Listen to a recording of a real-time Q&A session held on 3/28/25. Sharon Saline, Psy.D., responds live to questions from adults living with ADHD and parents raising neurodivergent children.

Life with ADHD: Additional Resources

• Sign Up! Free ADHD Parenting Class
• Download: The ADHD Healthy Habits Handbook
• eBook for Adults: The Adult’s Guide to Stronger Executive Functions
• eBook for Parents: The ADHD Positive Parenting Guide

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #550 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/adhd-help-live-solve-my-problem/

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Nicole DeMasi Malcher, MS, RD, CDCES delves into the connection between ADHD and disordered eating. Learn why traditional diets often fail — and why intuitive eating may work — and come away with practical strategies for ADHD-friendly eating habits.

ADHD and Nutrition: Additional Resources

• Free Download: Health & Fitness — Lifestyle Changes for Adults with ADHD
• Self-Test: Eating Disorders in Adults
• Read: 40 Ways to Eat Healthy and Resist Impulsive Snacking
• Read: Healthy Eating Habits for Impulsive, Dopamine-Starved ADHD Brains
• Read: Build a Better Relationship with Food to Benefit Your Brain

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #549 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/adhd-and-eating-habits/

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Children with ADHD face more trauma and attacks on self-esteem than their neurotypical peers. Susan Bauerfeld, Ph.D., explains why, and introduces a type of therapy that's especially helpful to people who experience trauma: Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy.

ADHD and Trauma: Additional Resources

• How Trauma and Chronic Stress Affect Developing Brains
• Does Trauma Cause ADHD? And Vice Versa?
• Adverse Childhood Experiences Help Explain the Depression – ADHD Link

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #548 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/how-to-heal-from-trauma-internal-family-systems/

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Christina Danko, Ph.D., discusses why parenting can be more challenging when parents have ADHD and shares neurodivergent-specific parenting skills — including the specific strategies that mothers vs. fathers with ADHD have reported as being the most helpful.

Parenting with ADHD: Additional Resources

• 19 Authoritative Parenting Tips for Raising Neurodivergent Children
• A Survival Guide for Parents with ADHD: Strategies from Preschool to High School
• “The Best Neurodivergent Parenting Tips I’ve Ever Received Are…”

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #547 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/parents-with-adhd/

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Five experts — Lotta Borg Skoglund, M.D., Ph.D.; Ellen Littman, Ph.D.; Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Ph.D.; Diane Miller, Psy.D., M.Ed.; and Maggie Sibley, Ph.D. — discuss ADHD in women, including different symptom presentation, stigma, barriers to treatment, the impact of hormones, and much more.

ADHD in Women: Essential Resources

• Free Newsletter: Essential Support for Women with ADHD
• Read: We Demand Attention! A Call for Greater Research on Women with ADHD
• Read: Why ADHD in Women Is Routinely Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Treated Inadequately
• eBook: Women with ADHD — How Hormones, Symptoms & Late Diagnoses Impact Females
• Hub: ADHD in Women

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #546 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/women-with-adhd-roundtable/

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Join James Kustow, BMBS, MRCPsych, to learn about the emerging research that may explain ADHD’s unexpected associations with inflammatory conditions like allergy and autoimmunity — and a surprisingly strong link with hypermobility syndrome.

ADHD and Physical Health: More Resources

• Read: How ADHD Can Intensify Physical Health Conditions
• Free Download: Lifestyle Changes for Adults with ADHD
• Read: Chronic Fatigue Twice as Likely Among Children with ADHD

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #545 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/thyroid-adhd-inflammation-autoimmune-disease/

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Caffeine is almost universally seen as an antidote to memory, fatigue, and focus problems, but may affect heart rate and sleep. Sarah Cheyette, M.D., discusses research on caffeine and ADHD, and the risks and benefits of consuming this natural stimulant.

ADHD and Caffeine: More Resources

• Read: 10 Supplements and Vitamins for Brain Health
• Read: The Truth About Lion’s Mane, Psychedelics & Caffeine
• Read: The Truth About Caffeine and ADHD

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Sharon Saline, Psy.D., helps parents understand the biopsychology of adolescent development and use practical, strength-based approaches that foster cooperation with resistant, oppositional tweens & teens and help them develop self-esteem and resilience.

Teens with ADHD: More Resources

• Free Download: Transform Your Teen’s Apathy Into Engagement
• Self-Test: Could Your Child Have Oppositional Defiant Disorder?
• Read: You Can’t Change Your Defiant Teenager…
• Read: “Take a Sabbatical from Teaching and Judging”

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #543 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/teen-behavior-adhd-adolescent-parenting-help/

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Some teens, particularly those with ADHD who have experienced persistent academic stress, may benefit from taking a gap year after high school. Carolyn K. Jeppsen goes over the different options, and benefits and drawbacks to weigh as you make your decision.

Gap Years & Neurodivergent Students: More Resources

• Download: How to Get ADHD Accommodations in College
• Read: Is College Right for My Teen with ADHD?
• Read: The Case for (Working, Maturing) Gap Years
• eBook: Teens with ADHD, Part One

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #542 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/gap-year-pros-cons-neurodivergent-students/

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Sleep problems frequently co-occur with ADHD. J.J. Sandra Kooij, M.D., Ph.D., explains what we know about how sleep loss impairs concentration, memory, mood stability, and the immune system, and about effective treatments for sleep disorders.

ADHD and Sleep: More Resources

• Take ADDitude’s Sleep Survey! additu.de/zzz
• Download: Sleep Disorders Linked to ADHD
• Self-Test: Could You Have Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder?
• Read: What Comes First: ADHD or Sleep Problems?
• Read: How to Fall Asleep with a Rowdy, Racing ADHD Brain
• Free eBook: How to Sleep Better with ADHD

Access the video and slides for podcast episode #541 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/sleep-disorders-adhd-insomnia/

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