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“If he could, he would.” Children with ADHD don’t always have rude behavior — sometimes, they simply lack the executive function skills to keep up with confusing social norms and fast-paced conversations. Here’s how parents can reframe these social challenges and better bolster weak skills. You wouldn’t expect a child to hit a baseball before […]

Lack of practice, lagging maturity, fewer social models, and weak executive functions mean that children with ADHD often struggle with social skills. The good news is that, like any other skill, these skills can be taught and improved. Learn how to help students with ADHD adjust to in-person school in this hour-long webinar with Caroline

Being a mom with ADHD is already a precarious balancing act. But add a tween’s hormone-fueled emotions and thirst for independence to the mix, and it may be harder than ever for Mom to manage her own symptoms. Take control of your child’s behaviors — and your ADHD — with these strategies.   How many

In this hour-long webinar-on-demand from 3/25/20, learn the secret to making friends as an adult with ADHD, with Caroline Maguire, M.Ed., ACCG, PCC.

A seven-step guide to managing social anxiety at parties and other events you want to attend — and enjoy. How to Manage Social Anxiety at Events You’ve been invited to a party where you will know practically no one. Now what? You want to go — and will go — but you don’t want social

This clip is from Caroline Maguire, M.Ed.’s, ADDitude webinar: “An Adult’s Guide to Fostering Friendships with ADHD”

Banning friends and forbidding your ADHD teen from seeing people that you don’t like won’t work. Having a focused, collaborative conversation about your teen’s thoughts on friendship will. Q: “My teenager is having a rocky time with friendships. Lately, she is choosing questionable friends. These ‘friends’ are not treating her well, and, because of their influence,

Executive function and emotional control walk in lockstep. Stress and emotional flooding affect how children with ADHD learn, play, engage with classmates, follow directions, and retain information. When they enter a heightened state of arousal, their ADHD brain wiring can interfere with social-emotional learning and sabotage self-regulation, making it difficult to access the curriculum, respond appropriately,

In this hour-long webinar with ADDitude, Caroline Maguire talks about the social traps and friendship foibles that impact adults with ADHD, whose inattention, impulsivity, or emotional dysregulation may strain connections with others.

Register below for a webinar on DBT for adults with ADHD on Thursday, October 31, at 1pm ET. Sign up and receive the free webinar replay link as well!