"ADHD is a trait, a way of living in the world. It only becomes a disorder when it impairs your life."    Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

Discover More about ADHD with
Articles, Tips, Strategies, Brain Gym Exercises, and Information
(Come back often as we add new resources frequently.)

Articles

What to do When Kids Go off their Meds: Ten Brain-based Learning Strategies
for ADD/ADHD
Check out strategies to help hyperactive kids as parents take their kids
off stimulant drugs used to control ADD/ADHD. (A likely scenario given the recent publicity about heart-related problems linked to Ritalin.)

Our Kids, ADHD, and the FDA
The FDA issued a warning on February 21, 2007 that stimulant drugs used to treat ADHD may cause serious cardiovascular and psychiatric problems. Managing ADHD without drugs is now a priority for teachers and parents.  

Quiet on a Summer Day: It's Essential for Your Sanity and Their Brain
Discover Seven fun things kids can do to help increase skills so necessary in school: sitting quietly and concentrating.  Good for all kids. Essential for ADHD kids.

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More Tips, Tricks, and Success Strategies for ADHD
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Zaltsman Exercises for Improving Attention and Organizational Abilities Fun, real Brain Boosters, and talk about challenging! They're not just for ADHDers. See if you can you get your right hand, left hand, one leg, and your head all doing something different at the same time.

Brain Breaks Use them in your classroom to enhance learning, increase brain function, and have fun! Brain Breaks are great for practicing this week's spelling words and learning the multiplication tables. More movement equals more learning.

A Chocolate Cake that's Healthy and yummy: More protein and less sugar is good for ADHDers (and the rest of us too). This recipe's easy enough for kids to make and delicious enough to be gobbled up quickly.

A Bit of Brain Gym^® (and Brain Gym's always good for ADHD)

Caleb Sits in Hook-ups Try this Brain Gym^® movement to help kids focus and settle down. Reduces stress in the central nervous system. Try it yourself.

Maria's 2nd Graders Do The Thinking Cap: Do this Brain Gym to improve listening.

Tom's Cross Crawling: Integrate right and left brain with cross crawls. And improve balance too. Don't want to stand up? You can do it sitting down too.

Information about ADHD and Behavior that Looks Like ADHD

Behavior that looks like ADHD but Isn't: A Check List for Your Kids: Use this list to look at all the things that can produce ADHD-like behavior. They can all be corrected without drugs.

DSM-IV Criteria: Find out the specific criteria psychiatrists and psychologists use to diagnose ADHD. (Some of these criteria could certainly apply to ADHD-like behavior but isn't actually ADHD.)