| Love & Logic: Calming the Chaos – Instructional 3 CD Set |
This CD contains practical behavior improvement strategies for the children with ADD/ADHD. It’s goal is to help parents and teachers build positive and healthy relationships with ADD/ADHD. Presented by Jim Fay and Charles Fay, Ph.D. |
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Your Child’s Diet: A Cause and a Cure of ADHD?
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What about diet and ADHD? Have you heard that a paleo diet will improve ADHD symptoms? “To date no convincing evidence has shown that a poor diet causes ADHD, or that dietary supplements can be used to successfully treat the condition.” Source: ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know. |
| 12 Parenting Strategies That Work for ADHD Kids |
“Don’t believe all the ‘bad news’ about your child.” Written by Deborah Carpenter, a freelance writer and mother of two and daughter of an ADD mother. |
| Mindful Parenting for ADHD – Mindful |
“Because ADHD increases family stress, it makes it harder to manage your child’s ADHD…Incorporating mindfulness can break this draining cycle.” Written by Mark Bertin, M.D., a developmental pediatrician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College and author of The Family ADHD Solution and Mindful Parenting for ADHD. |
| Parenting Tips: Helping Children and Teens with ADD/ADHD |
Practical advice for parents about managing your child’s behavior and dealing with common challenges related to ADD/ADHD. Written by Melinda Smith, M.A., and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D. and updated regularly. |
| How To Stop Arguing and Start Talking with Your ADHD Child |
Tackling one of the most challenging struggles parents of ADHD children have – talking! Written by Dr. Robert “Bob” Myers, a child psychologist,creator of the Total Focus Program. He is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at UC Irvine School of Medicine. |
| Are Millions of Kids Being Unnecessarily Medicated? |
This article addresses another major parenting concern – medication. ADHD in children is on the rise. Do all these kids need drugs? What behavior is normal kid behavior? By Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. Visit Parenting Science for more information. |
| 4 Tips to Parenting Children with ADHD |
Parenting children with ADHD can be very difficult and frustrating at times, but with some skills and effort parents can help their children and families to have a productive and happy life. Written by Justin Olsen, MA, ACMHC who specializes in assisting individuals and couples to overcome life’s challenges. |
| Parenting a Child With ADHD: Helping Your Child |
“Be honest with your child.” If your child has ADHD, the tips here will help you discover how to help your child learn, enforce rules, and encourage good behavior. Katherine Kam is a journalist in California who has written for WebMD, the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Time Inc. publications and reviewed by Roy Benaroch, MD of WebMD. |
| The ADHD Rollercoaster: Stressed Parents Need Help, Too |
“‘There are these really important links between children’s behavior and mom’s mood and levels of stress,’ Odgers said. ‘We know from a lot of other research that mom’s mental health is a very, very strong predictor of her parenting style.'” Written by LiveScience senior writer Stephanie Pappas. |
| A Mom’s View of ADHD |
A one-stop resource blog full of stories by mommas, practical parenting tips and medical info by docs for parents with children of ADHD. |
| 8 Secret Tips for Parents of Children with ADHD |
For the parents of a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder everyday tasks turn into battles from getting the child out the door in the morning. This is another gem by Dr. Robert “Bob” Myers, a child psychologist. |
| Advice for Parenting Girls With ADHD |
Girls with ADHD often have quieter, less obvious symptoms than boys. If that’s so, how can you help your daughter. By Marilyn Elias and reviewed by Edward C. Geehr, M.D. |
| Parenting Tips for ADHD: Do’s and Don’ts |
Raising a child with ADHD isn’t like traditional childrearing. Though important, normal rule-making and household routines can become almost impossible, so you’ll need to adopt different approaches. Written by Eloise Porter and Brian Krans and reviewed by The Healthline Medical Review Team. |
| 11 Tips for Parenting Kids With ADHD |
Few parents find raising children effortless, but children with ADHD pose even more challenges for mom and dad. “Create an age-appropriate discipline plan — and then consistently carry it through.” Written by Madeline Vann, MPH and medically reviewed by Pat Bass III, MD, MPH. |
| 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach – Book |
Kids with ADHD need to be loved and shown how to become successful adults. Unfortunately, their lack of attention and restlessness often get in the way. Parents of these kids try so hard to stay connected and remain patient in the face of daily frustration. |
| Parenting Kids with ADHD: 16 Tips to Tackle Common Challenges | Psych Central |
“…Parents ‘accept that some children will protest and talk back, and parents must set a limit that on the one hand realizes that children need at least some way to express their frustration, while still enforcing reasonable standards and rules.'” Written by Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. is an Associate Editor at Psych Central. |
| 10 ADD/ADHD Blogs and Forums You Should Follow |
Part three of an eight part series about ADD/ADHD resources. This is where it is at! Comprehensive. Credible. Written by special needs advocate Lauren Lewis. |
| Effective Parenting of Teenagers with ADHD |
“Research suggests, in fact, that the presence of one fully supportive adult in the life of a child with ADHD is one of the key factors in determining that child’s future success.” This article is from ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know by the American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Parenting skills improve in ADHD Parents with Medication |
Parents can have ADHD, too! At least 25 percent of clinic-referred children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have a parent with ADHD, according to researchers from the College of Medicine at Penn State. By Matthew Solovey. |
| Does Bad Parenting Cause ADHD? |
Parents will be glad to hear this news! Does “bad parenting” cause ADHD? Correlation does not imply causation! Written by Carolyn Mallon, RN, who has ADHD and is also parenting at least one ADHD child. |
| Parenting a Child With ADHD: Learn Effective Strategies |
Get tips on how to handle the challenges of parenting a child with ADHD. Read about the impact of medication, therapy, dietary changes, exercise, and alternative therapy on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. |
| Dr. Hallowell ADHD and Mental and Cognitive Health |
“What’s hard in raising a child who has ADD? If you have a child with ADD, we probably don’t have to tell you. Small and large issues give us trouble.” General information for parents of children with ADD ADHD and AD/HD with a great list of resources at the end of the article. |
| How to Discipline an ADHD Child – YouTube |
The typical approach to working with children with ADHD involves medication and behavior management strategies. Discover the difference in treating symptoms, as opposed to the cause of ADHD, with help from a licensed clinical psychologist in this free video on children and discipline. Video featuring psychologist Dr. Craig Childress. |
| ‘Ritalin Gone Wrong’: Is ADHD Caused By Bad Parenting? |
What is the root of ADHD? It’s a hot debate. Dr. L Alan Sroufe suggests parents “…excessively stimulate and also compromise the child’s developing capacity for self-regulation…” Written by Jessica Samakow is the Senior Editor for the Huffington Post, formerly the Associate Editor for HuffPost Parents. |
