A Parent’s ADHD Overview:
11 Strategies for Common Home & School Challenges
@davidnowell David Nowell Seminars
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Upcoming events
• 11/17/14 at 7pm – Northborough public library “A Parent’s ADHD Overview”
• 1/7/15 at 630pm – Clinton public library “A Parent’s ADHD Overview”
• 1/13/15 at 630pm – West Boylston public library “A Parent’s ADHD Overview”
• January 2015 (4 Mondays): ADHD 101 for Parents
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A strategy has no stand-alone value
Nutrition for better brain function
Work with the brain’s 24-hour chemical cycle
“Green time” and “exercise for focus”
Consider your “team”
• Pediatrician• Teacher• Occupational Therapist• Speech Language Pathologist• Counselor• Coaches• Neuropsychologist• Parent
Motor and sensory interventions
• Fidget / movement• Sensory input
Create a study-playlist
Instant study carrel
Meta-cognition
Knock 3 years off his/her age
Managing homework
easy hard
If It’s Harder than a “3” Find Some Way to Make It Easier
Pomodoro technique
Launching pad
Don’t do something for your ADHD teenager which could be performed by a device or an app
Shower coach
Walk me up
Clocky
Medications for ADHD
Two weeks from now, how will you know whether it’s working?
Get to know what dopamine “feeeeels like” for you
Cortico-striatal loop
Q&A&D
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