How to Do More in Less Time When You Have ADHD: A Comprehensive Guide
While traditional productivity advice often falls short for those with ADHD, there are specific strategies that work with, rather than against, the ADHD brain.
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Understanding ADHD Coaching
ADHD coaching is a powerful tool for personal and professional development, offering immediate and measurable benefits from the first session. While developing new habits and thought patterns takes time, coaching provides structured support for lasting change.
ADHD and Medical School: Your Complete Guide to Becoming a Doctor When You Have ADHD
Many aspiring medical students with ADHD hear they can’t become doctors. This guide proves otherwise, showing how ADHD traits can actually enhance your medical career. Discover how successful physicians leverage their ADHD for better patient care and innovative medical practice.
Handling Election Results: Coping with Depression
Election results can evoke strong emotions, and it’s not uncommon to feel depressed if the outcome isn’t what you hoped for.
Empowering Your College Journey: A Comprehensive Guide to Requesting Accommodations
This guide will walk you through the process of requesting and obtaining the support you need to thrive in your studies, whether you have learning disabilities, physical impairments, sensory impairments, chronic health conditions, psychological disorders, or other disabilities.
Is College the Only Path? Understanding Success When Your Child Skips Higher Education
©2024 Harold Robert Meyer – All rights reservedhttps://www.addrc.org/ info@addrc.org Recognizing that career success isn’t solely contingent on higher education is vital if your son or daughter is hesitant about attending college. Alternative paths: Alternative routes such as associate degrees, certificates, and apprenticeships offer valuable, skills-based education tailored to specific career paths at a more affordable … Read more
So You Just Flunked Out of School.
Flunking out of school can be a devastating blow, filled with emotions and uncertainty about the future. One of the first challenges you may face is figuring out how to break the news to your parents. It’s essential to start by finding the right time and place to have this conversation with your parents. Choose a calm and private setting to have an open and honest discussion without distractions. It’s crucial to be prepared for their initial reaction, ranging from disappointment to anger. Remember that their response comes from a place of concern and love, even if it doesn’t feel that way. “There is also, “What do I tell the neighbors?” That’s their issue.
Students with ADHD and College Success: 10 Study Tips
Executive functioning skills are essential to navigating the classroom and the social arena in college. To do well in your courses, you must be able to draw upon functional memory, focus, and observation to process and synthesize information from lectures and readings. To complete assignments and keep on schedule, you need time management, organizational, and goal-defining skills. All of these skills fall under executive function.
Executive functioning carries over into social settings, too. To effectively network and form valuable relationships, you need emotion control, observation skills, and self-awareness.
Promoting Academic Success in College Students with ADHD
This is a low-cost, low-risk intervention that students, parents and clinicians could readily implement.Â
Helping Students With Disabilities Understand Accommodations in College
High school educators can play an important role in preparing students to request accommodations in college. The transition to college is a challenging time for all students, and especially for students with disabilities who need to navigate the accommodations system at their new institution. A federal law, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, guarantees free … Read more