ADHD Experts Podcast
Leading ADHD experts give real-life answers to questions submitted by ADD adults and parents raising children with attention deficit disorder across a range of topics covering symptoms, school, work, and family life. Download the accompanying slide presentations here: additudemag.com/adhd-expert-webinars-index (look for the episode number). Note on audio quality: This podcast is a recording of a webinar series, and the audio has been captured from conversations recorded via a computer or telephone, not in a studio. Register to participate in the live webinars at: additudemag.com/tag/webinar.
Episodes
J.J. Sandra Kooij, M.D., Ph.D., explains how ADHD night owls can reset their internal clocks and achieve more restful sleep.
This special episode is a feature article from the Fall 2025 issue of ADDitude magazine. To listen to the full issue — and receive new issues as they're published — subscribe now at additudemag.com/subscribe.
ADHD and Sleep: More Resources
- Free Download: How to Sleep Better with ADHD
- Read: ADHD and Sleep...
Social-emotional learning (SEL) teaches five core competencies: self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness, relationship skills, and problem-solving. Steven Tobias, Psy.D., explains how to teach SEL skills to students with ADHD.
Social-Emotional Learning: Additional Resources
- Free Download: 5 Ways to Improve Emotional Control at Home
- Read: Your Child Is Not Giving You a Hard Time. Your Child Is Having a Hard Time.
- Read:...
Nicole C. Kear explores the research that explains why tedium is intolerable for people with ADHD — and how to bear boredom better.
This special episode is a feature article from the Fall 2025 issue of ADDitude magazine. To listen to the full issue — and receive new issues as they're published — subscribe now at additudemag.com/subscribe.
ADHD and Boredom: More Resources
Mark A. Stein, Ph.D., will provide an overview of pediatric ADHD treatment options, explain why it's crucial to personalize treatment, and how to combine and sequence medication and other treatments for optimal care.
ADHD Treatments for Children: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Take Charge of Your Child’s Medication
- Read: ADHD Treatment Options for Children
- Read: What Is Complex ADHD? Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment
- Read: ...
Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., and Bruce Hughes, M.A., will guide you through a proven process for discovering your ideal work environment that best fits your interests, strengths, and executive functioning needs. You'll also learn how to avoid workplace mismatches.
Jobs for Creative People with ADHD: Additional Resources
Join Brendan Mahan, M.Ed., to learn how to partner with your teen boy to navigate the frustrations, defiance, emotional volatility of adolescence with ADHD and help them grow into the capable, compassionate adult you know they can be.
Challenges and Solutions for ADHD Boys: Additional Resources
Steven W. Evans, Ph.D., explains why youth with ADHD often have problems with academic and social functioning, and shares evidence-based approaches proven to help in these problematic areas at home and at school.
Social Skills for Teens with ADHD: Additional Resources
Productivity hacks and strategies are helpful — but only if you use them. The right mindset, however, can keep you track at work and in your personal life. Ari Tuckman, Psy.D., teachers us how to develop a resilient, productivity mindset.
Productivity Hacks for ADHD: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Focus Your ADHD Brain With 5 Helpful Hacks
- Read: Popular Productivity Advice That Torpedoes the ADHD Brain
- Read: How to Not Pr...
Children with ADHD endure much too frequent criticism from people in their lives. Larisa Litvinov, Ph.D., offers practical tools to help counteract negative feedback and build resilience and self-confidence in children with ADHD, from elementary school through high school.
Self-confidence and Resilience with ADHD: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Evaluate Your Teen’s Emotional Control
- Read: How to Invest In Your Child’s “Em...
ADHD brings with it intense emotions, impatience, and stress. Mark Bertin, M.D., explains how mindfulness can offer a powerful counterbalance to these feelings, and how people with ADHD can apply specific mindfulness-based strategies.
Meditation for Emotional Regulation: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Make Mindfulness Work for You
- Read: Meditation for the Bored & Restless: How to Practice Mindfulness with ADHD
- Read: The K...
Dave Anderson, Ph.D., shares practical strategies to help parents create a balanced summer routine that promotes fun and reduces stress for children with ADHD, including how to maintain a semi-structured schedule and manage screen time.
Summer Activities and ADHD: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Your Guide to a Smarter Summer
- Read: How to Survive Summer Vacation
- Read: Summer Survival Guide for Parents of Extreme Children
- R...
Sharon Saline, Psy.D., helps parents understand rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD). Learn why this reaction to real or perceived rejection or criticism is common with ADHD, how it can intensify emotional storms, and how to de-escalate a teen's outburst.
RSD in ADHD Teens: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Evaluate Your Teen’s Emotional Control
- Read: How ADHD Ignites RSD: Meaning & Medication Solutions
- Read: Have a Teen with...
Roberto Olivardia, Ph.D., discusses the research supporting the neurological power of music, answering questions like: What areas of the brain are activated by music? How does listening to music help with ADHD? What type of music is best for promoting concentration?
Music and ADHD: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Your Free Guide to Music for Healthy ADHD Brains
- Read: Music That Focuses the Brain
- Read: Music Therapy: Sound ...
Listen to a recording of a real-time Q&A session held on 5/30/25. Sharon Saline, Psy.D., responds live to questions from adults living with ADHD and parents raising neurodivergent children.
Life with ADHD: Additional Resources
- Sign Up! Free ADHD Parenting Class
- Download: The ADHD Healthy Habits Handbook
- eBook for Adults: The Adult’s Guide to Stronger Executive Functions
- eBook for Parents: The ADHD Positive Parenting Guide
Dr. Jessica Eccles surveys the growing body of research that points to an association between neurodivergence, joint hypermobility, chronic pain, and anxiety. Learn why certain physical symptoms are more common in people with ADHD and autism, and about treatment options.
Joint Hypermobility, Pain, & Neurodivergence: Additional Resources
Diane Miller, Psy.D., M.Ed., explores the compounded impact of rejection sensitivity and double-masking (the survival strategy of suppressing both ADHD symptoms and aspects of cultural identity to avoid judgment or rejection) for Black women with ADHD.
RSD and ADHD in Black Women: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Understanding Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Read: New Insights Into Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
- Read: How ADH...
Paul Mitrani, M.D., Ph.D., discusses the impact of hormones on emotions and mental health during adolescence, explains how puberty affects boys and girls differently, and shares strategies to maintain strong parent-teen relationships.
Puberty and Mental Health: Additional Resources
- Free Download: How Hormones Impact ADHD Symptoms in Women and Girls
- Read: Boys vs. Girls: How Puberty Affects ADHD Symptoms
- Watch: How Puberty Aggr...
Amy Marlow-MaCoy, LPC, discusses the kinds of messages children internalize in emotionally unsupportive environments and the long-term impacts, signs of emotionally immature and narcissistic parenting, and shares self-care practices to begin healing.
Healing from Your Past: Additional Resources
- Read: Are You a Toxic Parent?
- Read: Why Won’t My Parents Accept My ADHD Diagnosis?
- Read: How to Set Boundaries with Family
- From Reader...
Amy Marschall, Psy.D., discusses why autistic people mask, and how this leads to stress and burnout; how to identify warning signs of burnout (and how this differs from depression and other mental health issues); and shares strategies to prevent or recover from burnout.
AuDHD: Additional Resources
- Take This Self-Test: Autism in Women
- Read: AuDHD — An Overview
- Read: “A Living Contradiction”: The AuDHD Experience
- Read: ADHD, Aut...
Listen to a recording of a real-time Q&A session held on 4/25/25. Sharon Saline, Psy.D., responds live to questions from adults living with ADHD and parents raising neurodivergent children.
Life with ADHD: Additional Resources
- Sign Up! Free ADHD Parenting Class
- Download: The ADHD Healthy Habits Handbook
- eBook for Adults: The Adult’s Guide to Stronger Executive Functions
- eBook for Parents: The ADHD Positive Parenting Guide
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