Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as ADHD, is easy to confuse with Bipolar Disorder. Add to that the chaos of adolescence and the new behaviors your teen might be exhibiting, […]
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Help Your ADHD Teen Transition to Adulthood
The teen years are an exercise in patience, persistence, and trying to stay calm; this is true for teens and parents alike! It can be overwhelming for a teen to […]
5 Common Issues That Accompany Teen ADHD
Whether your teenager was diagnosed with ADHD recently or many years ago, you know that the condition often changes and evolves as kids grow toward adulthood. Although it was once […]
ADHD Symptoms in Teens to Look Out For
If your teen had ADHD as a child, you are probably familiar with the symptoms and how the condition affects your teen in particular. Some adolescents will tend to start […]
How to Support Your ADHD Teen Son
Teen boys tend to lag behind the emotional and social skills of girls during adolescence. Just as in their physical growth, boys tend to bloom into their adolescence a little […]
How to Help ADHD Teens Succeed in School
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is an impulse-control disorder that can cause difficulty for teens, especially when they’re in school. For instance, the following are typical symptoms of ADHD that […]
A List of Self Care Tips for Parents of ADHD Teens
If you’ve raised a child with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), you’ve likely seen plenty of struggle, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and excessive talking. You’ve probably faced some difficult parent-child moments! For that […]
The Past, Present, and Future of Teen ADHD
There have been significant advances in the way that scientists saw Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in children and teens. Initially, it was seen as a behavioral disorder that was the result […]
The Executive Functions Impaired in Teen ADD and ADHD
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have received much attention in recent years. This is partly because of a rise in adolescent and teen ADD/ADHD cases in […]
Types of Teen Attention Deficit Disorder: Inward, Outward, and Structured
According to Lynn Weiss, Ph.D, author of A.D.D. and Creativity: Tapping Your Inner Muse, there are three ways that an adolescent might experience their ADD symptoms. Her book focuses on […]