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ADHD Awareness Month - Tip 1A

10/6/2018

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****October is ADHD Awareness Month!***** 
If you/someone you love has ADD/ADHD - Congratulations! Welcome to the club!

Now what do you do? 
Well, there are 4 general steps to managing ADHD, each of which has a number of smaller steps within it. During October, I'll try to hit as many as I can. *BTW, notice the realistic expectation setting just then? I have to practice what I preach! 😉 
 STEP 1. Get A Good Map - Learn About ADHD (this will be an ongoing project)
Today's Tip: Step 1A. Read the SOLID stuff, from experts - people who know what they're talking about and can explain things clearly. Learn about executive functioning and self-regulation, and how it applies to you. If the book you're reading has self-reflection questions or other workbook type of exercises, trying doing some! Writing out your answers is  more effective than doing it in your head.
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Not sure who to read? Look for names like Tuckman, Barkley,  Nadeau, Solden, Sakarsis, Orlov, Brown, Ramsey, Ratey, Hallowell, etc. Clinicians, researchers, educators and coaches - folks who have devoted the years of their lives to understanding and helping people with ADHD. 
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Those books are part of my office library. Despite having a fancy degree from a fancy university, I knew very little about ADD/ADHD & even less about ADHD in adults when I started working with ADD college students in 2002. The folks above were my teachers, and I've had the pleasure of meeting some of them at conferences over the years since. 
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