Coaching is a system. Of helping people improve their performance that is particularly effective for ADHD. It is action-oriented and oriented to improving performance immediately. It is not involved in analyzing the past or past accidents or injuries that explain current emotions or behavior. It also is more egalitarian and the client has more say in the direction treatment takes. I’ll cover this and a bit more in this podcast.

After several sessions governing various aspects of employment throughout life for ADHDers. This is for parents of ADHDers and adult ADHDers trying to figure out where to focus their efforts in terms of getting employed, being relatively satisfied with the employment and being able to perform up to standards despite their ADHD.

Another in our series on the best jobs for people with ADHD. This time we’re discussing Jobs that help and ADHDer generate more dopamine because they are so detail-oriented and so structured. This means that mistakes are immediately noted and correction is required also immediately.

In this episode in our series on the best jobs for ADHDers, we’re covering jobs that demand attention and boost dopamine because they are naturally intense. These are jobs that don’t allow for slow reaction time or indecision. I’ll cover some of these jobs and why they’re good for ADHDers

Ideal jobs for ADHDers have many different characteristics. Today I’ll be discussing jobs that allow a lot of independent action. ADHDers don’t typically do well in overconrolled environments unless there is a lot of intensity. They tend to be mavericks that like to follow their own lead so they have problems when the job structure requires obedience.

We have been discussing the ideal jobs for ADHDers. We’ve established that high intensity jobs work well because the intensity stimulates dopamine production in the ADHD brain. Today I’ll be discussing jobs that work for ADHDers because they are so structured that any deviation is not possible. This causes tension that also stimulates dopamine.

`One of the big concerns ADHD parents have is whether or not their child will be able to find employments as adults. I just returned from a podcasting conference and about 70% of the participants had ADHD. Does this mean podcasting in particular and entrepreneurship is ideal for our ADHD children. The answer is perhaps. Entrepreneurship is ideal in that there is no boss to please but there is also nobody to keep him or her from making impulsive decisions that may put the business in trouble. I’ll discuss some of the other considerations about the appropriateness of entrepreneurship for ADHDers.

When my ADHDer was struggling with school amongst other things, I worried about how he would be ale to fit into society? What kind of work could he do? I did a lot of research on that one and then he picked a career himself dealing with crystals, gemstones and jewelry design. I’m going to cover some of the things to consider in terms of employment.

Evaluating ADHD is a complicated procedure that requires a lot of experience mainly because there is not a single instrument that can determine ADHD. This leaves the evaluator with having to rule out the other diagnoses that can be confused with ADHD like anxiety disorder, learning disability and bipolar disorder. There are some instruments called continuous performance test that are good measures of the attention part of the ADHD spectrum. Bottom line is your friendly eighborhood neuropsychologist needs to have some experience because there is not just one test that gives you your answer.

ADHDers have a lot of difficulties adjusting to a world that doesn’t understand them. It’s even worse if the ADHDer doesn’t understand him or herself. Self-esteem tends to plummet. It’s not incidental that one of the first books on ADHD was titled “You mean I’m not Lazy, Crazy or Stupid.” This ls the view that ADHDers tend to develop of themselves. Even if they are finally diagnosed, it’s difficult to change the habit of seeing themselves as defective. I’ll be discussing the need to defend oneself and not accept this negative stereotyping.