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

Hey everyone good afternoon. It's Susan Kaufman. I'm here for Attitude

Magazine's weekly ADHD experts broadcast. Today we have a wonderful guest

Dr. Varlisha Gibbs who will be talking

about mindfulness and self-regulation for children with attention deficit disorder.

She'll be guiding us through some simple techniques, mindful ADHD meditation, sense soothing techniques to help improve focus and help manage emotions.

Talking about topics such as why kids with ADHD have such trouble regulating their emotions, how reflexes

connect to social skills and behavior, how to build an enhanced self-regulation with ADHD

meditation, mindfulness exercise. and enhanced self-regulation with ADHD meditation.

Mindfulness exercises designed to calm and center an unsettled child.

So let me introduce Farlisha Gibbs to you.

She is an associate professor,

international lecturer, researcher,

and the author of self-regulation and mindfulness.

She began her career in psychology of University of Delaware and continued in the field

of occupational therapy.

She received both a master's degree from Columbia University, a doctorate from Thomas Jefferson University and a PhD in health

science leadership at Seton Hall University. So we are honored to have you

here today Dr Gibbs I want to thank you so much for your time.

The topic you're discussing is of great importance to our listeners.

I also want to thank the sponsor of today's webinar play attention. We are always grateful to our sponsors.

Play attention is the leading neurocognitive training program. It is designed to strengthen executive function

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