“I run out of money every month and have to ask my parents for more.”
“I overdrew my account last week and had to pay a huge fee!”
Unfortunately, these types of scenarios are not uncommon when ADHD and money mix.
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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Procrastination, ADHD and Shame
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Liz Ahmann
Liz Ahmann
“I told you that I was frustrated, but how did you guess I might be ashamed?” a client with ADHD recently asked, acknowledging an emotion many prefer to ignore.
James had been telling me how his struggles with procrastination had gotten him behind on some work projects.
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Understanding Executive Functions
by Liz Ahmann
Liz Ahmann
The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University describes executive functioning skills as the key skills for life and learning:
“Being able to focus, hold, and work with information in mind, filter distractions, and switch gears is like having an air traffic control system at a busy airport to manage the arrivals and departures of dozens of planes on multiple runways.
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Using Summertime to Improve Executive Functioning Skills
by Liz Ahmann
Liz AhmannSummertime, and the livin’ is easy… as the sweet song from ‘Porgy and Bess’ goes.
Here’s a twist on that way of thinking about summer: along with livin’ easy, summertime can be a great time to develop executive functioning skills and strategies to make livin’
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Summer – sooner than you expect!
by Liz Ahmann
Liz AhmannHere in the Washington DC area, it’s mid-March and we had snow again! We had so much snow coming down, in fact, that schools, and even federal government offices, closed!…. But, don’t let lingering winter weather fool you: spring and summer are around the corner.
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Finding the Best College Fit for a Student with ADHD
by Liz Ahmann
Liz AhmannThinking about college and wondering what school might be the best fit for yourself?
Choosing a college is a big decision! There are so many factors to consider: size, location, cost, facilities, majors, semesters abroad, the dorms, the food ….
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Choosing a College for Success with ADHD
by Liz Ahmann
Liz Ahmann
Find a College Where Your Child with ADHD Can Succeed! – A guest post by Judith Bass, CEP, an educational planner specializing in work with students having learning differences.
- Does your teen still need help getting started with homework?
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College Next Year?
by Liz Ahmann
Liz Ahmann
Finishing high school soon … and wondering what’s next? If you have ADHD or learning disabilities of any sort, additional factors may take on importance in figuring out what’s next, in particular:
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Time Management Basics: Using a Planner
by Liz Ahmann
Liz AhmannBecoming skilled at time management takes – guess what? TIME!
It also starts with some basic steps. Repeated regularly and consistently, these steps will help you build the foundation for good time management.
Since any change can be challenging, if you are thinking about developing time management skills,
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When to do my “to-do”s?
by Liz Ahmann
Liz Ahmann“My to-do list is so long! I try to chip away at it, but I never get very far. It’s just too overwhelming to face most of the time!”
Endless to-do lists seem to be the stuff of life! I remember my dad carrying several index cards full of to-dos listed in his scratchy handwriting.
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