5 Things Parents Should Have Been Told When Their Child Was Diagnosed With ADHD

I have a saying: "Most families of kids with ADHD are unintentionally misled as soon as their child receives a diagnosis."

Why are most families misled?
-Because health care and mental health professionals are unfamiliar with the research data on ADHD or the American Academy of Pediatrics treatment recommendations, thus families are referred to ineffective treatments.
-Because neither parents (or their kids) are given a solid explanation of ADHD or how to help their child build skills.
-Because the mental health field doesn't seem to understand the role of language in building foundational executive function skills.

I created this video to help parents understand what they were most likely never told, but should have been when their son/daughter received an ADHD diagnosis.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲" 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 👍 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁.
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𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟯𝟬.

𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘁, 𝗟𝗖𝗦𝗪, 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗-𝗖𝗖𝗦𝗣.
👨‍👦𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗, 𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗-𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝘀.

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲:
"𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟲 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝘆 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗":

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗗𝗛𝗗 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆:

𝘈𝘋𝘏𝘋 𝘋𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘴, 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘦𝘵𝘤.

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[klbraziel]

OMG, it's like you've been in my house, listening to me say, "He's so smart, I don't understand why he acts like a 17-year old!" (he's 21). THANK GOD this isn't just my child!!

[gu]

Great advices! I have to watch the other videos you mentioned. I had to reduce the speed of the video to 0.75 bec i couldn't keep up with the speed of you talking :)

[Coach_Julienne]

Outstanding advice! Thank you! Keep up the good work and communication! We need more change makers like you in the world!

[karloswithak]

Your videos were suggested by another parent in an ADHD FB page. Thank you! 🙌

[nataliek]

Thank you this was incredibly helpful. I’m glad I found your channel.

[Roar]

Vis a vis situational awareness, my son does not listen to anything anyone says. He is either talking over us, or saying OK Ok.. Like he wants to move on from the topic, or he would be zoned out😢

[hillaryrogers]

thank you sooo much this is great advice I’m so glad I found this video
I have a 6 yr old that has ADHD impulsive n odd n this will help a lot

[fatimashirly]

Amazing information... Well presented...

[beverleyethington]

When should a parent stop prompting their child? Obviously a toddler or even a kindergartner still needs prompting because they haven’t learned the basics. So I’m wondering when is a good time to slow down or stop prompting.

[amylphillips]

Thank you so much for the great video content.

[meganforet]

My son is averse to proactive strategies (like reading the field) sometimes. Doesn’t like being “bossed”

[racheldoot]

We’re really struggling with balancing executive functioning age and chronological age. We have a 12 year old that is pretty close to functioning at a 9 year old level. He wants to be treated like his peers, but does not function at the same level as his peers. He’s also diagnosed with severe ODD. We do our best to explain that he gets treated differently than they do, because he acts differently. This results in violence and verbal abuse from him. I’m not sure what else to do or how to help him. We worked with a specialist, that gave similar advice to you, but it just doesn’t seem to help because son refuses to do the work or change his behavior regardless of incentive or consequences. He also refuses talk therapy. I’d love to see you address these sorts of difficulty.

[andifone]

The ocean is distracting me, , I didn't realized how slow waves are