Back-to-School Routines That Actually Stick for ADHD Kids
The morning, after-school, and bedtime routines that finally worked for our ADHD kids, what to do when a routine breaks down, and why predictable beats perfect.
Me and my kid
It's 7:35. Your kid can't find a shoe, you can't find your keys, and you're both late. You've stopped asking whose fault it is, because you already suspect the answer: the same wiring, in two people, in one house. That's harder than it sounds, because you can't hand your kid a system you haven't built for yourself. Start with what works for both of you. Below are a book, a podcast, and a channel that do. The first call covers you and your kid, and it's free.
Start with these
Free resource
Get the free Pills Don't Teach Skills worksheet
Medication can open the door, but your kid still has to learn the skills. This free worksheet covers starting ADHD medication for your child: which changes to expect and when, which side effects level out and which are red flags, why sensory issues can show up, and what to track for the doctor.
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Book
How to ADHD
Jessica McCabe
Jessica McCabe spent years making YouTube videos about her own ADHD and interviewing researchers along the way. This book is what she built from all of it. Focus, time, getting started, and the shame that piles up when none of those work the way you were told they should. It reads like an insider explaining it to you, plainly.
Podcast
The DadDHD Podcast
Shane Thrapp; Braden Young
Braden Young and I are both certified ADHD coaches, and both dads with ADHD. We sit down and talk about fatherhood with this brain. The mental load. The marriage. The kids. What changes when a diagnosis lands in the middle of all of it. If you're the dad in your house who keeps dropping the ball, you're not the only one. There are two of us on the recording doing it too.
YouTube channel
How to ADHD
Jessica McCabe
The channel a lot of adults watched right before they said "Oh. Wait, that's me."
Jessica McCabe has close to two million subscribers, and she got there by sourcing her explainers from research and having staff check the work. How ADHD works, focus, getting started, emotional regulation, and what to do the week after a diagnosis. Her site says she's not a trained professional. If you just got diagnosed, or you're a teenager, watch this before you read anything on social media.