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
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
Mary J. Goodwin-Oquendo, Esq., discusses how the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) may impact students with ADHD and learning disabilities who receive special education services and accommodations through IEPs and 504 Plans.
ADHD Accommodations and Educational Rights: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Your Child’s Legal Rights at School
- Read: “Is My Child’s IEP in Danger?”
- Read: When Schools Resist Evalua...
Learn why behavioral parent training (BPT) is recommended as a first-line treatment for young children with ADHD, and how it can improve the parent-child relationship and promote calm in the household, from Nicole Schatz, Ph.D.
ADHD Parent Training: Additional Resources
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D., shares the latest research findings about non-medication approaches to ADHD management and helps listeners separate science from hype when assessing the many alternative interventions marketed for ADHD.
Managing ADHD: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Scorecard of ADHD Treatments
- Sign Up for This Guided Course! The Adult’s Guide to Treating ADHD
- Read: ADHD Medication Overview — Stimulants, Non-stimu...
Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D., discusses a form of social anxiety common in teens and young adults with ADHD — a fear of being embarrassed in social situations, or anxiety about how others may perceive them. Learn how to recognize and support teens who harbor such fears.
Social Anxiety: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Social Anxiety Facts and Falsehoods
- Self-Test: Social Anxiety Test for Teens
- Read: “Help! My Child Won’t Go to Sc...
Listen to a recording of a real-time Q&A session held on 3/28/25. 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
Nicole DeMasi Malcher, MS, RD, CDCES delves into the connection between ADHD and disordered eating. Learn why traditional diets often fail — and why intuitive eating may work — and come away with practical strategies for ADHD-friendly eating habits.
ADHD and Nutrition: Additional Resources
- Free Download: Health & Fitness — Lifestyle Changes for Adults with ADHD
- Self-Test: Eating Disorders in Adults
- Read: 40 Ways to Eat Healthy...
Children with ADHD face more trauma and attacks on self-esteem than their neurotypical peers. Susan Bauerfeld, Ph.D., explains why, and introduces a type of therapy that's especially helpful to people who experience trauma: Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy.
ADHD and Trauma: Additional Resources
Christina Danko, Ph.D., discusses why parenting can be more challenging when parents have ADHD and shares neurodivergent-specific parenting skills — including the specific strategies that mothers vs. fathers with ADHD have reported as being the most helpful.
Parenting with ADHD: Additional Resources
Five experts — Lotta Borg Skoglund, M.D., Ph.D.; Ellen Littman, Ph.D.; Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Ph.D.; Diane Miller, Psy.D., M.Ed.; and Maggie Sibley, Ph.D. — discuss ADHD in women, including different symptom presentation, stigma, barriers to treatment, the impact of hormones, and much more.
ADHD in Women: Essential Resources
- Free Newsletter: Essential Support for Women with ADHD
- Read: We Demand Attention! A Call for Greater R...
Join James Kustow, BMBS, MRCPsych, to learn about the emerging research that may explain ADHD’s unexpected associations with inflammatory conditions like allergy and autoimmunity — and a surprisingly strong link with hypermobility syndrome.
ADHD and Physical Health: More Resources
Caffeine is almost universally seen as an antidote to memory, fatigue, and focus problems, but may affect heart rate and sleep. Sarah Cheyette, M.D., discusses research on caffeine and ADHD, and the risks and benefits of consuming this natural stimulant.
ADHD and Caffeine: More Resources
Sharon Saline, Psy.D., helps parents understand the biopsychology of adolescent development and use practical, strength-based approaches that foster cooperation with resistant, oppositional tweens & teens and help them develop self-esteem and resilience.
Teens with ADHD: More Resources
- Free Download: Transform Your Teen’s Apathy Into Engagement
- Self-Test: Could Your Child Have Oppositional Defiant Disorder?
- Read: You Can’t Cha...
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