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Why the ADHD Brain Isn’t Broken, It’s Running on Different Fuel Table Talk #006 | By Wendy Gregory | ADHD Family Shift The Punchline First (You’re Welcome) Your child can game for six hours and melt down over six minutes of homework because ADHD is not a deficit of attention. It’s a difficulty regulating attention. […]
Table Talk #005 | By Wendy Gregory | ADHD Family Shift Confessions of an Executive Function Coach Who Still Gets Stuck in the Reminder Cycle The Punchline First (You’re Welcome) You have to remind your child 27 times because verbal reminders land in working memory, and in ADHD brains, working memory is already full. The […]
Table Talk #004 | By Wendy Gregory | ADHD Family Shift The Mom of the House Hiding Inside Your Brain The Punchline First (You’re Welcome) ADHD makes everyday life feel hard because it affects the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain responsible for planning, organizing, remembering, starting, stopping, and switching gears. When that part […]
What My Daughter’s “Mom, Wait!” Taught Me About Time Blindness Table Talk #003 | By Wendy Gregory | ADHD Family Shift The Punchline First (You’re Welcome) Normally you wait for the story before you get the point. Not today. I’m an ADHD parent. We don’t always do things in order. So here’s the point first: […]
How to Help Your ADHD Child Feel Proud of Being Different Table Talk #001 | By Wendy Gregory | ADHD Family Shift The Punchline First (You’re Welcome) Children with ADHD often realize they’re different long before they understand why. The goal isn’t to convince them they’re the same as everyone else. The goal is to […]
