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Your child aced their spelling test last week. Today, they can’t remember how to spell half the same words. Yesterday, they cleaned their room without being asked. Today, you’ve asked five times and they haven’t started. Last month, they got ready for school independently every morning. This week, you’re having to walk them through every […]

Your child has ADHD. So does their classmate. But your child can’t sit still for more than five minutes, while the other kid sits quietly at their desk all day and just forgets to turn in homework. Your child blurts out answers and interrupts constantly. The other kid spaces out and seems like they’re not

You told your teenager you’d pick them up at 3pm. At 2:45, you text that you’re running 15 minutes late. They respond immediately with frustration, annoyance, or even anger that seems completely out of proportion to a minor schedule change. Or maybe you mentioned going out for pizza tonight, but then you realize you need

When parents first hear about ADHD parent coaching, they often assume it’s primarily about learning strategies to manage their child’s behavior – and while that’s certainly part of it, parent coaching for ADHD is actually much more than that. What many parents discover is that coaching benefits them just as much as (or sometimes more

You’ve been putting off folding that basket of laundry for three days. The clean clothes are wrinkled, the basket is taking up space in your bedroom, and you keep telling yourself you’ll get to it later. Then a friend comes over, sits on your couch scrolling their phone, and suddenly you can fold the entire

If you have ADHD, you’ve probably experienced this: there’s a basket of clean laundry sitting in your room. It’s been there for days, maybe weeks. You know you need to fold it. You’ve walked past it dozens of times. You’ve told yourself “I’ll fold it later” so many times that the phrase has lost all

Many of those with ADHD struggle with something called “time blindness.” It is an executive dysfunction where a person struggles to comprehend the passage of time. We have written about time blindness in the past and encourage you to review those articles for more information. Recently, Trevor Noah, the former host of The Daily Show

School refusal is a growing challenge, especially in Long Island where ADHD Training Center’s headquarters is located. We’re finding more and more children not just complaining about school, but refusing to go, with significant emotional and psychological reactions to being there. School refusal is not specifically an ADHD problem, but children with ADHD may have

Often, in media, ADHD is portrayed as “fast talking.” They speak quickly, jump between ideas, or find themselves fishing sentences before others are ready to respond. Many people with ADHD also do talk very quickly, or appear to, and some would even describe themselves that way. But the question of whether ADHD causes fast speech

Raising a child or teen with ADHD can have its own unique challenges, and when you’re a parent of one of these children, it’s not uncommon to find that you’re not necessarily equipped with the knowledge and education needed to understand and support them. For example, we know that children with ADHD can have a