Learn why behavioral parent training (BPT) is recommended as a first-line treatment for young children with ADHD, and how it can improve the parent-child relationship and promote calm in the household, from Nicole Schatz, Ph.D.

ADHD Parent Training: Additional Resources

• Sign Up: Parenting Class for ADHD Families
• Read: Train the Parent, Help the Child
• Read: How Behavioral Therapy Targets Executive Dysfunction — with Positivity and Praise
• eBook: The ADHD Positive Parenting Guide

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Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D., shares the latest research findings about non-medication approaches to ADHD management and helps listeners separate science from hype when assessing the many alternative interventions marketed for ADHD.

Managing ADHD: Additional Resources

• Free Download: Scorecard of ADHD Treatments
• Sign Up for This Guided Course! The Adult’s Guide to Treating ADHD
• Read: ADHD Medication Overview —  Stimulants, Non-stimulants & More
• Read: 5 Foundational Habits That Benefit ADHD Brains

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Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D., discusses a form of social anxiety common in teens and young adults with ADHD — a fear of being embarrassed in social situations, or anxiety about how others may perceive them. Learn how to recognize and support teens who harbor such fears.

Social Anxiety: Additional Resources

• Free Download: Social Anxiety Facts and Falsehoods
• Self-Test: Social Anxiety Test for Teens
• Read: “Help! My Child Won’t Go to School.”
• Read: You’re Not Shy or Stuck Up. You Have Social Anxiety Disorder.
• Read: 6 Cognitive Distortions That Fuel Anxiety in ADHD Brains

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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

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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

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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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