5. Parenting Strategies
Provides tips and techniques for parents and caregivers on raising a child with ADHD. This might include advice on establishing routines, handling behavioral issues, and supporting academic success, as well as emotional support for parents.
You can find a wealth of information about ADHD and children on the internet. Some of it is credible, some of it is not. It can be hard to know what to believe. So, we’ve curated a resource hub for you of reliable online resources for teachers and parents of ADHD children.
- ADHD Child vs. Non-ADHD Child Interview: watch the startling differences between a girl who has inattentive ADHD and another who doesn’t.
- Value of early diagnosis and treatment of ADHD: A ten-minute segment, starting at minute 50, about neuroplasticity in children that explains why early ADHD diagnosis and treatment is so important.
- Miss Peggy Talks ADHD: 90 second cartoon clips to teach parents about ADHD in young girls, how to help them, and the impact ADHD has on girls when not diagnosed early
- FINDtheADHDgirls Podcast: 30 minute recorded interviews with ADHD parent coaches and women diagnosed later in life with ADHD and who their lives would have been different if diagnosed as young girls.
- A free online program from the Seattle Children’s Hospital: digital program for parents to learn an evidence-based behavioral treatment for ADHD. You can watch at your own pace. A follow-along workbook helps guide your learning.
January Handouts
Febuary Handouts
- Raising Girls With ADHD-Secrets for Parenting Healthy, Happy Daughters, 2nd ed. By Mary Anne Richey
- 8 Keys to Parenting Children with ADHD by: Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M, certified ADHD coach and mental health counselor
- What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew by: Dr. Sharon Saline, PhD, licensed clinical psychologist
- Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids by: Kelli Miller, LCSW, psychotherapist, best-selling author, TV/radio host
- Understanding Girls with AD/HD written by: Kathleen G. Nadeau: PHD, licensed psychologist and internationally recognized ADHD expert, Ellen B. Littman: Clinical psychologist, internationally recognized author and speaker and called a “pioneer in the identification of gender differences in ADHD” by the APA, and Patricia O. Quinn: MD: developmental pediatrician and author, co-founder and current director of the National Center for Girls and Women with ADHD.
A free gift from FINDtheADHDgirl’s founder
I wrote Living with Inattentive ADHD about my experiences of living with undiagnosed ADHD for almost 50 years. It sheds light on the potential lifelong issues of a missed ADHD diagnosis, especially in girls. It’s the awareness we need to identify school-age girls with ADHD.
So, I’m offering a free audio download of my book, Living with Inattentive ADHD, Climbing the Circular Staircase of Inattentive Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. I hope you enjoy it.
Although it’s been over 30 years since my diagnosis, girls with ADHD are still getting missed. But together I know we can create a brighter future for ADHD girls by screening, diagnosing, and supporting them before their 8th birthday.
To a better future for ADHD girls,
Cynthia Hammer
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