Dr. Sharon Saline, licensed clinical psychologist and top ADHD expert, draws on her 25 years of expertise to offer her insightful and practical book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life. After listening carefully to ADHD kids express emotions, successes, and motivations, Saline knows how to share proven models of strength-based parenting and attentive awareness. Full of useful exercise and easy-to-remember techniques, the book serves as a must-have handbook for anyone dealing with ADHD kids ages 6-18.

00:15 Intro to Dr. Sharon Saline, licensed clinical psychologist and ADHD expert

02:00  Why Saline chooses to give voice to ADHD kids

02:55  ADHD kids spend lots of time hearing what they’re doing wrong

03:05  Adults tend to give suggestions and interventions that don’t resonate

04:00  Saline’s goal in writing the book is to bridge the gap between adults and kids

04:30  ADHD = hyperactivity or impulsivity that interferes with executive brain functions

06:00  No. of kids vs. adults diagnosed with ADHD today

06:45  How adults deal with ADHD

07:15  ADHD kids today have parents with access to resources

07:45  Saline includes direct quotes from ADHD kids

08:30  Adults often don’t read tantrums well or correctly

09:30  Saline develops “The 5 Cs of ADHD Parenting”

10:00  5 Cs based in strength-based thinking and attentive awareness

10:30 How to develop the ability to connect more & argue less

10:50  1st C: Self-Control – parents needs to regulate/manage themselves first

11:30  Breathing techniques (belly, alternative nostril, etc.)

11:55  The “Bathroom Technique”

12:30  2nd C: Compassion – both for yourself and your child

13:10  3rd C: Collaboration – adult & child create plan based on real incentives

14:00         Only try to change one thing at a time

14:50  4th C: Consistency – mean what you say and follow through

15:30  “Efforting” vs. achieving – keep trying!

16:05  5th C: Celebration – notice efforts and progress (give praise)

17:00  Positivity ratio should be between 3-5 to 1

17:30  Countering negativity by verbally observing positive behavior

18:00  Combined, the 5Cs = “secret sauce for success”

18:15  The toughest “C” for parents

19:40  “Medicine can help, but pills don’t teach skills.”

20:00  Skills need to be taught directly; medicine can help prepare brain for learning

20:40  ADHD kids have frontal lobes that mature up to three years behind the norm

21:30  The brain’s executive functions may not be fully developed until age 28

22:35  Book’s hopeful message is that ADHD kids are trying hard to do well

23:25  One sad constant among ADHD kids: shame (feeling different)

23:55  Medication facilitates connection between neurons to make learning skills easier

25:25  ADHD exterior often masks interior feelings

26:50  “Accepting the ADHD Brain You Have”

27:15  Clients name their brains and what they really like about them

28:15 Parents and kids to work together to make positive things “bigger”

29:00  Debunking myth that everyone else has no challenges

30:00  ADHD kids want their parents to “be real”

30:15 How to form an alliance with ADHD kids

31:50  Addressing the homework hurdle

32:30  School usually hardest area of functioning for ADHD kids, especially writing

33:00  Timing medication is critical to having success with homework assignments

35:00  Developing a homework routine with your ADHD child

36:30  Using quick fixes vs. developing a big plan to “walk through the valley”

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