167. Q&A: What can parents do to help support their child with ADHD?

Beyond the Sessions is answering YOUR parenting questions! In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Hershberg, Dr. Emily Upshur, and I talk about...

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3:50 - How parents of a child newly diagnosed with ADHD can utilize specific strategies to support them.

6:02 - Understand ADHD and what a child with ADHD might struggle with (and what they might excel in as a result of their neurodiverse brain.)

7:20 - Trustworthy resources for parents of a child with ADHD:

1. ADDitude Magazine

2. 12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD by Russell A. Barkley, PhD

3. What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew by Dr. Sharon Saline

4. Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson, EdD & Richard Guare, PhD

10:36 - ADHD is more of an executive functioning and emotional regulation disorder and symptoms can present vastly different from one child to the next.

15:38 - Looking at ADHD from a strength-based perspective.

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