Dr. Russell Barkley, international authority on ADHD, exposes the real truth about ADHD, the most treatable disorder. He calls ADHD the diabetes of psychiatry.
Students with ADHD will resonate with the reality of time blindness (and so will their parents). ADHD is a disorder of performance involving the executive functioning skills, specifically self-regulation.
Barkely says this is how to treat ADHD: Make mental information VISUAL. Make time REAL. DIVIDE assignments into small steps. Make consequences/rewards immediate and EXTERNAL.
ADHD means that the brain has a LIMITED TANK SYSTEM. Refueling is key. There’s a clear way to REFUEL. Use the 10 – 3 approach: work for 10 minutes, break for 3. Make physical exercise a daily must. Listen to what he has to say about the role of glucose and thinking.
