ADD / ADHD and Birthday Parties The TV crew was waiting with their cameras ready to roll. Twenty children at a birthday party; most of them medically diagnosed as hyperactive, promised to be an exciting afternoon’s filming. The crew had already taken footage of the...
ADD Newsletter – Mar / Apr 2016
Organising Your Work Environment Home and personal relationships are tough for people with ADHD, but at least they take place in a relatively private arena. However the work environment puts all our strengths and weaknesses on show for all to see, making failure in...
ADD Newsletter – Jan / Feb 2016
Diet Study Diet study ... long long ago in a land far away ... Did you know that the first clinical trial on the impact of diet on mental health was described in the Bible? Related in the Book of Daniel, the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar had a practice of bringing...
ADD Newsletter – May / Jun 2015
10 Things that Make People with ADHD highly Successful What have Richard Branson, Ty Pennington, Katherine Ellison, Paris Hilton, and Solange Knowles all got in common? They all have ADHD and they have been very successful. It has not always been easy for them as they...
ADD Newsletter – Mar / Apr 2015
10 Things that Make People with ADHD highly Successful What have Richard Branson, Ty Pennington, Katherine Ellison, Paris Hilton, and Solange Knowles all got in common? They all have ADHD and they have been very successful. It has not always been easy for them as they...
ADD Newsletter – Jan / Feb 2015
Teacher says my child has ADHD! My son’s teacher says my child has ADHD but I don’t believe her. He’s a bright child and we’ve never had any problems before he went to school. He is just a normal, naughty little boy who would rather be running around in the playground...
ADD Newsletter – Jul / Aug 2014
Sport for children with ADHD Sport is important for all children and there is a whole wide range of activities that they can do. Of course what we want to know is: “How should we go about it?” especially as most parents don’t have too much spare time or energy. The...
ADD Newsletter – May / Jun 2014
Praise and Encouragemnt Encouragement and praise might at first glance seem like the same thing, but they are actually very different. Praise Praise is usually linked to the result rather than effort, for example “Your project was the best ever – it’s brilliant!”...