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Planing Committee

…Life, Better Relationship”, “Understand Your Brain, Get More Done”, “More Attention, Less Deficit” and “Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD”. His “More Attention, Less Deficit” podcast has more than 100 episodes…

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Explaining ADHD to Kids

…“I learned that your brain is built in a way that makes a lot of things come easily! These are like the super-fast highways in your brain.” While every child…

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Joseph Biederman, MD: A Champion of Clinical Science

…particular brain activity pattern, or a particular shape of brain parts that perfectly matched the pattern of symptoms. But the science shows that there is no one pattern—diverse patterns of…

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Turning to Watch Can Release Neurotransmitters for Attention

…of the the brain that provides the ability to see. Frequently, when someone has ADHD they have a reduced amount of norepinephrine in their brain, compared to someone who doesn’t…

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Guiding Complex Teens and Young Adults to Launch

…When human brains are triggered, the primitive brain takes over and we’re not available for rational decision-making. You can’t demand that someone operate from their rational brain. If your young…

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Don’t Stop the Movement!

…that ADHD is linked with both hyper- and hypo-brain functioning. We think that the physical movement is a way to increase dopamine and/or noradrenergic activity in the brain, and that…

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I Can’t Stop Thinking About It

…to rejection sensitivity. How can you manage those intense, negative thoughts?   Prevent rumination with five daily strategies Ask yourself, “Am I ruminating?” The gear shift of the brain, the…

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How to Build and Maintain New Habits

…them. Your plan should also include the words you tell yourself about your new habit. Positive self-talk trains your brain to think and act on your behalf. Your brain will believe what…

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Everything I Know I Learned in Kindergarten

…right answer, I say, “Kiss your brain!” None of my kindergarteners left the classroom without kissing their brains. At the end of the day, I would ask, “Who’s terrific?” They…

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“Brain Training” Options for ADHD: New Fact Sheet

…involve the prefrontal cortex of the brain (the front part of the brain), which is the last region in the brain to mature and therefore may have the greatest potential…

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What I Learned from Interviewing 24 Men with Inattentive ADHD

…was diagnosed early in life, it would have made a difference as long as I was told, “You have a different brain.” It wouldn’t have made a difference if I…

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