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Dear Concerned Mom:

I want to applaud you for wanting to do right by your daughter. It is not always easy to identify the right course of action or the most appropriate steps when you think your child has attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). It can be lonely and confusing. But on the other hand, I truly believe in relying...

Stuff just happens. No reason to it. No predicting when days get dark and dangerous for anyone. During these last couple of months, both my wife, Margaret, and I have been banging up and down a bumpy road in the middle of a storm with our moods and meds, all the while trying to help ourselves, and each other, stay calm and...

Dear GKathie:

Your question hits on two common issues for kids with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD): impulsivity and trouble falling asleep. These may not appear obviously related, but let’s look at how these challenges actually are linked — and what you can do to assist your son.

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You pose a thorny (and common) question: How can you encourage (or force) a teen with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD) to learn things that don’t interest him? If you took a poll, I imagine at least one-third of students in every class in every high school in the country would tell you they...

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Dear Mauimama,

It sounds like your steady support made a big difference for your boys’ success when they were younger. And now, it’s time for them to accept more ownership of their school-work. Sure, executive function challenges cause difficulties and delays, particularly for teens with attention deficit disorder (A...

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Teens’ oppositional behavior commonly occurs along a continuum. To differentiate typical teenage mood swings from really, truly problematic behavior requiring additional help, think about the:

• Frequency,
• Duration, and
• Severity of temper outbursts.

If variations of your daughter’s most extreme behavior – like...

Dear VictoriaBCMom:

You describe a common (and challenging) family phenomenon: the “witching hour” when kids with ADHD transition off their medication. Several factors combine to make this a challenging time of day for everyone.

Your son, like many kids with ADHD, works hard all day to hold it together in an academic...

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Scenario: Len is a 7-2-year-old, 2nd-grade student who struggles with reading and writing in the classroom. He is very bright and has a high average IQ, yet when he is speaking he frequently can’t get his point across to others due to excessive linguistic reformulations and word-finding difficulties. The problem...