presentation to parents at grafton public library

 A Parent’s ADHD Overview:

11 Strategies for Common Home & School Challenges

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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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