes not having a built-in structure challenging…Below are five tips to help you create a…

Many women feel a huge sense of relief when they find out they have ADHD. They feel happy that it is “just” ADHD, because prior to being diagnosed they were blaming themselves for their struggles. Many women with undiagnosed ADHD feel inadequate and stupid. Having ADHD isn’t a reflection of your intelligence. In fact, lots…