ADHD can bring different challenges as children develop and have new experiences. Cultivating your role model skills, and helping your child celebrate their unique interactions with the world, lays ...

A positive diagnosis should be explained to the child in language they can understand, she says. "The child should know that ...

When a child struggles to focus, exhibits excessive energy, or acts impulsively, parents often wonder if something deeper might be happening. Attention-deficit ...

For parents with ADHD, getting your kids back in school comes with a host of additional challenges. Learn how to cope. “A lot of the emphasis goes on the kid being ready and not a lot of emphasis goes ...

This post was co-authored by Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., and Xiaodan Xu, Ph.D. A recent study has shown that ADHD medications do not improve ADHD students’ grades in school (Pelham, et al. 2022). This was ...

An intervention for parents of children with both asthma and ADHD reduced unscheduled healthcare visits compared with usual care. Asthma control improved significantly, as did parent-rated ADHD ...

Parents of children who fidget, daydream, and enjoy running and jumping should not automatically be concerned about ADHD.

For the past 20 years, my work has focused on helping children with anxiety and behavioral challenges. Like physicians, practicing what is scientifically proven to work is essential. Children deserve ...

NEW YORK – Jeremy Didier had taken her son to a psychologist for a possible ADHD evaluation when she spotted an article about women with the condition. As she read it in the waiting room, she thought ...