AD/HD Sensitivity

Lately, my two daughters have been emotionally tag-teaming their poor old over-stressed mother. I’m sure that’s not their intent, but the effect is the same. Did someone say drama? These girls are Oscar worthy. That topic, however, is for another day. I bring it up because thinking about my daughters and their recent behavior led […]

ADHD and School

I haven’t posted here in too long of a time; my life has been like a runaway train lately, with someone else at the wheel. I thought I would take a minute tonight to post something quickly, and share some of what we talked about at my teleclass last night. I’m just going to list […]

AD/HD and Elementary School

Last week I did a radio interview with Christina Lemmey from Wonder Years Radio. Christina’s site is all about parenting children of elementary school age, and she covers all kinds of topics, from PTA fundraisers to transitioning to kindergarten. Christina had some questions for me about Attention Deficit Disorder in kids aged 5-11, especially as […]

ADHD and Mind Mapping

In my last post, I mentioned mind mapping as a way to organize your thoughts or brainstorm ideas. It’s a concept that I find is being utilized more, in both educational and business settings. If you’ve been to any kind of training seminar lately, the trainer most likely used mind mapping as a means of […]

Planning and ADHD

  Do You Use a Planner? I happen to think that planning and ADHD go together – they’re a good match for one another. My thinking behind this is pretty solid – using a planner to manage your time and activities is a skill that will be useful throughout life. And who could use this […]

New ADHD Study

I was contacted recently by Ashley Senn, a school psychologist and graduate student at Walden University. She is in the process of earning her PhD and would like your help collecting research data regarding communication between parents of ADHD children and physicians as it pertains to non-pharmaceutical treatment options. I know that many of you […]