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
Caren Magill explains why ADHD brains get stuck in the cycle of big dreams → quick burnout → self-blame, and how to shift to identity-based goals you can actually reach and sustain through micro-steps, scaffolding, and other practical tools and supports.
ADHD and Goals: Resources
- Resource Center: A New Year Guide for ADHD Brains
- Download: January 2026 Calendar of Small Steps
- Read: How to Forge Stick-With-It-Habits
- Read: 40 Bri...
Children with PDA are extremely sensitive to real or perceived demands and may make excuses, use delay tactics, or outright refuse to complete requests. Learn more about PDA from Diane Gould, LCSW, including proven behavioral strategies and supports.
Pathological Demand Avoidance: Resources
- Free Download: Why Is My Child So Defiant?
- Self-Test: Is Your Child Showing Signs of Pathological Demand Avoidance?
- Read: When Angry Kids ...
Many adults with ADHD say they have trouble staying in touch, reading social cues, and managing their emotions. Amy Kempe, LPC, shares practical ways to build stronger, more rewarding relationships that feel balanced and authentic.
ADHD and Friendship: Resources
- Free Download: Become a Small-Talk Superstar
- Read: How to Make Friends as an Adult with ADHD, According to Our Readers
- Read: How to Make Friends — and Keep Them
- Read: ...
How does long-term ADHD medication use impact heart health? In this webinar, Samuele Cortese, M.D., Ph.D., presents the latest research on cardiovascular problems and ADHD medication use, including considerations for older adults.
Heart Health and Stimulant Use: Resources
Sharon Saline, Psy.D., helps parents understand how to talk with our kids about ADHD in a supportive, empowering way; establish boundaries and protect their self-esteem; and help them navigate unfair treatment from family members, teachers, and peers.
Explaining ADHD: Resources
Research shows that a body in motion engages a diverse network of brain regions. Movement, and dance in particular, improves mood, focus, emotional regulation, social connections, and decreases social anxiety and depression. Learn more from Julia C. Basso, Ph.D., including simple routines you can do at home.
Movement and the Neurodivergent Brain: Resources
- Free Download: Your Free Guide to Music for Focus
- Read: The Activities ...
ADHD makes it harder to get things done and to meet others' expectations — but at what point is the stress not worth it? Ari Tuckman, Psy.D., MBA, discusses how you can decide which tasks to take on while avoiding people-pleasing and burnout.
Productivity Solutions: Resources
Members of the ADHD Club are wildly creative, passionate people who think differently. Join Penn and Kim Holderness to learn how to help kids recognize the awesomeness in ADHD, identify their strengths, and approach ADHD-related challenges with resilience.
Resources: Building Confidence in Kids
- Free Download: 19 Questions That Build ADHD Metacognition Skills
- Read: How to Invest in Your Child's "Emotional Bank Account"
- Read: "I...
Todd Love, Psy.D., JD, explores the science linking ADHD and behavioral addictions — from gambling and pornography to gaming and social media. He explains the toll these behaviors take on daily life and highlights strategies that promote recovery.
Behavioral Addictions and ADHD: Resources
- Free Download: Your ADHD Dopamine Menu Template
- Read: ADHD and Addiction: The Truth About Substance Abuse
- Read: Video Game Addiction: Signs,...
Saskia Van der Oord, Ph.D., and Michael Meinzer, Ph.D., discuss the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for ADHD, and how modern approaches should move from treating ADHD behaviors and impairments to empowering individuals.
Behavioral Therapy for ADHD: Additional Resources
Five experts — Brendan Mahan, M.Ed., Shane Thrapp, Jesse J. Anderson, Kyrus Keenan "Ky" Westcott, and Marc Almodóvar — discuss ADHD in men, including struggles around expressing emotions, harboring self-doubt, contending with established expectations around masculinity, and more.
ADHD Symptoms in Men: Additional Resources
- Free Download: 3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks
- Read: For Men With ADHD — and Those Who...
To kick off ADHD Awareness Month, William Dodson, M.D., presents an overview of ADHD's history, complexity, and persistent myths and stigma — and shares ways to correct lingering misperceptions about the condition.
ADHD Myths and Misperceptions: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Your Free Guide to Debunking Annoying ADHD Myths
- Read: 9 ADHD Myths That Perpetuate Stigma
- Read: The Definition of ADHD: Myths & Truths
- Read: "Eradi...
If you've ever teared up or shot back while receiving feedback, emotional dysregulation may be affecting your job performance and professional relationships. Diann Wingert explains how to recognize triggers and manage your emotions at work.
Emotional Control at Work: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Emotional Regulation & Anger Management Scripts
- Read: Why We Feel So Much — and Ways to Overcome It
- Read: Can't Get Anything D...
What if you could turn homework into an opportunity for your students to grow their independence? Ann Dolin, M.Ed., shares strategies to help your middle or high school student tackle homework with more confidence and less conflict this school year.
Strategies for Students with ADHD: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Proven Homework Help for Kids with ADHD
- Read: The ADHD Homework System We Swear By
- Read: Make Homework More E...
Gloria T. Han, Ph.D., and Anna C. Wilson, Ph.D., help parents understand why chronic pain is more common in autistic youth with and without ADHD, how pain presents in unique ways, the impact on daily life, strategies to reduce pain's impact, and more.
Chronic Pain, Autism, and ADHD: Additional Resources
- Free Download: The ADHD-Autism Link in Children
- Read: Autism in Girls: Why Signs of Neurodivergence Are Overlooked
- Read: How ...
Beverley Holden Johns discusses why students with ADHD have time-management and other executive function challenges; how to teach and practice time estimation; how to use visual aids, reminders, timers, and planners; and more.
Time-Management Skills for Students: Additional Resources
Join John Kruse, M.D., Ph.D., to learn about stimulants vs. non-stimulants; side effects of ADHD medication; how to determine optimal dosing; combining ADHD medications; and more.
Adult ADHD Treatments: Additional Resources
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
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