Parenting ADHD Children
Learn about ADHD with Videos and Podcasts for Parents
Here is our complete VIDEO library (as found on YouTube) and several of our PODCASTS. The VIDEOS have all been recently created, and the PODCASTS are typically old radio interviews or recent seminars by Dr. Cowan. Take your time. We hope you learn from them.
ADHD Videos
ADHD Videos from our clinical editor Dr. Doug Cowan on ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and related topics such as alternative treatments for ADHD:
Parent's Podcast Library
One by one we are adding sound files in a podcast format from semiars and workshops led by our Clinical Editor Dr. Doug Cowan. We are just learning how to edit them from perhaps 60 minutes down to about 40 minutes for easier listening. We hope that the programs are helpful to you and your family.
First we will upload the lectures that we have from Dr Doug's "Navigating in the New World" seminars. This six-week class is for parents and teens, and is held each year Read more of the article...
Attend, ADHD Diet, Metadate
My son is eight years old, he takes Metadate CD 20mg, which effects only lasts eight hours during the day. How long does the effects of Attend last? Is the diet you recommend absolutely necessary for Attend to work?
Thanks,
NR Read more of the article...
ADHD Food Allergies or Sleep Problems
OK, I am a mother of an 11 year old that has ADHD. I have been reading over your website for days now in hopes to get a better understanding of what ADHD is. Now I am at a point where I think that he may need to be checked for food allergies. I also would like to add that he has not slept through the night since he was about a year old. Could his not sleeping have some thing to do with his diagnosis? Read more of the article...
Designing A Calm Home ADD ADHD Atmosphere: Guest Author
Designing A Calm Home for ADHD
by Ron Rougeaux
June 30, 2005 Read more of the article...
TV Watching and Learning Problems
TV Watching, Video Games, and Learning Problems
Yes, its just like you thought. The more TV you watch, the less you know. And if you watch too much TV, you will be at risk for learning problems and attention problems. The same is true of time spent playing video games. Too much time spent playing video games puts you at risk for learning problems, and attention problems.
And while TV watching may be mildly addictive, video games may be very addictive. In fact, up to 30% of all males who play video games regularly may be physiologically addicted to game playing. The more violent the game is, the more potentially addictive it is. Read more of the article...

