442- Choosing the Best Summer Camps for Your Child or Teen with ADHD: A Guide for Parents

ADHD Experts Podcast

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

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🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Summer camp can be a rewarding and confidence-building experience for youth with ADHD—as long as the camp is prepared to provide adequate support. Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW, covers what to consider when selecting a summer program, questions to ask, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine.
0:14.6	Hi everyone, my name is Annie Rogers and on behalf of the Attitude team, I am pleased to welcome you
0:21.4	to today's ADHD Experts discussion titled Choosing the Best Summer Camps for your ADHD child,
0:28.7	a guide for parents. Leading today's presentation is Ryan Wexelblatt. Ryan is the founder and
0:36.0	director of ADHD Dude and Trip Camp, a licensed clinical social worker, camp owner and director,
0:44.0	father to a son with ADHD and lifelong camper. Ryan creates content for parents and kids
0:51.2	at the ADHD Dude YouTube channel. ADHD Dude provides virtual parent training as well as in-person
1:00.3	social learning programs for boys with ADHD. Ryan and his son live in Tucson, Arizona. Trip Camp
1:08.1	is located in both Margate, New Jersey and in Tucson. In today's webinar, we are not going to
1:16.2	recommend specific summer camps or programs. Instead, Ryan is going to teach us how to make an
1:23.6	informed decision about camp so that everyone is prepared, including our kids and the camp staff.
1:31.2	You'll learn about the key questions to ask, the important considerations to make, and the best
1:37.2	options available for addressing problems that might arise along the way. We'd like to begin
1:44.3	today's webinar by asking a poll question to our live audience. When you think about your child's
1:52.4	summer plans, what are your top three priorities? Please select your answers and you can comment
2:00.5	in the text box under the video player to tell us more. You'll see the poll results when you submit
2:07.5	your response. So while you do that, I will just note that you can download today's slides by
2:14.2	clicking on the event resources section of your webinar screen. If you are interested in the
2:20.2	certificate of attendance option, look for instructions in an email you'll receive about an hour
2:25.7	after the live broadcast, and a transcript of today's events will be made available in the coming
2:32.0	week. If you're listening in replay or podcast mode visit attitudemag.com and search podcast
2:39.3	442 to access the slides, replay certificate of attendance info and transcript.
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