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ADHD Experts Podcast

293- The Secret to Making Friends: A People Skills Guide for Adults with ADHD

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Hallowell, Adhd, Mental Health, 504, Add, Iep, Deficit, Additude, Medication, Disorder, Attention, Health & Fitness

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Understanding the ADHD brain and how it affects social skills can decrease the shame and increase opportunities for meaningful connection. Caroline Maguire, M.Ed., presents research-based strategies for improving your people skills.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:10.0

Hello everyone and we're glad you can attend Attitudes Weekly ADHD

0:17.8

experts webinar about social skills and ADHD adults and we just want to all hope that everyone is staying safe

0:26.0

and staying well right now. Just some housekeeping before we get started with

0:31.2

the webinar. If you've listened to one of our webinars before you know we offer

0:35.3

attendees a certificate of attendance. When the webinar ends a post-event

0:41.9

survey will pop up. It will list three questions about the quality

0:46.5

of the webinar, followed by three questions titled, required for certificate. If you would

0:52.4

like a certificate of attendance,

0:54.2

email to you, you should answer those three questions.

0:58.4

If you don't want a certificate, well,

1:00.1

then don't bother answering them. Now for the theme of today's webinar, making and keeping friends as an ADHD adult.

1:08.1

We all know how challenging that is for those diagnosed with the condition.

1:13.0

Many of us have had the experience of forgetting to stay in touch with friends

1:18.0

regularly, only to have the friendship fade away.

1:21.0

Or sometimes we say something out of impulsivity that might hurt a friend or that was misunderstood

1:26.7

by them.

1:28.6

Sometimes we don't pay attention to what a friend is saying and lose track of the conversation. That is unsettling, especially when a friend

1:35.8

is telling us something very personal about her life. We seem rude and uncaring, and that really

1:41.6

isn't the case. We're very happy to have Caroline McGuire

1:46.2

here today to provide us with a blueprint on how to prevent ADHD symptoms from

1:51.1

getting in the way of friendship.

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