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

Hi, I'm Wayne Callen for Attitude magazine. Today's topic is the best medical and natural treatments for ADHD.

We are very fortunate to have Ned Hallowell with us, a pioneer in treating, talking about, and writing about ADHD.

Ned is the author of Driven to Distraction and delivered from Distraction distraction among many other books.

He heads up the Hallowell ADHD centers which are located in San Francisco, New York, and

Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Dr. Hallowell will give some introductory remarks about ADHD treatments and then take your questions.

Welcome, Dr. Hallowell.

Thank you, Wayne.

It's wonderful to be with you and just to give thanks to your organization,

your publication for the tremendous work you do. I'm really glad to be

part of it. What I thought I would do is give you sort of an overview of how I approach treating this condition and then make

sure we have time for questions. I think everyone needs first of all the five-step plan that I

developed when I wrote my book about parenting called the Childhood

Roots of Adult Happiness. A plan that brings out the best in each person. I often say my approach is that I don't treat a disability. I help people unwrap their gifts so to speak develop

their talents and and a game plan to do that I spend years developing and I'll

outline it for you right now. If you want to read more about it, it's in my book, The Childhood

Roots of Adult Happiness and also in delivered from distraction. It begins with connection and this is what everyone in this life

needs and by that I don't mean access to the internet. I mean the feeling that you're a part of something larger than yourself that's positive.

So be it a family, a classroom, a business, a friendship, a connection to the world of nature, connection to ideas, connection to

teams, clubs, organizations.

I happen to be a Red Sox fan, so I'm part of Red Sox nation and we're very connected to our team these days.

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