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Guest Blog | Parenting, Children, School | Work & School

Back to School with ADHD

By Team TotallyADD

He’s failing two classes again. The teacher keeps telling me he isn’t handing in his homework. I go through his bag and there are blank worksheets. He thinks they might be work he didn’t finish in class, but he says he doesn’t remember. I have no way of knowing. There’s a missing piece of communication somewhere. Who am I supposed to ask?…

Adult ADHD | Guest Blog | Women & ADD/ADHD

THE THREE PILLARS OF CHANGE FOR WOMEN WITH ADHD

By Sari Solden, MS

For a woman with ADD, the healing starts in her brain and continues in her heart.
In order for women with the executive function struggles of ADHD to maximize their strengths and increase their feeling of satisfaction and fulfillment, it is usually necessary to re-structure the way they set up their lives both at home and at work.
This means that first, they must come to a deep understanding and acceptance of how they function best, how their brains work, and become willing to ask for support for their challenges. This may sound simple, but it is far from easy….

Guest Blog | Parenting, Children, School | Relationships & Family | TotallyADD Blog

Parents Can Make a Difference for Smart Kids who Struggle with School

By Elaine Taylor-Klaus

It was a joyous afternoon, filled with promise and expectation. Who knew it would be overshadowed by years of misery and disappointment?
Adorable in her little uniform shirt at 6 years old, she was home from her first day of 1st Grade. She had changed into jean shorts and was sitting tall and proud at my grandmother’s antique desk. Pony-tail bobbing, she was ready to tackle her homework, proud in that “I’m-a-big-girl-now” kind of a way….

Adult ADHD | Rick | TotallyADD Blog

The NY Times & ADHD

By totallyaddauthor

Saturday morning and I thought I’d been spammed. My Email inbox was filled with the same headline about ADHD and the NYTimes.
But each Email was from a different person.
Of course, it turned out that The New York Times….