The Truth Behind ADHD

Just wanted to wish a “Happy Mother’s Day” to all the Mom’s out there. I am about to (hopefully) head out for a big breakfast with my family and enjoy the day.  I hope you will do the same (breakfast optional). Rory PS – To those of you outside the US or not celebrating Mother’s [...]

These days there is a lot of talk about people promoting ADHD as a gift. Some will have you believe that the symptoms people with ADHD struggle with, are actually advantages. Others will have you believe that ADHD is a deficit – one where an individual is NOT capable of being successful in life. And [...]

Someone I have gotten to know very well, over the past few months, recently wrote a blog post about “finding home” in the ADHD community. When I read this post it really made an impact on me. After all, aren’t we all just looking for some understanding and some connection with people who are just [...]

The folks at ADDitude magazine contacted me to let me know about a sneak peek article in their upcoming Summer Issue. I was impressed by the title, but even more impressed when I saw who the article came from – Blake Taylor. For those of you who don’t know his name yet, I really can’t [...]

One of the great pleasures in the work I do – is being with children who have so much to offer and bring so much life to the world. Children with ADHD often possess so many unique qualities that often get overlooked when we are focusing on a “deficit” model. Reality – We ALL have [...]

Next to medication, the next most frequent question I get about children with ADHD is about “giftedness” or just being a very bright student. If you look at the criteria used to describe “gifted” people – you will likely notice very similar behaviors in these children. And as I have mentioned in previous posts, there [...]

One of the biggest problems I encounter as a professional in the ADHD community is that so many people have such a negative opinion about this “disorder.” And I use that word on purpose, and very loosely. Why is it a disorder? Why is it seen as such a problem, and as an illness? Think [...]

If you are a parent of a child with ADHD, then you are fully aware of the highly debated topic of using medication as a treatment method.  There are many controversial issues surrounding ADHD – and this just might be one of the most controversial of them all. There are several sides to this debate, [...]

Does this sound familiar to you? Your child is placed on medication to treat his or her symptoms of ADHD his or her behavior in school improves, yet he or she continues to have a difficult time with organization. On top of the ongoing difficulties, your child continues to feel isolated in school and has [...]

There are a lot of different strategies and tactics to managing symptoms of ADHD. I can think of at least a dozen off the top of my head, and that’s just me getting started. But honesty, there are really ONLY two keys to successfully managing ADHD. It doesn’t matter whether you yourself struggle with ADHD, [...]