Focus and attention
Learn how ADHD and learning disabilities can lead to trouble with focus and paying attention. Find strategies for kids who don’t listen, or for adults who can’t concentrate.
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Ryan Walter Wagner has bounced around many jobs with his ADHD. He’s found a home in freelance photography, where he elevates other people’s stories.
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- ADHD and menopause
- How to focus with ADHD
- How ADHD can affect your sleep
- Video: Thriving at work with ADHD
- ADHD symptoms at different ages
- ADHD iceberg
- What to do when someone doubts your ADHD diagnosis
- Sorry, ADHD made me leave your texts on read
- My bilingual son has an IEP, and I still don’t know how it will work remotely
- Do boys and girls show the same signs of ADHD?
- 8 common myths about ADHD
- What is ADHD?
- ADHD in boys
- ADHD in girls
- Mental load: The invisible weight women with ADHD carry
- ADHD and hyperfocus
- ADHD and caffeine: What parents need to know
- How to get an ADHD diagnosis as a woman
- What is an ADHD coach? (And do you need one?)
- The 3 areas of executive function
- 7 reasons kids with ADHD often rush through homework
- 6 ways to help your child focus
- Workplace supports: Focus challenges
- 6 steps to take if ADHD medication isn’t working for your child
- I think my child has ADHD. Now what?
- Types of ADHD medications
- 8 vacation ideas when your child has ADHD
- Brain breaks: An evidence-based behavior strategy
- Adderall: What you need to know
- Are brand-name and generic ADHD medications the same?
- Ritalin: What you need to know
- Concerta: What you need to know
- ADHD explained: A 28-minute primer
- Download: Signs that ADHD is affecting your relationship
- Trouble getting work done is real. Executive function challenges may be the culprit.
- 8 common ways people struggle at work — and why
- 5 ways ADHD can affect you at work
- Do kids with dyslexia have trouble following directions?
- What is executive function?
- Download: ADHD medication log
- A day in the life of a child with ADHD
- 6 ways ADHD and PTSD can look alike
- 5 ways teens with ADHD take risks — and why
- 5 things to know about ADHD and puberty
- Moving past the guilt of “giving” my son ADHD
- 8 safe-driving tips for teens with ADHD
- ADHD stimulant medication side effects in kids
- How ADHD medication works
- A day in the life of an employee with ADHD
- Is there an ADHD spectrum?
- The 3 types of ADHD
- ADHD and the brain
- Classroom accommodations for ADHD
- 7 discipline tips when your child has ADHD
- ADHD: Ways to help your child at home
- How ADHD is diagnosed in adults
- ADHD and depression
- ADHD and anxiety
- Now I get what it’s like to have ADHD
- Video: How is ADHD diagnosed in kids?
- 7 apps to help teens with ADHD manage everyday challenges
- ADHD or immaturity? What the research really means for parents
- 5 ways I fine-tuned our Disney vacation for my son with attention issues
- What ADHD feels like to me
- 8 ways to help teens with ADHD avoid dating trouble spots
- What I say to Hispanic parents who feel uncomfortable about ADHD
- Teacher tip: How to help your child pay attention (just think SLANT)
- Do “brain games” really help with ADHD?
- What’s the difference between inattention and distractibility?
- Do kids outgrow executive function challenges?
- Practice makes perfect for executive function
- 5 tips to help kids with ADHD focus on reading
- Why kids can’t seem to turn off their screens
- 3 ways to give directions to help kids with ADHD
- How my brother’s ADHD shaped my teaching
- 8 ADHD teaching strategies
- Study finds that ADHD medication reduces risk of drug abuse for people with ADHD
- ADHD medication misuse, sharing, and abuse: What you need to know
- ADHD medication rebound
- Video: Interview with Silvia Ortiz-Rosales, teen with dyslexia
- How doctors test for ADHD in adults
- What are ADHD rating scales?
- Online ADHD testing: 4 things to know
- What is the ADHD tax?
- 5 smart summer routines for kids with ADHD
- 6 summer learning apps and games for tweens and teens
- 9 key facts about learning disabilities and ADHD
- Why kids with executive function challenges have trouble starting tasks
- Understanding ADHD in your child
- Attention: How it’s different from working memory
- 11 ADHD holiday tips
- The challenge of keeping my impulsive and hyperfocused son safe
- The difference between ADD and ADHD
- 8 tips to help middle-schoolers slow down on homework
- How executive function challenges impact teens and young adults in the workplace
- 5 self-advocacy sentence starters for middle-schoolers with ADHD
- Understood’s commitment to accessibility and usability
- When do kids learn to focus?
- Making friends as an adult with ADHD
- Math class… the perfect time to write a novel
- ADHD and self-esteem: What to say to your child
- 5 oddly specific ADHD strategies that help me work
- ADHD, anxiety, and anger: How they’re linked
- ADHD and “time blindness”
- Body doubling for ADHD: What it is and how it works
- Trouble with focus: Conversation starters to use with your child’s teacher
- 19 brain breaks to help kids with focus
- 7 tips for talking to your child’s teacher about ADHD
- Should my child take an ADHD drug holiday?
- The ups and downs of my son’s 504 plan for ADHD
- 8 fun games that can improve your child’s executive function skills
- ADHD tips from my college years
- A missed deadline becomes a chance to speak up about ADHD
- 3 surprising skills ADHD affects
- My anxiety and ADHD: Hiding behind a perfect veneer
- FAQs about “Take Your Pills,” Netflix’s documentary on ADHD medication abuse
- What to say to your child about trouble with focus
- ADHD and coping with grief: 8 ways to help your child
- How attention works
- Our community weighs in: Explaining ADHD to your child
- How to help your grade-schooler manage overexcitement
- What my son with ADHD taught me about Minecraft and executive function
- How I explain the relationship between ADHD and executive function challenges
- Executive function issues: Possible causes
- The connection between slow processing speed and executive function
- How I got my child to listen (without yelling)
- 9 tips for talking to your child’s teacher about executive function challenges
- Trouble with executive function at different ages
- How does a child with executive function challenges think differently?
- Is executive function disorder a real diagnosis?
- Is my preschooler overly distractible? How can I tell?
- How can I get my child’s teachers to recognize processing speed as a real issue?
- Will ADHD medication change my child’s personality?
- 7 signs your child’s ADHD medication needs fine-tuning
- 5 common myths about executive function challenges
- Changing between stimulant and non-stimulant ADHD medication: What you need to know
- 7 ways to help kids who struggle with focus battle spring fever
- Oscar winner Iñárritu draws on ADHD as he makes films
- Download: Sample fidget contract
- 6 types of fidgets for kids with ADHD
- Celebrity spotlight: Why journalist Lisa Ling was “relieved” by her ADHD diagnosis
- Brown, white, and pink noise: What they are and how they can help with ADHD
- Video: My experience with ADHD and parenting
- Video: My experience with ADHD in school
- Video: My experience with ADHD and dyscalculia
- Video: My experience with ADHD and feeling judged
- Video: My experience with ADHD and feeling misunderstood
- Video: My experience with undiagnosed ADHD
- Astronaut Scott Kelly opens up about his attention issues
- The dos and don’ts of fidgets for kids
- 4 fun sports for kids who struggle with focus
- 5 low-cost ways to create a sensory-friendly chair
- ADHD and boredom
- Video: Does ADHD ever just go away?
- What is perseveration?
- A simple breathing meditation for the ADHD tornado in your head
- “She’s just a daydreamer”
- Simone Biles says ADHD is “nothing to be ashamed of”
- Understanding why kids have trouble with focus
- Understanding why kids struggle with organization
- Video: Why do ADHD and dyslexia co-occur so often?
- Video: A mom on the “roller coaster” of raising a child with ADHD and speech issues
- What is working memory?
- A day in the life of a child with executive function challenges
- How to survive your next Zoom meeting
- 10 tips for staying focused when learning from home
- Video: Scott Barry Kaufman on embracing learning and thinking differences
- How brain breaks can help kids with homework frustration
- Video: Actor Bex Taylor-Klaus on being kicked out of school and embracing “different wiring”
- ADHD and seasonal affective disorder
- Video: Executive function and the brain
- Video: Learning how to play piano with ADHD
- ADHD and mood swings
- Video: How to tell the difference between a fidget and a toy
- ADHD and anger
- TikTok creators show the “real” ADHD
- My advice on how to enjoy reading with ADHD or dyslexia
- Why some kids don’t listen
- The difference between ADHD and executive function challenges