Panel Discussion with ADHDKC & CHADD: Executive Function Skills | Sunday, April 26
Sun, Apr 26 | Central Resource Library (87th & Farley)
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Thinking About ADHD
I read with interest the recent pieces in the NY Times (Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong? By Paul Tough.) I am the grateful parent of adult children with ADHD (and other challenges.) I am also an ADHD and executive skills coach, a former special education teacher and learning specialist, and an individual […]
Is ADHD Coaching Effective for Teens?
The waves of distraction, impulsivity, and the gusts of disorganization can knock people with ADHD off course. However, a practical approach that has gained prominence in recent years is coaching for ADHD. There are three reasons why coaching can benefit individuals with ADHD.
Society Is Failing Visual Thinkers, and That Hurts Us All
Source: New York TimesBy Temple Grandin We hear a great deal about the need to fix the infrastructure in this country, but we are too focused on the things that need improving and updating rather than the people who will be able to do the work. For over 25 years, I designed equipment to handle […]
Coming Into Focus – the rise of ADHD diagnoses among adult women
Source: HarpersBazaar.comReporter: By Carla Ciccone This feeling of not quite knowing how to perform adult life was familiar, but combined with the guilt inherent to motherhood, it became unbearable. But women aren’t suddenly waking up with a neurological disorder. It’s likely been there all along, masquerading as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, “she’s difficult,” “she’s an […]
A Letter to My Younger Self: Reflections on ADHD
Source: additudemag.com, April 14, 2022Reporter: Joanna Moorhead Be honest: Have you ever dreamed of inventing a time-travel machine explicitly to go back and undo particularly cringe-worthy or heart-breaking events of your past? You’d never forget your brother’s beloved Pokémon cards at sleepaway camp, spill marinara on your prom dress, or impulsively spread a rumor about […]
‘A lot fell into place’: the adults who discovered they were autistic – after their child was diagnosed
Source: the Guardian, Dec. 16, 2021Reporter: Joanna Moorhead “An unexpected result of the greater number of children being diagnosed has been that many parents have discovered that they are autistic, too, often by figuring it out for themselves. . . There are no exact figures, says Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University, Britain’s leading academic […]
Managing A.D.H.D. Is Hard. These Coaches Want to Help.
Source: New York Times, Oct. 22, 2021Reporter: Christina Caron “A.D.H.D. coaching is considered an emerging field, although the profession is becoming more widely known. Interviews with coaches and clients, and a number of studies assessing college students, suggest that it can help manage A.D.H.D. symptoms like inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, while improving executive functioning skills […]
This Is Our Chance to Pull Teenagers Out of the Smartphone Trap
Authors: Jonathan Haidt and Jean M. Twenge This synchronized global increase in teenage loneliness suggests a global cause, and the timing is right for smartphones and social media to be major contributors. But couldn’t the timing just be coincidental? To test our hypothesis, we sought data on many global trends that might have an impact […]
Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control” System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function
Authors: NATIONAL FORUM ON EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICY AND PROGRAMS and NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL ON THE DEVELOPING CHILD