Avoiding Toxic Friendships When You Have ADHD
ADHD can make you more vulnerable to toxic friendships. Here’s why, what to watch out for, and strategies for building healthy friendships.
How Volunteering Can Alleviate Social Isolation for Those With ADHD
Volunteering can help individuals with ADHD develop social skills, find a sense of purpose and more effectively manage their ADHD symptoms.
ADHD Masking
ADHD masking is a set of behaviors to hide the condition and cope in a neurotypical world. Here’s how to manage it so it doesn’t manage you.
The Power of Rewards for Kids with ADHD
Kids with ADHD often respond better to rewards than punishments. Here’s why and how to set up a rewards system for your ADHD child.
ADHD and the Art of Conversation
Conversation can be difficult for those with ADHD. Here are tips to improve your conversational skills and enjoy connecting with others more.
Adverse Childhood Experiences – The Silent Crisis
There is a large, ongoing crisis that gets surprisingly scant attention in the media or from politicians. It is pervasive throughout the nation, affecting every demographic. It exacts a huge toll in terms of human misery, ruined lives and financial cost to society. It is the ACE crisis. Fortunately, we as individuals can play an important role in combating the toxic effects of childhood maltreatment.
ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation
Recent research shows that a significant subgroup of people with ADHD has serious difficulties in regulating their emotions. It confirms that, in many cases, psychotherapy – to address emotional regulation issues – has a more important role to play as pat of an overall treatment plan for ADHD.
Common Myths About Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a frequent and persistent pattern of anger, irritability, arguing, defiance or vindictiveness toward parents and other authority figures by a child or teen. Parents should be aware that there are a number of persistent myths about ODD that can cause children with the condition to become stigmatized and make treatment more difficult.
ADHD and Social Intelligence
Social intelligence is our ability to interact effectively with others in any given environment. Social IQ is a measure of that ability. Unlike the intelligence quotient (IQ) score, social IQ is variable throughout one’s life and can be improved with practice. Children with ADHD face special challenges in social situations. But with the help of their parents, and some hard work, they can overcome those challenges, boost their social IQ, and enjoy more effective personal interactions.
Addressing Problematic ADHD Social Behaviors via Coaching
At the Edge Foundation, our first task as coaches is always to help them develop the organizational skills that will help them to remember to get to class, get a term paper written, and in short, get passing grades. But while helping a young person keep their current job as student is critical, as coaches we also have a responsibility to help them develop the skills they will need for their future jobs in whatever profession they choose.