Podcast: Summertime Strategies to Address Your Child’s ADHD at Home

  ADHD365: Summertime Strategies to Address Your Child’s ADHD at Home   Featuring Carey A. Heller, PsyD   Parenting any child comes with rewards and challenges, especially when your child has ADHD. However, if the symptoms of ADHD—disorganization, emotional irregularity, difficulty staying on task—go unmanaged, they cause disruption to family life, creating stress and anxiety…

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When Should Teens Make Decisions About Their Medications?

For teens with ADHD, medications are often an important part of treatment. But getting some teens to take their medication on a regular basis can be a real challenge for their parents. That can make it hard to determine when teens should have more control over their treatment plans and when they get to make…

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Preventing the Summertime Blues

Is your family ready for summer? The school year is coming to an end and your child is looking gleefully at two or three months of free time. Meanwhile you are looking at those same months—perhaps not quite so gleefully. For the child or teen who has ADHD, making the transition into summer can be…

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Webinar: The Impact of Screen Time on Neurodivergent Kids

Ask the Expert: The Impact of Screen Time on Neurodivergent Kids Thursday, June 1 | 12 PM ET Featuring Randy Kulman, PhD This webinar examines the benefits and risks of digital play and video games for neurodivergent kids. It will focus on children diagnosed with ADHD, ASD, and LD. A clinical psychologist will briefly examine…

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Time Off from Medication, But Not from ADHD

Summer Camp as a Growth Experience for Your Child

Are you considering a medication holiday during the coming summer break? Many parents decide on this course of action for the summer months, when their child with ADHD doesn’t need to focus intently, as they do during school. A medication holiday is a planned period of time, for medical or evaluation purposes, when prescribed medication…

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Section 504: What to Do When Your Child’s School Doesn’t Follow the Plan

You’ve met with your child’s teachers and school support staff and created a 504 plan. It’s all smooth sailing now that accommodations are in place. Or is it? Surprisingly, in a CHADD survey on 504 plans and other accommodations, 66.4% of the parents who responded said their child’s educational plans were not being followed. The survey…

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Podcast: Managing Finances with ADHD

ADHD 365 Podcast: Managing Finances with ADHD Featuring David DeWitt   Why do people with ADHD struggle with money management? And how can their romantic partners or family members support their efforts to achieve their financial goals? David DeWitt, a financial planner who has ADHD, talks about the common obstacles people with ADHD face when…

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Webinar: Overview of Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

Ask the Expert Symptoms 101: An Overview of Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Wednesday, May 24 | 3 PM, EDT Featuring Janina Elbert Maschk Janina Elbert Maschke, PhD, will explore the symptoms of ADHD during this webinar and how they manifest in individuals across the lifespan. A clinical psychologist and ADHD coach, she will discuss…

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Telemedicine Changes for ADHD Following End of Health Emergency

The COVID-19 public health emergency declaration comes to a close on May 11. This means that many people who are receiving healthcare by telemedicine, including care for ADHD and co-occurring conditions, will need to work with their providers to navigate any changes to appointments or how their prescriptions are filled. It will also put back…

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CHADD’s NRC Library Shines During National Library Week

National Library Week, April 23-29, offers the opportunity to highlight the importance of libraries in our communities. Libraries provide resources along with community connections. They bring information from across the globe to every person who uses their services. CHADD’s own National Resource Center Library provides a wealth of resources, comprising physical and electronic books and…

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Most High Schools Report No Problems with Medication Diversion

Study shows only a small number of schools and students report higher-than-expected misuse of medications Major news outlets recently carried stories on a University of Michigan ADHD study, frequently referring to the study’s findings as “a wake-up call” regarding stimulant medications in their headlines. Two of CHADD’s experts reviewed the study and urge parents and…

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