Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD)

Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD)
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Mar 2, 2023 • 37min

Mental Health and Wellness for Teens with ADHD

Dr. Carolyn Lentzsch-Parcells, a pediatrician specializing in ADHD, discusses signs and causes of mental health disorders in teens. Topics include depression, anxiety, treatment plans, and strategies for supporting teens facing mental health challenges.
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Feb 15, 2023 • 31min

How to Help Your Teen with ADHD Engage in Self-Advocacy

What are the benefits of talking with your children about ADHD and why is it important that they learn how to advocate for themselves? In this episode, Dr. Nerissa Bauer discusses fostering an environment where children, tweens, and teens with ADHD feel safe to self-advocate and provides strategies that parents can use to help their children learn or improve their self-advocacy skills. Learn more at Let’s Talk Kids Health - https://www.letstalkkidshealth.org
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Feb 9, 2023 • 17min

How to Improve the Educational Experience of African American Students with ADHD

African American students are many times more likely to be diagnosed with subjective disabilities than their European American peers. Why does this happen? And what should schools do differently? In this episode, Dr. Joy Banks speaks on the overrepresentation and disparities in treatment of African American students in special education specifically for students with ADHD. She also shares the steps that schools must take to create environments where all students can thrive.
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Jan 18, 2023 • 32min

Section 504 and IEPs: Setting Your Child with ADHD Up For School Success

To have the best experience during their school life and the support they need to learn, children with ADHD need accommodations that are customized to their specific needs. In this episode, Jeffrey Katz, PhD, talks about comorbid learning disabilities, the difference between a Section 504 plan and an Individualized Education Program (IEP) plan, and the different roles that a child’s healthcare team, school, educators, and parents play in implementing them.
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Dec 22, 2022 • 18min

The Relationship Between ADHD and Trauma

Certain traits of ADHD, such as executive functioning deficits, inattention, and emotional regulation deficits, increase the odds of a person experiencing traumatic events during their lifetime.    In this episode, Tonya L. Miles, PsyD, speaks about different types of trauma, how they interact with ADHD, routine treatment plans, and how to identify possible ADHD in patients with comorbid symptoms or trauma.
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Dec 15, 2022 • 18min

Managing ADHD and Disruptive Behavior Disorders

Tish Taylor, PhD discusses managing ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders, including interventions and tips for parents. Topics include behavior plans, parent-child interaction therapy, behavioral therapy for children, and collaborative strategies for addressing challenging behaviors.
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Oct 12, 2022 • 33min

How to Help Your Child with ADHD Create Healthy Eating Habits

Several aspects of ADHD, such as distractibility, impulsiveness, issues with organization, underplanning, and emotional regulation can affect eating habits. How can parents help children with ADHD create and maintain healthy eating habits that will stay with them for life? In this episode, Mark Bertin, MD, a developmental pediatrician, shares how ADHD can make healthy eating habits difficult to maintain, signs that indicate disordered eating habits, how mindfulness can be applied to food and eating, and strategies for helping your child develop and maintain mindful eating practices.
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Sep 28, 2022 • 19min

Fathering with ADHD

ADHD can influence emotional regulation skills, organizational skills, and one’s ability to make and maintain social connections. These symptoms can create a negative impact when they interfere with a father’s ability to manage his own life and his children’s lives. In this episode, Carey Heller, PsyD, discusses the best interventions for men with ADHD, tips for how to overcome common challenges that arise when you have ADHD and are raising children, what to look for in an ADHD support practitioner, and shares helpful resources for fathers with ADHD.
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Sep 9, 2022 • 22min

Help Your Child with ADHD Manage Homework Autonomously

Guest Ann Dolin, MEd, discusses strategies for parents to help children with ADHD manage homework autonomously. Topics include creating conducive study environments, time management techniques, fostering independence through calm conversations, empowering children with observational language, active listening, and readiness rating scales, and emphasizing effective communication to facilitate autonomy in homework management.
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Jun 24, 2022 • 19min

Summertime Strategies To Address Your Child’s ADHD At Home

Dr. Carey Heller discusses behavioral strategies to manage a child's ADHD at home, including the importance of structure, consistency in addressing behaviors, and strategies for addressing ADHD during the summer. He also provides tips for taking kids with ADHD on vacation or day trips, such as planning ahead, identifying triggers, and maintaining sleep schedules.

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