Power Moms Unite

It’s hard to get somewhere if you don’t know where you are going. Kids with ADHD have executive functioning deficits. In plain language, this means it is hard for them to evaluate their abilities, set goals, or execute a plan. They need to be explicitly taught the skills associated with goal setting, so [...]

The Fridge Door Gallery celebrates families who defeat overwhelming obstacles to achieve.  Living with ADHD, children and their parents’ self-esteem can take a beating- we struggle to do things the traditional way.  Sometimes that puts our kids and us on the outside of what is “normal” among our friends and aquaintances in the neighborhood or [...]

Accept differences, Be genuine,
Count your blessings, Dream,
Experiment, Forgive, Give thanks,
Harm no one, Imagine more,
Jettison anger, Keep a sense of humor, Love deeply,
Manage your issues, Nurture hope, Open your mind, Pursue wisdom,
Quiet doubt, Rethink approaches, Simplify, Teach generosity,
Understand, Value truth, Win graciously, eXercise,
Yearn to collaborate, Zealously advocate.

To create your family’s homework box, start with a lidded plastic shoe box or discarded cigar box. (You can purchase cigar boxes rather cheaply at local cigar stores). I recommend a wooden box over a plastic shoe box, as cigar boxes have attached lids that make them difficult to misplace and they holds up [...]

I live with 5 wonderful children 4 of whom have ADHD, two of which also have ODD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Being an occupational therapist married to a wonderfully loving and witty man, who was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, ADHD was neither unfamiliar nor unmanageable. As a therapist, I knew how to [...]

1. ADHD is a medical condition, in which the body reabsorbs the chemical messenger between brain cells too quickly.
2. ADHD makes it easier to act without thinking about the consequences (that can be good or bad, depending on whether you are driving your bike, speaking in front of a [...]