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A Parent’s ADHD Overview: 11 Strategies for Common Home and School Challenges Does your child have difficulty starting or completing homework? Does he seem “addicted” to video games? Does she struggle with organization and focus? Has your child been diagnosed or treated for ADHD, or do you or his teachers strongly suspect that he might have symptoms? Join neuropsychologist Dr. Nowell for this interactive, high-energy, and practical introduction to ADHD. Learn what current brain research tells us about medication as well as non-medication interventions. Discover practical solutions for managing some of the more common ADHD-related problems at home and school. And bring your specific questions to the program.
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A Parent’s ADHD Overview:
11 Strategies for Common Home & School Challenges
@davidnowell David Nowell Seminars
www.DrNowell.com
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
www.DrNowell.com
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
Let’s stay in touch!
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@davidnowell David Nowell Seminars
