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• ) EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING "Executive functions are management functions of the mind," explains Thomas Brown, noted psychologist and AD/HD expert from Yale University. "They activate, regulate, and integrate a wide variety of other mental functioning. An individual's ability to perform many important daily tasks of school, work, family, and social int...
• Throughout your life you will always need to review the treatment for your primary AD/HD symptoms and the care of your brain. No matter what else you are working through at any point in your life after diagnosis, always start with a check of your current "state of mind." Whenever symptoms appear to be causing new or more severe problems, you need t...
• THE AD/HD COACH "Individuals with AD/HD are often aware that they must design their environment so they will be productive and have the proper reminders built in," say Susan Sussman and Nancy Ratey, two founders of the AD/HD coaching movement. "Using people like supervisors and spouses as coaches often generates feelings of inadequacy and frustrati...
• People newly diagnosed with AD/HD often say, "Now that I know about this, I'm going to go home and I'm going to try harder." Doing the same thing you've always done, but "trying harder," just sets you up for frustration. Such determination is admirable, but it does not take into consideration the whole picture. AD/HD requires that you make accommod...
• Strategizing effectively means taking into account your real-life difficulties and setting things up so that you have a better chance to succeed.