Ask the Expert for Treatment Professionals: Working with Latino Patients and Their Families Featuring Luke Smith, MD Wednesday, Sept. 7 | 12 PM EDT Cultural norms, along with barriers to healthcare, in Latino communities can affect how ADHD symptoms in children are recognized or acknowledged. While Latino communities have similar numbers of children and adults…

There are students in your classroom who have ADHD. Their names come quickly to your mind because they are the most fidgety, easily distracted, likely to have forgotten homework or supplies, or the class clown. A few are harder to recognize, as they sit quietly looking into space, and seldom raise their hands or email…

Children have returned to school. For many families this time of year includes scheduling meetings to begin or update academic plans or just to get to know their children’s new teachers. When students have ADHD, the lines of communication between home and school take on special importance. “Communication is key,” says Jennifer Ciran-Debban, MA, LMHC.…

Ask the Expert for Treatment Professionals Working with Latino Patients and Their Families Wednesday, Sept. 7 | 12 PM EDT Featuring Luke Smith, MD Cultural norms, along with barriers to healthcare, in Latino communities can affect how ADHD symptoms in children are recognized or acknowledged. While Latino communities have similar numbers of children and adults…

The risk of developing a substance abuse disorder, or a dependency on alcohol, illegal drugs, or other intoxicants, is a long-standing concern for most parents and practitioners when a child is diagnosed with ADHD. Children and adults who have ADHD tend to have a greater possibility of substance abuse. The natural concern has been if…

It’s hard not to be drawn into the excitement of a good video game. You might enjoy the fast pace of a multiplayer campaign or the challenge of a matching game, or another option from the far-reaching collection of available games on your favorite platform. Video games are especially appealing to children and teens who…

CHADD Webinar Highlight Communicating with Your Child’s Teacher Featuring Linda Karanzalis, MS Let Me Introduce You to My Child: Watch Part 1 Now Supporting Your Child at School: Watch Part 2 Now Download Talking with Your Child’s Teacher About ADHD—Discussion Guide The school year will begin soon. Many parents take the opportunity to just before…

Solid research evidence supports two types of treatment for ADHD: medication and behavioral treatments (such as behavior management strategies and parent training in behavior management). Even though these treatments help most children with ADHD, they are not perfect. Many practitioners, parents, and patients themselves look for complementary approaches to include with their ADHD treatment plan.…

How much social media is too much? Does it seem like all your child talks about is the latest trending video? What about the amount of time your teen spends, head down over a cellphone or tablet, skimming the popular digital platforms? And then there are the flaring tempers and the snippy replies if you…

Ask the Expert Highlight Parenting a Defiant Child: Won’t? Or Can’t? Featuring Sarah Wayland, PhD It can be a frustrating experience when your child who has ADHD fails to follow through on a reasonable request. But it isn’t always that your child is defying your authority or acting in a manipulative way. Sometimes it’s because…

You’re not just feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or irritable. You may be experiencing signs of parental burnout. Parenting children with ADHD and other health conditions can cause increased stress. Job pressures, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and rising prices from inflation create additional strain, causing many parents to struggle with managing day-to-day responsibilities. Working mothers especially are…

July is National Minority Mental Health Month. The annual focus of this month is to increase awareness of the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities in the Unites States face when it comes to mental illness and access to mental health care. Nearly eleven percent of African American children and six percent of…