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

Good afternoon and welcome. I'm Lane Callan and you're listening to

another attitude ADHD experts webinar. As parents we all wonder if we can be

doing more for our kids.

First, by staying on top of the science and research about ADHD,

but also by making lifestyle changes to help optimize our kids' brains, minimize symptoms so they can live a happier

more productive life. As it turns out we can play a role in that. ADHD genes are

not destiny, a child's genetic predisposition to ADHD or anything else for that matter

can be changed by the environment of the child's early and subsequent experiences.

And that's great news for all of us.

We have with us today, Joel Nig,

author of the recently released book,

Getting Ahead of ADHD,

What Next Generation Science says about treatments at work and how you can make

them work for your child.

He is a clinical psychologist and professor in the departments of psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health and

Science University. His exploration and research in the area of genes and

environment makes him the perfect person to talk about their effects in ADHD.

Joel it's great to have you here today and thanks a lot

it's an exciting topic for all of us.

Thanks Wayne and hi everybody without further ado we'll move into this I'm going to just start just a quick minute on a catch up because this webinar is really a follow-up to a webinar I did a month ago with attitude on the new science of ADHD and the new framework

for why we're putting more on to the environment than we were in the past.

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