ADHD Focus with David Pomeroy, MD

“So that’s why my son takes so long to get ready for school, every single day, no matter what I say.”  “She never remembers half of what I ask her to do, it’s easy things too.”  “He can do his multiplication tables fine at home but he is slowest in class on the 3 minute tests at school.”  Does this sound familiar? Slow processing speed may be the problem. Often a part of ADHD but it can also be the primary issue instead of ADHD. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS My guest today is Dr. Ellen Braaten, Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Executive Director of LEAP (Learning and Educational Assessment Program) at Massachusetts General Hospital, author ofBright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up, and an expert in the field of processing speed, ADHD and LD.       Slow Processing Speed ·        what is it? ·        how does it show up at home and school ? ·        how can you as a parent best help your child succeed? Join us! Listen and Learn ! The post Slow Processing Speed appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Cannabis/weed/marijuana – it’s everywhere. It is legal for adult use with no restrictions in 11 states, for “medicinal” (sic) use in 34 states.  And it affects brain development in teens and even into 20s because the brain doesn’t become fully mature until age 25 – and later for an ADHD-affected brain. Regular use as an adolescent has permanent negative effects which result in altered brain capabilities…FOR LIFE.  That will become increasingly evident as the current teen users get into their 20s and 30s, but it has been shown even now. How many teens really use that much, enough to cause life-altering problems?  As of 2017  DAILY users – 1.3 % of 8th ,  4.8% of 10th, and  6.4% of High School seniors !!  36% of HS seniors had used weed at all in the previous year. And those numbers are increasing every year. The number of users vaping (smoking a refined concentrated liquid form of cannabis) DOUBLED from 2017 to 2018. Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS My guest this week is an expert in this subject, Roberto Olivardia, a psychologist in the Boston area with a private practice who also holds a part-time teaching position at Harvard Medical School. We discuss the scope of use of cannabis, how it affects brain development and why using it is attractive to teens, especially anyone with anxiety, ADHD, depression, poor school grades etc.  Roberto also outlines what parents can do to help their children learn how to deal with all the influences encouraging cannabis use which they will encounter as they enter and go through teen-age years. Listen and Learn!   The post Cannabis and ADHD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Today Dr. Pomeroy talks to Elaine Taylor-Klaus, one of the innovators of ADHD Coaching specifically in the area of coaching parents. Elaine has done group classes for parents since 2011 and her book just came out – Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids.Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS The post Raising Complex Kids appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

If there were a way to change your child’s self-perception and self-talk from negative to positive would you want to know about it? (Hint, yours will change as well.) How about helping your child learn how to calm her/himself before becoming overwhelmed and “losing it”? My guest today is eartha Powell. She has developed a way for you to do exactly that. Through her determination, curiosity and drive to help her son with ADHD and learning issues she created an approach she calls Transition Awareness Breathing. .Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS It is not your usual coloring book! Check it out, it is full of great ideas and fun things for kids and families to do.  This show will give you an introduction to an approach to learning, creating and being unlike any other!  Listen and learn!  Her book TAB Mindfulness, Awareness, and Coloring Activities in a pandemic world  can be found here on Amazon. Copyright TargetingADHD, LLC.  Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. The post Transition Awareness Breathing with Eartha Powell appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Here you go….Brendan Mahan and the Wall of AwfulSubscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS “Yup, I failed again, messed it up”. “I’ve disappointed Mom again, she probably wishes Iwasn’t her kid.” “I’ll be up until 2am getting this report done, why didn’t I get startedearlier instead of watching Netflix again? I’m stupid, that’s why”. Ever heard yourself saying that? Ever heard your child say that? Ouch! It hurts! My guest today is Brendan Mahan, Executive Function coach/consultant, speaker andeducator (former 6th grade teacher). And parent. And person with ADHD. He came upwith the concept of the Wall of Awful as the representation of the negative emotions andself-talk that accumulate faster and grow higher for those of us with ADHD than forneurotypicals. Kids, parents, adults with ADHD are very good at adding those emotional“bricks” to the Wall of Awful. Join Brendan and I as we discuss how the Wall gets builtand the 5 ways of dealing with it, 2 of which work well and get us to the other side of theWall of Awful. Listen and learn! Brendan’s podcast is ADHD Essentials, his website www.adhdessentials.com The post Brendan Mahan and The Wall of Awful appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Have you ever felt like dealing with your ADHD child is a never-ending series of battles? Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Homework, chores, screen time … only a few of the possible sticking points. There is hope! My guest this week is Penny Williams, author of 4 books** on parenting ADHD and ASD children, developer of an online Parent Training course – 8 sessions go-at-your-own-pace – in which parents learn the different mindset needed to be the best parent to their child with a different-than-usual mind. Kids in tantrum mode are not out to give you a hard time, they are having a hard time…and they don’t know how to make it better. You as a parent can learn how to teach them, and yourself, to do exactly that – stop the battles and move into a more peaceful enjoyable family life. Listen and learn!  ** Boy Without Instructions – her first, chronicling how she developed her own ways of working with her ADHD son and  Hidden Layers of ADHD – the most recent of the four.  Her website is www.parentingadhdandautism.com ; This has details on her Parent Training course, her blogs and descriptions of her books.  Find Penny and her books on Amazon here. The post Stop The Battles – Penny Williams appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Everyone is asking, how do we cope with the summer of COVID? Usual activities are gone, everyone in the family is on edge, we can’t see friends or other family…HELP! Subscribe with your favorite podcast playerApple PodcastsAndroidRSS Help is on the way, and it’s here. My guest is Dr. Sharon Saline*, psychologist extraordinaire, author of the book What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew and the just released card deck ADHD Solutions. Building upon the outline she developed for a webinar with ADDitude magazine (www.additudemag.com ) we discuss strategies to help the family deal with the anxiety and lack of certainty resulting from the way COVID-19 has affected our lives. Establish a daily routine, weekly family meetings to sort things out, self-care to fill your tank up again and maintain resilience in the face of the multiple challenges of the COVID Summer (and coming soon, COVID Fall the Sequel) and other practical approaches to reducing stress while coping with the uncertainties we all face. Listen and learn!  Preview –  How to set up smart daily routines and long-term plansHow to deal with mental health issues related to COVID-19 (such as feelings of anxiety, hopelessness, and anger)How to go with the flow in a world without answersHow limit screen time without argumentsHow to foster social contact that’s safe and appropriateHow to solve childcare challengesHow to take care of ourselves and what self-care really looks like *Dr. Saline can be found at: www.drsharonsaline.com, www.facebook.com/DrSharonSaline, twitter.com/DrSharonSaline The post Coping with Covid, Summer (And Fall) appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Would you want to live in a world without ADHD? I certainly wouldn’t. How dull it would be! Artists, inventors, explorers, statesmen, actors, musicians – many have ADHD and many who have now passed can be figured to have had ADHD. My guest today is Kirsten Milliken PhD who together with Kris Mitchell has spun an idea they had into what will be a virtual online exhibit in conjunction with the International ADHD Conference in November 2020. “The intention is to illustrate how much the world benefits from the presence of ADHD in the human neurodiversity ecosystem,” said Kirsten. Visual arts or written word from people of any age will be shown and auctioned off to benefit anyone of three ADHD-supporting organizations. Go to the website www.worldwithoutADHD.com for details. Kirsten wrote the book PlayDHD, a book for adults with ADHD (more on that in another show), she is an ADHD Coach and now a facilitator for an exhibition of ADHD talents! Listen and Learn! Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple PodcastsAndroidRSS The post A World Without ADHD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Do you and your ADHD child understand how to work together to solve the time management, task management, emotional management issues that show up daily? These happen in every household of course but they break down more easily and more often when ADHD is involved. Your child is trying the best she or he knows how but the ADHD brain can’t figure it out without help, your help. My guest today is Dr. Sharon Saline, a psychologist who sets out the framework for approaching these challenges in her book What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew, based upon the 5 Cs. Her website is  https://drsharonsaline.com/ Curious to know what the 5Cs are and how they can help families coping with ADHD?  Listen and learn!   Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple PodcastsAndroidRSS The post Managing time as a team with Dr. Sharon Saline appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.

Have you ever tried to sort through programs and apps to find which one might help your child with ADHD and/or LD do better in school? Which ones are included in programs you probably have like MS Word or Google Docs? Are there others that aren’t too costly and have proven value? My guest this show is Dr. Brian Friedlander, Associate Professor of Education at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ. He teaches graduate programs in assistive technology (AT), has co-authored the book Engaging the Resistant Child Through Computers as well as several laminated reference guides to AT in a variety of formats. His blog can be found at assistivetek.blogspot.com. Join us for a whirlwind tour of AT for students with ADHD and LD challenges. Listen and Learn! For quick referral – here are some of the apps and programs suggested by Dr. Friedlander. Closing the gap: https://www.closingthegap.com/ Don Johnston: https://learningtools.donjohnston.com/support/product-resources/ Mathpad 2.0: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mathpad/id435087400 Mathline Abacus: https://www.howbrite.com/ Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple PodcastsAndroidRSS The post Dr. Brian Friedlander Assistive Technology for ADHD/LD appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.