Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hi, this is Wayne Callan for Attitude magazine. Today's topic, Drive

Safely. ADHD teens and young adults behind the wheel. It's a challenge all parents want their kids to meet. The articles

and studies on ADHDers who drive are eye-opening, serious, and scary. Anything we can do to limit the dangers of driving for our

teens will give us peace of mind that they are driving more safely. We are

very fortunate to have West Crenshaw with us to help us out.

Wes is a Kansas City Metro Psychologist and author of I always want to be where I'm not

successful living with A.D. and A.D. He's also author of Dear Dr. West's

real life advice for teens. He is a frequent guest on radio and TV where he discusses teens, parenting, and ADD.

You can learn more about his writing and practice at www.

Dr. hyphen Wes.com. That's D.R hyphen WES.com. So welcome Wes good to have you here today.

Well, it's nice to be here, Wayne, always, and it's nice to have folks joining us for this really important topic.

By way of full disclosure, I have an 18-year-old who is a bit of a reluctant ADD driver. I think

she took me very seriously when I warned her about the dangers of inattentiveness

so much so that she's decided I just am not going to do it but we're working on that and I have a 12 year old with AEDD who is extremely excited about driving

So we're going to be starting that very early on so he gets lots and

lots of practice so I have a personal investment in this as well as with my vast

client load also.

And driving, I talk about in the book how driving

is a much more critical clinical question

for a lot of folks with AEDD, then I think I ever realized it was.

To the point that I really asked people in my intake sessions, whether they have problems with driving and what sort of problems they have.

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