The Most Effective Solutions for
Parents of Kids wIth ADHD
ADHD Dude is Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW ADHD-CCSP
Does Your Son Or Daughter Struggle With ANy Of THese?
Social Skills
- May be able to initially make friends but has trouble keeping them
- Difficulty understanding social cues
- Has difficulty “reading a room”
- Tends to have one-sided conversations, talks at people about his interests
- Frequently interrupts others or says things impulsively, lacks a “filter”
- Had friends in elementary school but became more socially isolated when he got to 5th/6th grade
- Labels other kids with ADHD as “annoying” or “weird” despite the fact he acts like them
- Lacks understanding how he is perceived by others
- Has difficulty understanding other’s thoughts and feelings
- Tries to be part of a peer group who is not accepting of him
- Has a tendency to “police” other kids and tries to control them
- Perceives he is being bullied without recognizing what he did to cause a negative reaction from peers
Executive Function Skills
- Has a hard time sensing the passage of time
- Difficulty tolerating boredom
- Needs constant prompting and supervision to get through any type of non-preferred tasks
- Has a hard time with writing
- Believes homework will take much longer than it actually will
- Struggles during unstructured times
- Can be impulsive, does things without thinking about outcome or consequences
- Chronically disorganized, forgets or looses materials
- Under or over-estimates how long it will take to complete assignments
- Has a hard time recalling how he performed a task in the past
- Difficulty with future planning (thinking ahead)
- Has a hard time self-monitoring himself and his schedule
- Becomes easily distracted and/or wastes time with trivial matters
- Focuses on small details and has a hard time getting the “bigger picture”
- Has a messy school backpack or carries around too much
- Completes homework but forgets to turn it in
- Struggles with reading comprehension (remembers details but has a hard time summarizing)
Emotional Regulation Skills & Behavior
- Appears to be several years behind in his social and emotional maturity compared to same-age peers
- Difficulty differentiating between “small problems” and “big problems”
- Perseverates on the negative and has trouble letting go of things that bother him
- Makes self-defeating comments to illicit sympathy from you
- Has difficulty when there are changes in routine or during transitions
- Becomes argumentative or explosive when told to get off video games/computer
- Can be inflexible, says "No" to anything new/unfamiliar
- Has a hard time solving problems, wants you to solve problems for him
- Tries to avoid non-preferred tasks
- Lashes out at family when upset/angry and then is remorseful
- Does not understand how his tone of voice sounds to others
- Has difficulty with competition
- Low frustration tolerance
- Holds it together during school and becomes irritable or more difficult to deal with after school
- Spends more time arguing about doing a task than the task will actually take
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What Parents Say
"Ryan, I've said it from the beginning... you are revolutionary. Your approach is groundbreaking and spot on. I believe in the next 20 years, you will be realized as the preeminent authority on ADHD, or as you have termed it, EF Development Delay (did I get that wrong?) I know it's something like that! We are so thankful for you and the work you are doing! Keep it up! Many blessings are ahead for you!"
"Thank you Ryan for the clear cut understanding and practical solutions for every day challenges. I study your webinars and videos and because of that my 10 year old is having success in every day life and all our relationships are better for it! Our whole household is better! Thank you seems inadequate. The world of ADHD needs you."
"I have purchased some of your recent web video talks and I have never once found anything that you said to have been anything LESS than 1000% helpful and accurate. I know people must thank you all the time, but what you are doing is really such a life-saving service for so many of us parents and our sons."
"Ryan gives clear cut language, tools and action which helps in every minute, every day situations. My son's ADHD won't ever go away but the tools Ryan has given reduces the negative impact this brain developmental delay imposes and supports our son in a way that allows us to maintain a healthy, loving relationship with our son. Our son has a great chance of success in life because of Ryan Wexelblatt."
"For YEARS I've told their pediatrician and the behavioral therapist about their inability to understand time in a meaningful way and no one until Ryan has been able to tie it to ADHD in a way that makes sense or offer concrete solutions other than digital timers which usually result in more conflict. This is by far some of THE best money I've spent on trying to help my ADHD kiddos. I wish I'd had these webinars 2-3 years ago so I could have helped my daughter at an earlier age."
"As a mental health therapist working in a school setting, I have been so excited to have access to the knowledge and expertise you provide for young people struggling with ADHD and their parents. In all of my career, I have not found much success in the typical protocols for helping with ADHD and I am hopeful what you have developed will be more effective for students, teachers and parents."
"Your work is invaluable in my relationship with my son. Have stopped enabling his inflexibility. Have stopped being drawn into the oppositional vortex of doom. Making him accountable in his commitments by pointing out fluffy language and avoidance. Thank you, Ryan. He will be a better man due to your work."
"I am an LCSW and single mom to a 6yo boy with ADHD. I have read everything and talked to so many professionals. Your style & perspective is exactly what was needed in my house. Always working on it but you give me hope. Thank you."
"Your honest and no-fluff approach is appreciated. It is relevant, relatable, concise, and immediately actionable. As I always tell my kids, there are only so many hours in the day, so choose wisely; and on this journey, I choose the ADHD Dude method! You and your work are so very much needed and appreciated!"
