Ask the Expert Highlight: Holiday Gifts for Children with ADHD Featuring Megan Schumaker Murphy, PhD Are some toys better than others for a child with ADHD? Hear from Megan Murphy, a specialist in matching appropriate toys and games to children of all abilities, as she uncovers the top tips for finding the best holiday gifts…

Updated guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics places a greater emphasis on identifying ADHD in preschool-age children and on addressing co-occurring conditions in children and teens. The guidelines are written for pediatricians and other medical professionals who treat children and teens. Parents will find them useful when working with the doctor during an evaluation…

The season of sales and gift shopping has begun. For many people who have ADHD, searching for gifts and managing a shopping budget can be overwhelming. The key to success may be creating an affordable and achievable gift-giving list before heading out. Sharon Saline, PsyD, encourages you to take time to write out who you…

Ask the Expert Highlight Behavioral and Emotional Concerns of Children with ADHD: Strategies to Help Featuring Gina Richman, PhD, and Kristi Phillips, PsyD Is your family struggling with some of the social and emotional challenges that can accompany ADHD? Get parenting strategies that may be helpful to improve family relationships in this Ask the Expert…

Making stimulant medications harder to abuse benefits us all, but we must make sure these efforts do not reduce appropriate access to prescribed medications or increase the stigma associated with ADHD. Continue reading this response in The ADHD Blog.

Thanksgiving is coming and soon the holiday season will be in full swing. Are you ready? If your answer is “not really,” then you are in good company. Most people will tell you they don’t feel ready for the next six weeks of cooking, cleaning, shopping, and ongoing festivities. ADHD symptoms of forgetfulness and inattentiveness,…

CHADD Webinar When You and Your Child Have ADHD: Setting Realistic Goals to Reduce Challenges Featuring Christine Kotik, ACC Join us to learn about setting realistic goals to reduce some of the challenges your faces. Christine Kotik has tips to apply the information from previous webinars for parenting your child with ADHD. Her presentation will…

The ADHD Awareness Coalition has announced the winners of this year’s awareness video contest. October was ADHD Awareness Month. CHADD, along with Attention Deficit Disorder Association and ADHD Coaches Organization, with ADHD Europe, annually sponsors activities such as the video contest to increase awareness about ADHD. About 17 million Americans are affected by the disorder.…

The Annual International Conference on ADHD kicked off on Wednesday, November 6, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It brought together 1,100 members of the ADHD community from across the country and around the world. The annual conference is the world’s largest gathering of ADHD professionals and individuals and families affected by ADHD. This year’s conference was at…

CHADD Webinar: Mornings Matter with ADHD Featuring Michelle Novotni, PhD Getting ADHD symptoms under control during work or school hours is the number one priority. ADHD symptoms are always with us, from the moment we wake up. Mornings can be especially challenging for people and families living with ADHD. Mornings matter, and a lot. A…

Halloween is less than two weeks away, and already people are starting to feel stressed about the upcoming holiday season. In some families, progress reports have come home from school and the prospect of helping a struggling student can feel overwhelming. Many families who contend with ADHD symptoms experience generalized ongoing stress, whether it’s a…

Treating ADHD can add years to your life. But what is the best way to get this information out to the public and encourage health care systems to provide treatment? CHADD hosted a gathering of health care professionals and researchers to consider recent research and to explore initiatives on ADHD and public health.