Scores of students submitted their poems about teamwork to an NPR callout. Here are a few of the highlights.

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Sleep should be simple. The sun goes down, your brain and body get sleepy, you go to bed and close your eyes, you drift into slumber. It doesn’t work that way for me, nor anyone I know with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). What I didn’t realize, until over a decade ago, was that sleep problems and ADHD are...

Q: “I’m constantly working on myself as a mom with young children running an at-home daycare. My medication strategy has been largely to run from it and not engage out of fear for how they make my heart race. I’ve been on antidepressants in the past and weaned myself off for pregnancy and post-partum. Now,...

ADHD meltdowns are more than just an angry outburst. The tears, flailing limbs, and irrationality are enough to make you wish you had never left the house.

You feel like a failure, and see the judgement in other parents’ eyes. In reality, meltdowns say nothing about your parenting ability. They reflect the nature of ADHD.

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In late 2017, a manufacturing problem disrupted the production and distribution of two popular ADHD medications, Quillivant XR and QuilliChew ER, across the United States. Before the problem’s resolution some three months later, families across America found themselves scrambling for treatment solutions. Some drove...

Q: “Our 17-year-old smokes marijuana, sneaks out at night, and argues about everything. He was recently asked to withdraw from a good school for having marijuana in his school bag. He says he hates his mother and is moving out as soon as he can. This child needs saving from himself. What should we, as the parents,...

April 30, 2018

Emotional symptoms — including anxiety, anger, or earth-shattering meltdowns — rank high among the biggest challenges faced by children with autism. At the same time, standard treatment plans typically focus more on social symptoms; they don’t often address emotional challenges head-on. Now, a...

Amanda, 33, struggles with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD). She takes medication and sees a coach to help her with organization and time management skills, but her mood swings are her biggest remaining problem — snapping at others when feeling overwhelmed or impulsively taking on too many responsibilities when...

Thirty-five years after the landmark report warned of a "rising tide of mediocrity" in U.S. education, the statistics have been questioned, but the concerns still feel urgent.

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April 29, 2018

Levels of certain micronutrients — the vitamins and minerals humans need in small quantities in order to function properly — were shown to be distorted in a small study focusing on children with ADHD, possibly pointing to the nutritional or metabolic underpinnings of the disorder.

Researchers assessed...

At first, the ADHD symptoms themselves — the distractibility, impulsivity, anger, and shame — were your biggest challenge. But then you secured an ADHD diagnosis for yourself or your child and, after much research and agonizing, you made the difficult decision to try ADHD medication. Though not perfect, this...

A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has determined that poorer childhood cognition occurred, particularly in memory and learning, when pregnant women or their offspring consumed greater quantities of sugar. Substituting diet soda for sugar-sweetened...

Deciding whether a child diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADHD or ADD) should repeat kindergarten is a sensitive topic — and one that I have experienced firsthand. While making that decision for my son with ADHD, I found it required many thoughtful conversations with my family members and friends, as well as my...