What Is ADHD? Explaining ADHD to Your Child and Family

Episode Description

Office ii of ADDitude's 3-part ADHD Awareness Calendar month Webinar Series

When a kid receives an ADHD diagnosis, they often take home a prescription for medication, maybe a handout titled "What Is ADHD?", and that's it. Rarely do they go a clear, fact-based explanation of attending deficit hyperactivity disorder. As a consequence, many kids — and parents — feel unnecessarily ashamed of the diagnosis.

ADHD Sensation Calendar month is a perfect time to address this prevalent and persistent trouble. The gains to a child'southward self-esteem and self-agreement are huge when a caregiver works to gain deep cognition and insight near attention deficit disorder (ADHD) — and the words to explain it finer to a child, family unit members, and friends. Helping your child explicate his own ADHD to peers and teachers is empowering and the almost effective form of self-advocacy.

In this webinar you will larn from Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW, near:

  • How to help kids at various ages explain their ADHD diagnoses to peers
  • How parents tin can explain the status to extended family members and friends who may run into ADHD every bit a "character flaw"
  • How to explain ADHD specifically to fathers who may not believe in the diagnosis or think that their kid's ADHD behaviors are intentional
  • The downside of "sugarcoating" ADHD by calling it a "superpower" or "gift"

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Encounter the Expert Speaker

Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified School Social Worker and the creator of theADHD Dude YouTube channel and Facebook group.  Ryan specializes in working with boys diagnosed with ADHD and their families.  He provides coaching through ADHD Dude Coaching and is the Director of Ride the Wave Counseling and Summertime Trip Campsite in Margate, New Jersey.  Ryan also creates content for ADDitude Mag's ADHD in Boys department.  Ryan's videos for kids tin be found nether theDudes Larn Social playlist of the ADHD Dude YouTube channel. | Run into expert's full bio »


Listener Testimonials

  • "Such groovy applied info on how to explain ADHD to kids and too other adults…vivid pointers!"
  • "Thank you for having Ryan speak. He is wonderful and spot on. His perspective with boys and ADHD has been very valuable."
  • "I really appreciate having multiple ways to envision and explain ADHD with dissimilar ages and social relationships in listen."

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