ADHD EXPERT

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  • ADHD + Telling Lies

    Do you feel that your child is constantly telling lies and you’re worried if they even know the truth!? Our children with ADHD are more likely to lie. But there is good reason why this happens. Your child is not a depraved, dishonest, social misfit with a personality flaw. Honestly. Their ADHD brain just makes…

  • I hate you! I’m bored….

    This has been a long, long difficult period of time for us all. Stuck indoors with lockdown and now it’s officially the Summer holidays. Really!? There are still so many restrictions. Travel plans cancelled, indoor places shut, limitations on socially mixing and heightened tensions in the family. So it’s no wonder that life at the…

  • A peep into an ADHD brain

    Our children with ADHD are incredible. Yes incredible. I know. My son brings equal measures of joy and chaos into our lives. He is funny, smart, late, creative, late, witty, observant and did I mention late? But what is it actually like to have an ADHD brain and to be battling with constant thoughts, sensory…

  • Why Punishments Don’t Work

    Picture these scenarios: Meet Jamie. Jamie has a messy bedroom. He cannot find anything. Letters from school are lost and homework is left to the last minute. So mum nags him and get cross. “Tidy your room. Where’s your letter? Why are you leaving everything until the last minute?” Things escalate and eventually Jamie storms…