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If you think your daughter has ADHD, before seeking a diagnosis, educate yourself. The more you know as a parent, the better prepared you are to talk with your daughter about her ADHD, understand her, and help her. ADDitudemag.com, CHADD.org, and CADDAC.org are excellent sources of reputable and reliable information.…

Executive functions are the essential self-regulating skills we use daily to accomplish just about everything. They help us plan, organize, make decisions, shift between situations or thoughts, control our emotions and impulsivity, and learn from past mistakes. Kids rely on their executive functions for everything from taking a shower to…

Neuroplasticity, the brain’s capacity to reorganize and adapt, is a critical factor in understanding and managing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This multifaceted neurodevelopmental condition poses challenges in attention, impulse control, and hyperactivity, but it’s not an insurmountable hurdle. By leveraging neuroplasticity principles, along with timely intervention and medication, children with ADHD…

Inattentive ADHD is arguably the most devastating of presentations – because so often it is missed by adults until our young people are suffering the consequences of their neurological differences. They may have already been told they are lazy, daydreamy, unmotivated, etc. and have accepted this as who they are,…