A forward-thinking approach to treating ADHD

Expert strategies for parents and their dudes
Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW

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Lagging executive function skills are not a mental health or behavior issue

ADHD/Executive Function Coaching is typically focused on academic organization skills and does not address parent’s biggest stressors at home.

They do not teach parents how to help their son/daughter with ADHD move from “prompt-dependence” to independence.

They are strategies designed for adults that do not work effectively for most kids.

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  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "These videos help my son so much. He likes the ones where he can hear boys his age responding to your questions. These videos help him feel understood. Thank you."

Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW

ADHD DUDE & TRIP CAMP FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker in NJ and PA
  • Certified NJ School Social Worker
  • ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider
  • Certificate in Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Youth from the Beck Institute
  • Received Social Thinking® Clinical Training Level 1 Certificate of Completion
  • Extensive training in executive function skill development strategies
  • S.P.A.C.E. program training (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)
  • Anxiety exposure training from Temple University Child & Adolescent Anxiety Clinic

MEET RYAN WEXELBLATT

Hey thanks for stopping by. You’re probably here because you’ve got a guy in your life who struggles with ADHD and all that it encompasses: difficulty feeling time, getting through non-preferred tasks, managing emotions, or maybe even making and keeping friends.

My name is Ryan – AKA the ADHD Dude. 

Originally from the Philadelphia area, I got my start working as a school counselor/school social worker, but I became particularly interested in social learning (social skills) when I adopted my son as an older child at age eight.

I couldn’t find any programs that were a good fit for my son, who struggled with social skills, executive functioning, and emotional regulation skills. It seemed like everything out there was geared toward kids with autism (which my son does not have).

But ADHD is not a disability or mental health issue. It’s a learning issue.

The ADHD Dude methodology is practical and relatable, and I provide strategies you likely haven’t heard anywhere else. My material is created for you, not for an academic textbook. And the ADHD Dude approach is the only resource in the entire world designed to teach social skills from a male perspective. 

My formal education came from Temple University for undergraduate work and Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work for my Master’s in Clinical Social Work. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, School Social Worker, ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider, and Camp Director. I’ve been a Therapist in private practice, a speaker at CHADD (International Conference on ADHD) multiple times, and I’m the creator of the “ADHD in Boys” section at ADDitude Magazine. 

But what gives those credentials their real validity are the number of testimonials and feedback from parents just like you, thanking me and telling me how relatable my material is, and how easy it is to digest. That it feels customized especially for them.

ADHD Dude evolved out of my private therapy practice, school-year social learning programs and summer camp program when I began sharing the work I do on social media. While I knew the work I was doing was unique and there was no one doing anything similar, I had no idea that it would attract worldwide attention.

Although I am based in New Jersey, I work with families across the United States and internationally. Families travel from throughout the country for their sons to attend Trip Camp each summer as there is no other camp like it.

For the last 20 years, I’ve worked with kids and young adults who present with ADHD and learning differences – but I ultimately had to take the learning into my own hands because the mental health field simply doesn’t address ADHD for what it is: a learning issue.

I travelled around the country to learn about social skills, executive functioning, and cultivating positive behavior in challenging kids, and I combined that with my experience as a dad to a very challenging son, in terms of emotional regulation and behavior, to create material that’s relatable to boys and their parents, and that’s delivered in a way they learn best.

The bottom line is that no other methodology exists that elevates ADHD out of the mental health field through addressing ADHD as a learning issue, not a psychological disorder. 

Ready to learn how to tackle the challenges of ADHD and help your son with the independence he needs for a successful future? Here are some resources you can access right now:

Subscribe to my YouTube channel and join subscribers from all around the world learning practical ADHD strategies using a modern, forward-thinking, and relatable approach.

Share my Dude Talk playlists, YouTube videos made especially for kids, with your son so he can to help him improve self-confidence and independence from a relatable source who helps him better understand how his brain works.

Join my mailing list to get my latest strategies on addressing ADHD-related challenges delivered from a guy’s perspective right into your inbox.

Visit and bookmark the ADHD in Boys page at ADDitudemag.com, for articles and webinars that speak directly to challenges experienced by others just like you.

Join the ADHD Dude community on Facebook.

Follow me on Instagram.

I look forward to connecting with you,

RYAN

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THEY SAY

  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "These videos help my son so much. He likes the ones where he can hear boys his age responding to your questions. These videos help him feel understood. Thank you."

  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "We GREATLY enjoy your content on YouTube and use much of it in our home. Even our friends who have kids without ADHD have benefited from some of your methods!"