Articles, Resources,
Videos, and Newsletters
for Parents and Adults
Bring understanding of ADHD into the light.
Contents
Articles:
What is ADHD?
7 Facts You Need to Know about ADHD by the ADHD Awareness Month Coalition
ADHD Grows Up: New Perspectives on ADHD Compiled by Joan Jager
What is ADHD? An extensive article from the National Institute of Mental Health – The same article, divided into shorter posts: What is ADHD?
- What are the symptoms of ADHD in children?
- What causes ADHD?
- How is ADHD diagnosed?
- How is ADHD treated? – Medications
- Psychotherapy and Parent Training
- What conditions can coexist with ADHD?
- How can I work with my child’s school?
- Do teens with ADHD have special needs?
- Can adults have ADHD?
- Citations
ADHD Awareness – What’s next? by Jennie Friedman
Adults with ADHD: Success at College and Work by LuAnn Pierce, LCSW
Think you Understand ADHD? Don’t Leave out the Best Parts! by Yafa Luria Crane
Ten Things I Love about People with ADHD by Freya Cheffers
ADHD: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – NIMH Fact Sheet (National Institute of Mental Health)
ADHD Websites – From Starter Information to Comprehensive Coverage – Compiled by Joan Jager
13 Classic Books on ADHD – Compiled by Joan Riley Jager
TDAH – ADHD en Espanol – Compiled by Joan Jager
Diagnosis and Treatment
ADHD Diagnostic Criteria: DSMV
ADHD Screening Tests Compiled by Joan Jager
6 Questions for Recognizing ADHD in Adults
Adult ADHD: Soft Signs and Related Issues by LuAnn Pierce, LCSW
Version of the WHO ADHD Adult Self-Report Scale
Diagnosis and Treatment Concerns: The Ideal versus Reality by Joan Jager
The ADD Journey: Help for the Road Ahead by Cynthia Hammer, MSW
Who can Diagnose ADHD? by Joan Jager
Questions to Ask Before Scheduling an Appointment by Cynthia Hammer
A PHYSICIAN’S PERSPECTIVE on ADHD Medications by Theodore Mandelkorn, MD
Why I Choose to Medicate my ADHD Child by Diane Dempster
Treatment for ADHD and Addiction by Trey Dyer
Five Ways Dogs Can Help Those with Mental Disorders by Brandon Butler
Children with ADHD
Parent to Parent: What you need to know about ADHD – an open letter from a parent who’s been there, Alisha Leigh (Pseudonym)
How to Accept your Child’s Diagnosis: Even When it Hurts by Elizabeth Lewis
7 Tips for the Newly Diagnosed Child by Ann Doyle
On ADHD: Parent to Parent – 3 personal articles sharing their best advice for fellow parents
5 Tips to Make Life Easier for You as an ADHD Parent by Diane Dempster
Parenting the Child with ADHD: Mum, Do you Think I Have a Bleak Future? by Freya Cheffers
ADHD – How it’s Different in Girls by Marj Harrison, MA, Ed.M
Bill of Rights for Children with ADHD by Ruth Harris
Four Things Every Successful Super-Mom (and Dad) Knows – Self-care for better self-control – by Diane Dempster
Organization for Children: Supporting Executive Functions – Strategies for Home and School by Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M, ACAC
7 Questions to Help Parents and Children with ADHD Succeed with Homework by Sarah Jane Keyser
The Benefits of Music Therapy for Kids with ADHD by Charles Carpenter
Time Management – It’s a Family Affair – 3 part article by Coach Cindy Goldrich
- Part 1 –Time Management – It’s a Family Affair! – Valuable Systems are the Keys to Good Time Management
- Part 2 – Time… Where did it Go??
- Part 3 – Time for Reflection on Time
Why I Choose to Medicate my ADHD Child by Diane Dempster
What to Do When the Medication Wears Off by Diane Dempster
Kids ADHD Page – Things to read, do and watch – Compiled by Joan Jager
Encouraging Self-Advocacy in Teens – by Joan Jager
Getting Rid of the Gremlins – Parents, Silence your Inner Critics by Diane Dempster
ADHD at School
ADHD and Children: What Teachers Need to Know by Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ACAC
Increase On-task Performance in Students with ADHD Teachers’ Workshop by Mary Fowler
Casting a Wider Net: Section 504 Revisions – Intensive review – What will qualify a student for a 504 plan and what abilities should not disqualify them under the law – by Lisa M. LaVardera, Esq
How can I work with my child’s school? From NIMH ADHD section (National Institute of Mental Health) What is ADHD?
8 Tips to Help you be your Child’s Advocate by Mary Fowler
Become an Effective Advocate for Your Child with ADHD – Helpful Articles, Advocacy Training, eBooks, Support, and Websites – Compiled by Joan Jager
Adults with ADHD
ADHD Success at College and Work by LuAnn Pierce, LCSW
5 Lies I Tell Myself about Having ADHD by Liz Lewis
How to Make ADHD Work for you – Pills don’t teach skills: Manage Your ADHD with Behavior Strategies by Tia of Little Miss Lionheart
Against the Wind: How it Feels to be a Women with ADHD by Elizabeth Lewis
My Five Biggest Weaknesses (and How I’m Turning them into Strengths) by Michele Cook
No Hits, No Runs, Many Errors…The ADHD Slump in Adulthood by Marj Harrison, MA, Ed.M.
Adult ADHD: Soft Signs and Related Issues by LuAnn Pierce, LCSW
The ADD Journey: Help for the Road Ahead by Cynthia Hammer, MSW, ACSW
My Emotional Journey with ADHD by Cynthia Hammer, MSW, ACSW
Roller coasters and Eggshells – Emotions and Parent and Child Relations by Lou Brown
Self-Regulation: Controlling your Emotions with ADHD
Unconditional Acceptance of Yourself by Leo Babauta
8-Step Process to Be True to Yourself by Tyler Dahl
My ADHD Journey: Living with ADHD in Pakistan by Haseeb Waqar
Be the Best Version of Yourself: Explore your Strengths by Marla Cummins
Self Advocacy for ADHD: Know yourself – Tools for self-discovery by Joan Jager
ADDulting with ADHD: Avoiding ADHD Life Hack Overwhelm by Lou Brown
Manage your Life, House, and Home with ADHD – 9 tips to build routines by Joan Riley Jager
The Quick Start Guide to a Decluttered Home – Practical and emotional strategies by Leo Babauta
9 Ways to Get Organized with Minimal Effort By Donna Smallin Kuper
18 Five-Minute Decluttering Tips to Start Conquering your Mess by Leo Babauta
ADHD and the Practice of Gratitude by Kari Miller Ph.D.
7 things about ADHD I wish I had always known by Drew Dakessian
7 + Steps to get Fit Gradually by Leo Babauta
ADHD at Home and Work: 46 Small Steps to Save Time by Sue West
12 Great Strategies that Help ADHers Thrive by Linda Walker
16 Steps to Better Self-Esteem with ADHD by Kari Taylor-Hogan of ADDing to the Mayhem: MOMX3 with ADHD – “We put the fun in dysfunctional.” Helping get the word out about self-esteem.
20 Momentum Strategies to Combat Procrastination by ADHD coach Sue West
How I “Fixed” my ADD Husband by Linda Walker
20 Tools to Enhance your Memory by ADHD coach Marla Cummins
6 Steps to Survive ADHD Overwhelm – Learn to Plan Your Day by Sarah Jane Keyser
ADHD Choices: Things I CAN do! by Happy (aka Megan)
How to Take Action When You’re Not Interested by Marla Cummins
ADHD and Sleep Issues from A to Zzzzz by Linda Walker
Getting Started with the Discipline Habit – Mindfully – Just do it! by Leo Babauta
You’re Not Doing Life Wrong – You’re enough – by Leo Babauta
Treatment for ADHD and Addiction by Trey Dyer
I want to change my ADHD life. What can I do? A series of short articles by Sarah Jane Keyser
Time Management
ADHD at Home and Work: 46 Small Steps to Save Time by Sue West
8 Techniques to Combat Procrastination When you Have ADHD by Marla Cummins
Time Management – It’s a Family Affair! – by Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M, ACAC
- Part 1 – Valuable Systems are the Keys to Good Time Management
- Part 2 – Time… Where did it Go??
- Part 3 – Time for Reflection on Time
20 Momentum Strategies to Combat Procrastination by ADHD coach Sue West
Get Unstuck – Tips for easier Daily Transitions When you have ADHD by Marla Cummins
ADHD and Time: 4 Steps to Getting Places on Time by Marla Cummins
Workplace
Adults with ADHD: Success at College and Work by LuAnn Pierce, LCSW
Avoiding ADHD Blowups at Work by Linda Walker
Managing Overwhelm at Work by Kari Miller
How to Ask for Accommodations at Work Without Coming Out About ADHD by Linda Walker
Employees with ADHD – Ideas for Accommodations – Job Accommodation Network
6 Tips for Working at Home with ADHD by Sarah Jane Keyser
Resources
ADHD Websites – From Starter Information to Comprehensive Coverage – Complied by Joan Jager
Become an Effective Advocate for Your Child with ADHD – Helpful Articles, Advocacy Training, eBooks, Support, and Websites – Compiled by Joan Jager
Kids ADHD Page – Things to read, do and watch – Compiled by Joan Jager
Encouraging Self-Advocacy in Teens – by Joan Jager
TDAH – ADHD en Espanol – Compiled by Joan Jager
Find Treatment and Support for ADHD
- Find Support
ADHD Directories
Professional Medical Directories
Professional Medical directories with ADHD search option
Questions to help find the right Providers - Supplemental Treatment Providers for ADHD
ADHD Treatment: Money Matters
Who can Diagnose?
Diagnosis and Treatment concerns - Additional Advice on Finding Mental Health services
Videos
ADHD Grows Up: New Perspectives on ADHD Includes a number of videos to clarify. Compiled by Joan Jager
What is ADHD? and Procrastination – How to ADHD YouTube channel with Jessica McCabe. Informative and fun.
ADHD Awareness Minute – In honor of ADHD Awareness Month, we’re featuring a short video clip from Rick Green of Totally ADD.
Understand Emotions and Motivation in High School Students with Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. (Presentation in 3 parts)
This is How you Treat ADHD based on Science – Russell Barkley, Ph.D. Creating external scaffolding to support Executive Functions – Behavior modification techniques. Specific strategies for time and organization management that work. (13-minute video)
Mere Existence? When everything that can go wrong, does — you might as well laugh. Have a little fun with Lev Yaniv’s videos.
Our complete collection of ADHD Videos:
ADHD in Adults – Collection of Videos
ADHD Strategies for Adults – Collection
ADDitude Mag’s YouTube Videos – Short clips, mostly for adults with ADHD
Video Presentations by ADHD Experts – Collection – 3-minutes and up. Some are one to three hours long.
TedTalks on ADHD – Collection – 5 to 20 minutes
Must-See Videos with a Message – Collection
ADHD Life Newsletters
Radical Acceptance Meets Executive Functions March 2020
I’m so tired of beating myself up. I also know that I not alone in feeling this shame and self-loathing. Loving yourself is a basic need of the human spirit, but we’re talking about living with ADHD. It gets complicated.
Creative Routines to Fulfill your Goals January 2020
Choosing goals of inherent value to you. Using your strengths to inspire action and create routines that support your ability to find success. We also reaffirm the importance of unconditional acceptance.
ADHD Holidays: Simplify and Discover your Strengths December 2019
The value of simplifying the holidays and everyday chores. Discovering your strengths and creating a life that features your best qualities.
ADHD: Advocacy and Social Media: Play Attention November 2019
The ADHD brain wants stimulation, challenge, novelty, deadlines, and works best when very interested in a project. Changing my working hours to playtime made all the difference. Online advocacy efforts. Two articles this month: a letter for teachers and an analogy for ADHD.
ADHD Awareness Month October 2019
Stigma, misinformation, and fears about ADHD continually flood us with negative messages. There is hope with ADHD. Educate yourself. Understand that your child WOULD do better if they COULD. Article and video “ADHD Awareness – What next? – The ADHD Manifesto.
ADHD Mayhem to Self-Control September 2019
Self-care and leading with your strengths
Self-care is the key to better self-control in children, adults, and parents affected by ADHD. Identifying and using your strengths is the basis for thriving with ADHD.
Memory and Organization Strategies for ADHD August 2019
Poor memory and organizational skills are hallmarks of ADHD. Minimize your frustration with these core strategies. Featuring “9 Ways to Get Organized with Minimal Effort” and “20 Tools to Enhance your Memory.”
ADHD: Blessing or curse? Or Somewhere in Between? July 2019
Left untreated ADHD can have devastating effects over the course of ones’ lifetime. ADHD impacts all of us differently and the strengths we use to cope are uniquely our own.
ADHD: What is YOUR Story? June 2019
Reflect on your own ADHD story through questions outlined by the author of “My ADHD Journey: Living with ADHD in Pakistan.” What steps you have taken to meet your challenges, define your strengths and purpose for your life?
My Five Biggest Weaknesses (and How I am Turning them into Strengths) Spring 2019
Consider some of your weaknesses, then turn them around to work for you.
Manage your Life, House and Home with ADHD March 2019
Developing systems is the key to organization, housekeeping and good time management. A comprehensive article with a few of my favorite resources to help you find the right tools to adapt to your life. Features strategies from 9 House and Home Systems for ADHD. Includes three videos – Make your bed, a commencement speech, Fly Lady routines, and ideas on shopping and getting a meal together from How to ADHD.
Pills Don’t Teach Skills February 2019
If you’re struggling to manage your ADHD, “How to Make ADHD Work for you – Pills don’t teach skills: Manage Your ADHD with Behavior Strategies” offers a number of great ideas from basic health needs (like Eating, Sleeping, and Moving) to ADHD hacks that should help.
ADHD: When your Emotions Get in the Way Jan 2019
Why DO we put off until tomorrow what we SHOULD have done yesterday? We are fearful, worried, ashamed, and procrastinate on projects both large and small. I mean CONSTANTLY. Learning to control your immediate response is helped by the non-judgmental and positive practice of Self-Regulation. Oversensitive emotions also affect parent and child relationships. We’ve included a video and slides that further expand on the topic.
You are Worthy December 2018
Change is inevitable. The difference comes from a place of acceptance and love, or a place of self-dislike and dissatisfaction. Treatment starts with self-care. With productivity comes self-esteem and in time, acceptance of your authentic self. Note: New research shows that ADHD has serious repercussions throughout the lifespan.
Making Peace with ADHD: Priorities November 2018
Coming to terms with ADHD in the family. First by overcoming grief for what has been lost and claiming your place among others fighting the same battle. Second, by understanding ADHD, self-acceptance of yourself, learning effective strategies for moving forward with grace and keeping your priorities straight. Video: How to Explain ADHD
ADHD Awareness Month: The truth as we know it October 2018
Online and in-person events to participate in ADHD Awareness. Notes on the latest understanding of how the ADHD brain operates. The importance of coming to accept your ADHD, find community and live in tune with yourself, ADHD and all. Video: The Art of ADHD.
How to Hack your ADHD Brain September 2018
It’s neuroscience. Create the correct dopamine and norepinephrine environment and the brain does the rest. Principles of productivity that work effectively even when motivation flags. 2 videos on being aware of ADHD and the importance of treating the disorder both at school and within the wider community.
Understand what Ignites your Energy August 2018
How ADHD presents in adults. Be aware of environments where ADHD symptoms flourish and learn to restrict the most impairing aspects of ADHD. Strength-based strategies are so important to controlling ADHD.
ADHD Tips for You and Your Family July 2018
Understand the ADHD mind in children and adults, develop self-compassion, and learn effective strategies to improve functioning. Modeling positive parenting techniques based on empathy, patience and delayed executive functions that affect functioning.
ADHD Strikes Again! Recovery May 2018: Weeks 2, 3 and 4 – Better make that June
Negative thoughts and repeated failures exact a powerful emotional toll on people with ADHD. Learn to cope with Its impact on our ability to handle the challenges of everyday tasks and getting things done.
ADHD Life Newsletter: Redesign May 2018: Week 1
Design a life that lifts your spirits without draining all your energy. Explore our site and laugh a little at a short video about how our brains react when we ask them to get to work.
ADHD: Acceptance and feeling worthy. Own your story. April 2018
Be aware of how ADHD affects you. Know that you are worthy to seek help. ADHD is NO ONE’S fault, but once you know about it, it is your RESPONSIBILITY. Why? Because you are WORTH it
ADHD: Create your best life, as unique as you are. March 2018
It is as important to identify your talents and strengths as to know your challenges. Advocating for your child and learning self-advocacy is a vital part of treatment for ADHD. Develop personalized strategies that work WITH your ADHD brain.
ADHD in the Family: Peace, Love and Understanding: February 2018
Understanding the complexity of ADHD and developing strategies for your home and personal life are important steps to coming to accept and deal with challenges. ADHD impacts everyone in the family. You need to work together to keep peace in the family and to maintain a comfortable home.
Step by Step to Success with ADHD: January 2018
Learning to cope with ADHD is an ongoing process. Remember, small changes can make a big difference. Building habits and routines, planning, and developing household organization strategies are a great start. Everyone is affected differently by ADHD and needs a personalized treatment plan.
Tis the Season: ADHD Style: December 2017
Enjoying a less stressful holiday season is a challenge. Simple organizing advice will help you get your house in order, but the practice of gratitude and the value of forgiveness can really help you enjoy your time together with friends and family. Two fun videos and a report of recent research of the ADHD brain add to our understanding of ADHD.
From Discovery to Acceptance: Strategies for ADHD: November 2017
Finding your way along the winding path of the ADHD Journey isn’t easy, but we have resources for finding treatment and support. Productivity, planning, and organization tips are everywhere, but the key is creating strategies in line with how the ADHD brain works and that fit your unique needs.
ADHD Awareness: Understanding + Intervention = Positive Change October 2017
October is ADHD Awareness month. With new understanding, you can choose to change your own or a loved one’s life for the better. The choice is yours. The focus is on parents this month, but there’s a little something for everyone.
ADHD Life: Beyond a Textbook Understanding September 2017
Change your perspective and learn to thrive with ADHD. Never stop learning and adapting. Lots of help for parents in both written and video formats. The role of Choice in accepting responsibility for your own treatment.
Accepting Life with ADHD: Acceptance and Connection: August 2017
How does it feel to have ADHD? – ADHD and Shame – Unconditional Self-acceptance – Know how your brain works – Accepting your child’s diagnosis
ADHD Life: July 2017
Self-care and organization tips for you and your family. You’re in this together. (Plus 2 short videos)
ADHD Life Newsletter: June 2017
ADHD Screening tests, Recommended Websites, Medication Rating Scales, Essential reading and Featured articles
ADD freeSources’ Newsletter: May 2017
For kids, parents or adults with ADHD. Things to know, steps to take and accepting ADHD.
Tools for Discovering your Strengths April 2017
Tools for self-discovery to better manage ADHD. Advocate for yourself by using your strengths to meet your challenges. – Compiled by Joan Jager
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