If you’re a mom with ADHD, and you feel overwhelmed by the daily chaos of getting kids off to school, managing clutter, planning meals, and more, join Terry Matlen for explanations, inspiration, and plenty of practical strategies.

Motherhood & ADHD: More Resources

• Download: Parenting Guide for Caregivers with ADHD
• Read: 13 Survival Strategies for Moms with ADHD
• Read: “Today, We Will Give Ourselves Grace.”
• eBook: Women with ADHD — How Hormones, Symptoms & Late Diagnoses Impact Females

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #536 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/invisible-load-motherhood-adhd-parenting-stress/

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J. Russell Ramsay, Ph.D., explains why the ADHD brain excels at procrastination and shares tactics to make dreaded tasks feel more doable.

This special episode is a feature article from the Winter 2024 issue of ADDitude magazine. To listen to the full issue — and receive our Spring 2025 issue hot off the presses — subscribe now at additudemag.com/subscribe.

ADHD Procrastination and Task Paralysis: More Resources

• Why Do I Procrastinate? ADHD Excuses — and Solutions
• Why the ADHD Brain Chooses the Less Important Task — and How CBT Improves Prioritization Skills
• Stop Dodging That Dreaded Task! 9 Ways to Halt Avoidance Procrastination
• Quiz: How Seriously Do You Procrastinate?

Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., explains how to use Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) to decrease conflict and defiant behavior and enhance relationships.

This special episode is a feature article from the Winter 2024 issue of ADDitude magazine. To listen to the full issue — and receive our Spring 2025 issue hot off the presses — subscribe now at additudemag.com/subscribe.

ADHD and Explosive Behavior: More Resources

• 6 Truths About Child Behavior Problems That Unlock Better Behavior
• Why Is My Child So Angry?!
• What Are the Lagging Skills Holding Your Child Back?
• Self-Test: Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in Children

Napoleon B. Higgins, Jr., M.D., discusses the similarities and differences between these two conditions, developmental and environmental risk factors, and how symptoms of each can dramatically affect a person’s life.

ADHD & Mental Health Conditions: More Resources

• Download: How ADHD and Schizophrenia Overlap
• Read: “They All Feed Off Each Other”: Stories of Life with ADHD and Comorbidities
• Research: Disparate Psychiatric Disorders Share Widespread Genetic Overlap
• eBook: 9 Conditions Often Diagnosed with ADHD

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #533 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/adhd-schizophrenia-mental-health-comorbidity/

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As sunlight dwindles in the winter months, people with ADHD are especially prone to winter depression. J.J. Sandra Kooij, M.D., Ph.D., explains how light therapy can help with seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

This special episode is a feature article from the Winter 2024 issue of ADDitude magazine. To listen to the full issue — and receive our Spring 2025 issue hot off the presses — subscribe now at additudemag.com/subscribe.

Winter Depression, Sleep, and ADHD: More Resources

• Seasonal Affective Disorder and the ADHD Brain
• Late Nights, Later Days: The Under-Recognized Impact of Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome in ADHD
• How to Break the Exhausting Habit of Revenge Bedtime Procrastination

Executive functions are the skills that allow us to plan for and meet goals, manage time effectively, remember what we've heard and read, and exercise self-control. Peg Dawson, Ed.D., shares strategies you can use to improve your EFs and cement habits.

Executive Functioning in Adults: More Resources

• Self-Test: Do You Have a Working Memory Deficit?
• Read: 7 Executive Function Deficits Tied to ADHD
• Read: How Adults with ADHD Think
• eBook: The Adult’s Guide to Stronger Executive Functions

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #531 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/executive-functioning-adults-adhd-strategies/

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DBT works by helping children develop skills that decrease unwanted feelings and unhelpful behaviors, as well as accept difficult feelings about themselves and others without judgment. Learn about this evidence-based treatment from Lauren Allerhand, Psy.D.

DBT for ADHD: More Resources

• Download: What Is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
• Read: Overview of ADHD Therapies
• Q&A: Why Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation Is Central to ADHD
• eBook: The Parents’ Guide to Raising a Teen with ADHD

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #530 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt-for-adhd/

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Bad grades may not fairly reflect your child’s effort, motivation, or potential. Ann Dolin, M.Ed., shares ways to investigate why it’s happening and the two most common reasons for poor grades, plus conversation starters for talking with your child.

ADHD at School: More Resources

• Download: Transform Your Teen’s Apathy Into Engagement
• Read: Do This, Then That! How to Model Planning & Prioritizing for Students with ADHD
• Q&A: “We Need an After-School Routine to Ease the Transition to Homework.”
• eBook: The ADHD Homework Survival Guide

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #529 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/bad-grades-report-card-adhd/

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