Career Exploration with your ADHD Teen Career Exploration with your child often begins in the parent’s mind before the child is even born. Will he be an accountant like his dad? Will they be a nurse like their mom? Will she become the president? As our kids grow, we begin to explore careers with… Continue reading ADHD Teens And Career Exploration
Category: ADHD Parenting
Posts relating to raising a child with ADHD. Topics will include teaching time management, creating boundaries, requesting school accommodations, emotional regulation and more.
Spring Cleaning With Your ADHD Child
Spring Cleaning With Your ADHD Kid(s) It is spring in the US and for many folks that brings with it the celebrated and feared “spring cleaning.” Whether you have ADHD or not, spring cleaning can feel invigorating and refreshing – and it can also feel overwhelming and tedious. When you have ADHD, or a… Continue reading Spring Cleaning With Your ADHD Child
ADHD Kids and Winter Boredom
ADHD Kids and Winter Boredom ADHD kids and winter boredom is a challenge for many parents and caregivers. Are our kids more prone to boredom? How can we help them learn to manage boredom? For us, we had both boredom the summer with school being out, and also boredom in the winter because… Continue reading ADHD Kids and Winter Boredom
Homework Tips With ADHD
Homework Tips With ADHD Homework Tips with ADHD – In the States we are starting our second half of the school year, and there is a renewed determination to get back on track, or stay on track. Homework is often a struggle time for students and parents alike. Here are some quick,… Continue reading Homework Tips With ADHD
Holiday Tips
Holiday Tips When You Or Your Child Has ADHD All of a sudden it’s a week into December – the holidays are coming, the holidays are coming! For those of us with ADHD, or who are raising kids with ADHD, or BOTH – the holiday season can bring extra gifts our way. On the… Continue reading Holiday Tips
Begin To Create Your Sensory Diet
Begin To Create Your Sensory Diet What Is A Sensory Diet? A few weeks ago, I shared a blog with you about what our sensory needs are and how important meeting them is. Feel free to check out that blog entry HERE. The first step to meeting your needs is to start to identify what… Continue reading Begin To Create Your Sensory Diet
Meeting Your Sensory Needs
Meeting Your Sensory Needs Do you put any time into meeting your sensory needs? Have you ever found yourself distracted from work because the sound of water dripping or a clock ticking is driving you up a wall? Have you ever realized you were reading a book or watching tv while sitting in a strange… Continue reading Meeting Your Sensory Needs
The Three C Philosophy
The Three C Philosophy I have a program for parents of children who have ADHD called Navigating ADHD Parenting: Embrace the Three C Philosophy. Raising kids who are neurodivergent and likely have difficulties with emotional regulation, time management, working memory and task initiation is different than raising kids who are neurotypical. Because of… Continue reading The Three C Philosophy
ADHD Treatment Options
ADHD Treatment Options For many people, when they find out that they or someone they love has ADHD, they immediately begin worrying about treatments, medications, and what impact those might have on day to day life. There are a lot of misconceptions and stigma surrounding ADHD treatment options, and medication specifically. While medication… Continue reading ADHD Treatment Options
Tips For CoRegulating Emotions With Your Child
CoRegulating Emotions With Your Child – A few tips Last Month I dropped a blog entry about coregulating emotions with your child who has ADHD. I discussed what that is and why it is important. You can read that blog post HERE if you missed it. I promised to bring you some tips… Continue reading Tips For CoRegulating Emotions With Your Child