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Do you think your daughter has attention deficit disorder, otherwise known as ADHD? Before you seek a diagnosis, educate yourself. The more you know, the better prepared you are to explain ADHD to your daughter. Also, a better understanding of ADHD will help you understand and support her. Check out ADDitudemag.com, CHADD.org, and CADDAC.ca for excellent and reputable information on
Helping Your ADHD Daughter Navigate Executive Function Challenges What are executive function skills? Executive function skills are essential self-regulating abilities everyone uses daily for almost everything, including organizing, prioritizing, and thinking before speaking. These skills are developed and refined during childhood. However, girls with ADHD often miss out on developing these skills and have executive function impairments or executive dysfunction.
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 can navigate their challenges more effectively and lead fulfilling lives.
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, even though we know that it is a structural difference