 Wish your child with ADHD would display more intrinsic motivation for school? Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D., teaches parents how to shift excitement about other activities to schoolwork — and how to motivate the child who doesn't want to do anything.

364- Motivation at School: Finding the "On" Switch for Your Child with ADHD

Leading ADHD experts give real-life answers to questions submitted by ADD adults and parents raising children with attention deficit disorder across a range of topics covering symptoms, school, work, and family life. Download the accompanying slide presentations here: additudemag.com/adhd-expert-webinars-index (look for the episode number).

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Mariely Hernandez, Ph.D., helps caregivers understand the effects of infrequent and frequent cannabis use on cognition and sleep health in teens with ADHD, as well as how to engage youth in reducing problematic cannabis use. Teens with ADHD, Sleep, and Substance Use Disorder: More Resources  Download: Sleep Disorders Linked to ADHD Get: The Parents’ Guide to Raising a Teen with ADHD Learn: SUD Risk Is Elevated by ADHD Q&A;: “My Teen is Smoking Marijuana and Changing Before My Eyes. What Do I Do?”  Access the video and slides for podcast episode #504 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/weed-adhd-symptoms-sleep-teens/ Thank you for listening to ADDitude's ADHD Experts podcast. Please consider subscribing to the magazine (additu.de/subscribe) to support our mission of providing ADHD education and support.

504- How Cannabis Use Affects ADHD Symptoms and Sleep in Adolescents

Some individuals with ADHD take longer to achieve independence than do their peers. Anthony Rostain, M.D., offers practical advice to parents who are struggling to support their 20-something kids during the prolonged transition known as emerging adulthood. ADHD in Emerging Adulthood: More Resources  Download: Questions to Get Your Child Talking Get: 7 Core Executive Functions in Children & Teens Read: 5 Critical Life Skills That Build Independence & Confidence Read: “Stop Trying to Fix Everything!” Scripts for Reflective Listening  Access the video and slides for podcast episode #503 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/emerging-adulthood-adhd-young-adult-living-skills/ Thank you for listening to ADDitude's ADHD Experts podcast. Please consider subscribing to the magazine (additu.de/subscribe) to support our mission of providing ADHD education and support.

503- The Journey to Independence: A Parent’s Guide to Delayed Adulthood with ADHD

Learn about new and ongoing research about the safety and efficacy of psychedelic drugs like psilocybin, ketamine, MDMA, and LSD to treat mood disorders and other conditions from Adrian Jacques H. Ambrose, M.D. Treatment for Mood Disorders: More Resources  Download: Solving the Bipolar and ADHD Puzzle Self-Test: Depression in Adults Read: Mental Health’s Psychedelic Revolution Get: 9 Conditions Often Diagnosed with ADHD  Access the video and slides for podcast episode #502 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/psychedelic-therapy-for-mood-disorders/ Thank you for listening to ADDitude's ADHD Experts podcast. Please consider subscribing to the magazine (additu.de/subscribe) to support our mission of providing ADHD education and support.

502- Psychedelic Therapy for Mood Disorders: Research & Potential

When you have a big report to write or taxes to file... do you opt to mow the lawn or clean the bathroom instead? As J. Russell Ramsay, Ph.D., finds, this is a common procrastination pattern for adults with ADHD. Learn how to outwit "procrastivity" and stop keeping yourself busy with tasks that don't move you toward your larger goals or priorities. Procrastivity and ADHD: More Resources  Download: The ADHD Healthy Habits Handbook Replay: How CBT and ADHD Coaching Help Adults Manage Their Symptoms Naturally, with Dr. Russell Ramsay Self-Test: How Seriously Do You Procrastinate? Read: Why the ADHD Brain Chooses the Less Important Task  Access the video and slides for podcast episode #501 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/productive-procrastination-adhd-procrastivity/ This ADHD Experts podcast episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/additude and get on your way to being your best self. Thank you for listening to ADDitude's ADHD Experts podcast. Please consider subscribing to the magazine (additu.de/subscribe) to support our mission of providing ADHD education and support.

501- ADHD & Procrastivity: How to Outsmart Procrastination and Improve Productivity

Join Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D., to learn about the symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders, how to distinguish them from ADHD and normal child and adolescent development, and how the conditions impact each other when they coexist. Depression, Anxiety, & ADHD in Teens: More Resources  Download: A Parent’s Guide to Depression in Teens Replay: "The ADHD-Depression Connection in Adults," with Dr. Roberto Olivardia Learn: Why Anxiety Disorder Is So Often Misdiagnosed Q&A;: New Approaches to Treating Depression and ADHD  Access the video and slides for podcast episode #500 here: https://www.additudemag.com/webinar/teen-depression-anxiety-adhd/ Thank you for listening to ADDitude's ADHD Experts podcast. Please consider subscribing to the magazine (additu.de/subscribe) to support our mission of providing ADHD education and support.

364- Motivation at School: Finding the "On" Switch for Your Child with ADHD

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