2024 Professional ADHD Resources

These 2024 professional ADHD resources are gathered here for the use of the following professionals:

  • Health Care & Mental Health Care Workers
  • Educators (preschool-college)

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

Educators

When ‘Careless Mistakes’ Aren’t: Dyscalculia, Math Anxiety, and Learning Strategies That Help

Renee Hamilton-Newman, MEd, MS-SpED, ADHD & Symptom Tests > Mental Health & ADHD Comorbidities > Learning Disabilities, Dyscalculia, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on July 3, 2024.

Classroom accommodations for ADHD

Amanda Morin, Expert reviewed by Ginny Osewalt, Understood, Updated March 29, 2024.

Conversation starters for teachers to use with families

Amanda Morin, Expert reviewed by Rayma Griffin, MA, MEd, Understood.org, August 21, 2024.

What is social-emotional learning?

Alexis Clark, MA, MS, Expert reviewed by Lynne Kenney, Psy.D.; [Video: Jerome Schultz, Ph.D., Play Time: 2 min 30 secs]; Understood, Copyright © Understood for All, Inc.

How to make a professional goal for teaching

Gretchen Vierstra, MA, Expert reviewed by Brittney Newcomer, MS, NCSP, Understood.org, Updated May 17, 2024.

10 Ways Teachers Can Recharge Over the Summer

Karla Wang, The Science of Learning Blog, Fastforward by Carnegie Learning, July 3, 2019.

9 tips to keep grade-schoolers from “checking out” at the end of the school year

Rayma Griffin, MA, MEd, Understood.org, Updated April 2, 2024.

Classroom accommodations for executive function challenges

Amanda Morin, Understood, Updated August 30, 2023.

7 ways to help your students make friends

Geri Coleman Tucker, Expert reviewed by Viriginia Gryta, MS, Understood.org, January 24, 2024, Copyright © Understood for All, Inc.

The power of effective praise: A guide for teachers

Amanda Morin, Expert reviewed by Mark J. Griffin, PhD, Understood.org, Copyright © Understood for All, Inc.

A Classroom Exercise That Teaches Self-Advocacy and Celebrates Differences

Mary Ruth Coleman, PhD, ADHD Parenting > School & Learning, For Teachers, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on January 17, 2024, Information for this article was obtained from an ADDitude Webinar “Avoiding & Recovering from 2e Burnout: Support for Gifted Students”, Original broadcast on August 17, 2023. [Video Replay & podcast #467]

Health & Mental Health Care

ADHD: Overlooked Cause of Persistent Anxiety and Depression in Adults

Parinda Parikh, MD, Chujun Chen, MD, Smit Jayeshkumar Patel, MD, Psychiatric Times, October 29, 2024. [Listening Time: 16 Minutes]

High doses of Adderall may increase psychosis risk

Mass General Brigham Communications, The Harvard Gazettee, September 12, 2024.

Managing Life Transitions in ADHD: Why Early Preparation is Critical

Timothy E. Wilens, MD, Pych Congress Network (09/18/2024), ADHD in the News 2024-09-19, CHADD.

Why Self-Harm Haunts Youth with ADHD: Causes, Signs, and Treatment

Janis Whitlock, MPH, Ph.D., Additude for Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on August 13, 2024.

Done ADHD Investigation Sparks Worry of Inadequate Care

Carole Fleck, ADHD News & Research, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on July 8, 2024.

The Science of Fear: Probing the Brain Circuits That Link ADHD and PTSD

Joseph Biederman, MD, Mohammed R. Milad, PhD, Andrea Spencer, MD, ADDitude for Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on April 3, 2024.

Financial Dependence of Young Adults with Childhood ADHD

Amy R. Altszuler, Timothy F. Page, Elizabeth M. Gnagy, Stefany Coxe, Alejandro Arrieta, Brooke S. G. Molina, and William E. Pellham, Jr., HHS Public Access, Journal Abnormal Child Psychology, 2016 August.

We Demand Attention! A Call for Greater Research on Women with ADHD

Anni Layne Rodgers, ADDitude Editors, ADHD & Symptom Tests, Adult ADHD, ADHD in Women, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on May 7, 2024.

Pocket MD Podcast Training on ADHD in Children and Adults

CHADD’s National Resource Center in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CHADD Training and Continuing Education on ADHD, CHADD, 2024.

Individuals with ADHD who are evening types are more likely to have depressive symptoms

Vladimir Hedrih, ADHD, Depression, PsyPost, October 28, 2023.

Best of 2023: Must-Read Articles by and for ADHD Experts

ADDitude Editors, ADDitude For Professionals, ADDitude Magazine, Updated on December 18, 2023.

ADHD Is A Risk Factor for Type Two Diabetes And High Blood Pressure, As Well As Other Psychiatric Disorders

Stephen Faraone, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, LinkedIn, October 29, 2018.