Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine.

Welcome.

My name is Annie Rogers, and on behalf of the Attitude team, I'd like to thank you for joining

today's ADHD experts presentation, titled How ADHD Effects Communication and Strategies to Improve It.

One of the most under-discussed aspects of ADHD is its effect on communication, executive function

challenges, and ADHD symptoms directly impact communication, often leading to confusion

and misunderstandings, impulsive reactions, and other problems that can influence interactions

with friends, family, colleagues, and others.

In this webinar, we will review the impact of ADHD and executive function challenges on communication,

as well as some practical solutions for communicating with more ease and clarity and less reactivity.

Leading today's presentation is Dr. Mark Burton.

Dr. Burton is a developmental pediatrician, an author of How Children Thrive, Mindful Parenting for ADHD,

Mindfulness and self-compassion for teen ADHD, and the Family ADHD solution,

all of which integrate mindfulness into evidence-based pediatric care.

He is a contributing author to the book Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens.

Dr. Burton is on the faculty at New York Medical College and the Windward Teaching Training Institute,

and on the advisory boards for the American Professional Society of ADHD and related disorders,

common-sense media, and reach out and read.

His blog is available through Mindful.org, Psychology Today, and elsewhere.

For more information, please visit his website, which is www.developmentaldoctorspeldout.com.

Before I hand over the microphone to Dr. Burton, I have just a few housekeeping items.

Those of you tuned into the live webinar may download the slides now by clicking on the event resources section of your webinar screen.

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