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

Hello, this is Wayne Callan for Attitude magazine. Today's topic, your

back-to-school game plan is on every parent's mind whose child is starting

the new school year. Doing the right prep work before school and following up after school begins

can mean the difference between your child succeeding at school or struggling through it.

We are very fortunate to have Chris Ziegler Dendy to give us all a detailed

roadmap for kids and parents. She is the author of teenagers with A.D. and ADHD and teaching teens with A.D. and ADHD.

And teaching teens with A.D.D.

A.H.D. and executive function deficits.

Welcome, Chris.

Thank you very much.

I'm really delighted to be here and always honored when attitude asked. Thank you

to ask me to present at one of their webinars.

And I just want to take a moment to compliment Wayne and Stewart for all the work they do.

You know, Wayne is the editor of the Attitude magazine and they always do such an excellent job.

So I feel very fortunate to be working with them.

Our title is of course your back to school game plan and you do whatever it takes to help your

child succeed.

First of all, I want to share just a couple of big picture issues

and make a couple of general statements.

First of all, everyone's back to school plan is going to be different because your child

may have simple ADHD or complex ADHD and so you have to tailor the plan to your child's needs.

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