TPP 275: How Parents Can Best Support Their Children with ADHD, with Ned Hallowell

Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today I’m bringing you my conversation with Dr. Ned Hallowell, who has spent the past four decades helping thousands of adults and children live happy and productive lives through his strength-based approach to neurodiversity, and has ADHD and dyslexia himself. During our time together, we talked about Ned’s strength-based approach to ADHD and how it can change the outlook for someone with ADHD, his thoughts about ADHD medication, what finding the “right difficult” means and how parents can help their kids find theirs, and how to create safe and stellar environments for our children to thrive as themselves. Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D. is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist and world authority on ADHD. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Tulane Medical School, and was a Harvard Medical School faculty member for 21 years. He is the Founder of The Hallowell ADHD Centers in Boston MetroWest, New York City, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Seattle. Dr Hallowell is a New York Times bestselling author and has written 20 books on multiple psychological topics. As the host of the twice-weekly Distraction podcast, Dr. Hallowell explores with guests how to better connect with others and how each of us can implement strategies that can turn modern problems into new-found strengths. Things you’ll learn from this episode What inspired Ned Hallowell to write his new book ADHD 2.0 How having a strengths-based approach to ADHD can change the outlook for someone with this diagnosis What VAST is and how it relates to ADHD Ned’s take on and approach to ADHD medication What the vestibulocerebellar system is and how exercises and other strategies targeting it support kids with ADHD What finding the “right difficult” means and ideas for parents to help their kids find theirs How we can create environments that truly support our kids in being the best version of themselves Resources mentioned for Ned Hallowell’s ideas on supporting children with ADHD Dr. Edward (Ned) Hallowell’s website Dr. Hallowell: Wonderful World of Different podcast ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction – from Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey, et al. Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey M.D. Support the showConnect with Tilt Parenting Visit Tilt Parenting Take the free 7-Day Challenge Read a chapter of Differently Wired Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're listening to this podcast, it's probably because a child you love and care for is differently wired.
0:07.0	Are they also struggling in their current educational setting, seen only for what they're doing wrong, while longing for positive relationships with peers and
0:14.8	others?
0:15.8	Envision a world where your child's unique abilities are not just recognized but celebrated.
0:21.0	A world where they can connect with others and their true potential is seen and
0:24.9	appreciated. The Strength-based Assessment Lab's mission is to build a world for your child just
0:30.7	like that. Through its innovative approach that aims to empower students, families, educators, and professionals
0:36.3	to create positive, effective, and collaborative learning experiences.
0:40.2	Be a part of shaping a brighter future for your child.
0:43.0	Visit W. bgs.edU to learn more about what a strength-based assessment could mean for your family.
0:51.0	That's BgGS. Edu.
0:54.0	And the refrain that you've had ever since as long as you can remember is try harder.
0:59.0	You've got so much potential. You're so smart. You could do so much. Get your act together, clean it up, try harder. And of course that just drives
1:08.8	your self-esteem down further and further and further because you know you're trying as hard as you can.
1:14.0	You're trying it and yet it takes you eight hours to do homework that it takes another kid one hour to do.
1:20.0	Or as an adult you have a brilliant proposal and you show up at the wrong
1:25.3	place on the wrong day and it never you know gets the attention it deserves so
1:29.8	chronic under-achieve until the diagnosis is made.
1:34.0	Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at
1:41.0	inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wire kids.
1:45.1	I'm your host Debbie Reiber. Today I'm bringing you my conversation with Dr. Ned Hollowell, a board certified child and adult psychiatrist and
1:56.0	World Authority on ADHD. Ned is the founder of the Hollowell ADHD centers in Boston Metro West, New York City, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and Seattle.
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