Tips for parents of children affected by ADHD!

A Million Things to Make Your Life Better[From the introduction to More Attention, Less Deficit: Success Strategies for Adults with ADHD] Whenever I meet a new client with ADHD, I always feel compelled to tell her a million things that can help her understand her ADHD and enjoy life more. This book and this podcast is those million things. It�s everything I want to tell new clients and audiences at presentations. It�s incredibly interesting and extremely important. This is the kind of information that can change your life. Yes, I will be that bold to say that it can change your life. It won�t change everything, but it can change a lot. You will do some things differently, and you will feel different about some of the things that stay the same. Knowledge has that kind of power. As I was writing this book, I kept coming back to the idea that life is different after being diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD can make your life really difficult-before you know what�s tripping you up. Once you know it�s ADHD, life gets much easier. Then you know what you�re wrestling with and can start to get a hold of it. Then it becomes a fair fight. The goal here is merely to tilt the odds of success, to make you more likely to do the right thing at the right time. Not all the time, but most of the time. Not perfect, but better. ADHD takes away your ability to be consistent, so the information and strategies in this book and in this podcast are here to give you back some of that consistency. In this introductory podcast, we talk about this podcast, the book More Attention, Less Deficit, and why learning about ADHD is so important.�Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA

These are great resources in order to understand how a person with ADHD may feel in the given situation. Please realize that each child is in individual and therefore may have symptoms that express differently from one another. Visual Activity; Reading with Distractions; Auditory Activity; Listening to Directions; Attention Video: Too Much Attention?

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About Terry Matlen: Terry Matlen, M.S.W., A.C.S.W. Terry is a psychotherapist and consultant specializing in ADHD in adults, with a special focus on women. She is the author of the book, "Survival Tips for Women with ADHD" and is the founder/director of MomsWithADD.com and ADD Consults.com. Terry also founded the social networking site, WomenWithADHD.com which she runs with her colleague, Tara McGillicuddy. She is the former Vice President and a board member of ADDA and is immediate past Coordinator of E. Oakland County CHADD (Michigan). Terry is the founder and moderator of the first internet mailing list for ADD professionals. She is also an active member of the Michigan Adolescent and Adult ADD Network for Professionals (MAAAN). Terry is certified through the Institute for the Advancement of ADHD Coaching as a Senior Certified Coach (SCAC) and along with Tara, runs online group coaching groups at www.ADDactionclub.com. She is also a community leader at the ADHD Allies Community on Facebook. A nationally recognized speaker on the topic, Terry has a passion for raising awareness of the special challenges for women with ADHD and the unique issues they face as parents when both they and their children have ADHD. Her professional interests also include advocating for children with special needs. Terry received a B.A. in Art Education, a M.S.W. in Clinical Social Work at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and studied painting at the Art Student's League in NYC. She is licensed to practice in Michigan and New York. Married with 2 young adult children (one of whom has ADHD) Terry also has ADHD herself. In her spare time she likes to paint (and has shown her work extensively), play guitar and various other instruments, read and spend time with her family. You can contact Terry at: terry (at) momswithadd (dot) com.

Motivational and inspirational writer, Bryan Hutchinson is the author of several books about life with ADHD including the highly acclaimed, best selling "One Boy's Struggle: A Memoir" and the author of the hilarious eBook that went viral "10 Things I Hate about ADHD"