2022 Professional ADHD Resources

These 2022 professional ADHD resources are gathered here for the use of the following professionals:

Health Care & Mental Health Care Workers
Social Workers
Educators (preschool-college)
ADHD Coaches
Employers/HR Personnel
Daycare Providers

These are ADHD resources you may find useful, some of which have been featured in our monthly “Positive Steps” newsletter.

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General Professional

Half of Adults with ADHD Struggle with Substance Use Disorders

Lilly Constance, ADHD News & Research, ADDitude For Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, September 9, 2021

Educators

ADHD and creativity

ADHD and Anxiety at School: For Educators

Kimberly Harrison, Ph.D., CHADD Ask The Expert Webinar, Original Air Date September 14, 2022

The Downside to Technology for Students with ADHD – For Educators

Christine L. Robinson, MEd, Attention Monthly Newsstand, CHADD Attention Magazine, August 2019

ADHD and sleep problems

Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D. & Belinda, parent of a child with ADHD, In It Podcast & transcript (podcast play time 39:36), hosts Amanda Morin & Gretchen Vierstra, Understood, Copyright © 2014–2022 Understood for All Inc.

8 ADHD teaching strategies

Gretchen Vierstra, MA, Reviewed by Bob Cunningham, EdM, Understood, May 21, 2022

Practicing self-care: 5 tips for teachers

Brittney Newcomer, MS, NCSP, Reviewed by Trynia Kaufman, MS, Understood, May 21, 2022

Understanding why kids struggle with writing

Teaching With Empathy: Why It’s Important

Motivating an “Unmotivated” Child or Teen with ADHD

Jeffrey Sprague, Ph.D., CHADD Ask the Expert Webinar, CHADD, Original Air Date February 9, 2022

Study: Promoting, Self-Management Yield Better Classroom Results Than Other ADHD Accommodations

Nathaly Pesantez, ADDitude Magazine, Updated March 21, 2022

Preventing meltdowns before they happen: A classroom guide

Health & Mental Health Care

Optimizing Adult ADHD Treatment: An All-Day Affair

Leah Kuntz, Psychiatric Times, November 7, 2022, ADHD in the News 2022-11-10, CHADD

Migraines and ADHD: The Overlooked Connection to Headaches

Sarah Cheyette, M.D., ADDitude For Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on October 19, 2022

How Collaborative Care Models Deliver Quality ADHD Care – Seamlessly

Sheryl Morelli, MD, ADDitude for Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on September 19, 2022

Early-Term Births Associated With Higher Rate of ADHD as Reported by Teachers

Patti Verbanas – Rutgers University, Neuroscience News Newsletter, August 13, 2022

4 Reasons Adults Give Up on ADHD Medication: Solving Nonadherence and Treatment Inconsistency

William Dodson, MD, LF-APA, ADDitude For Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on July 14, 2022

The Unique Signs and Struggles of Adult ADHD

Kevin Kunzmann, HCP Live, May 7, 2022

Traumatic Stress Alongside ADHD: 5 Reasons Clinicians Need to Consider Trauma

Michelle Frank, PsyD, ADDitude for Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on November 2, 2021

Study: Adults with ADHD Face Elevated Risk for 34 Physical Health Conditions

Nathaly Pesantez, ADHD News & Research, ADDitude Magazine, August 11, 2021, Updated January 21, 2022

ADHD in Adults Looks Different. Most Diagnostic Criteria Ignores This Fact.

Russell Barkley, Ph.D., ADDitude for Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on October 28, 2021

The Unrecognised Adult ADHD Patient: accidents, brain injury and behaviour

Allison Kirsop, Medice-64-69, Oruen Medical Education, Multimedia & Journal Publishing, July 2019, Vol 5, Issue1. pdf

What Is Inattentive ADHD? Symptoms, Characteristics, Diagnostic Considerations

Mary V. Solanto, PhD, ADDitude Magazine, Updated March 16, 2022

Maladaptive Daydreaming May Be a Better Diagnosis for Some Than ADHD

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Neuroscience Newsletter, April 12, 2022

Daycare Providers

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Employers/HR

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ADHD Coaches

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Social Workers

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