Lived Experience: Helping a child’s ADHD brain get unstuck
My beautiful boy feels things very intensely. Strong emotions often make his brain get stuck in a loop of the same thoughts stopping him from having fun.
Window of Tolerance – help your child stay regulated
Neurodivergent children, because of their neurology and sometimes the past trauma they’ve experienced, usually have a much narrower Window of Tolerance.
Lived Experience: Is my child really ungrateful?
You make sure your kids have endless activities and entertainment – but is your parenting making your ADHD child ungrateful?
Lived Experience: A new way to do Christmas
Asking your child what is hard for them around Christmas can help you prepare and make it a smoother more enjoyable period for the whole family
Part 3: ADHD & Emotion Regulation – Support Strategies
We’ve reviewed research on the therapies and interventions that have been used to improve emotion regulation and overlaid a lived experience lens.
Part 2: ADHD & Emotion Regulation – Life Impact
Emotional reactivity and ADHD symptoms have been shown to get stronger with age. In fact, the percentage of individuals with ADHD who experience emotion dysregulation, increases from around 25–45% in childhood to 30–70% in young adulthood.
Part 1: ADHD & Emotion Regulation – Need to know
In general, children with ADHD experience greater emotional distress, intensity, and frequent negative emotion reactivity than children without ADHD.
ADHD Tips – making writing easier
Written expression is a complex process that relies on the use and management of many skills including fine motor skills, and executive functions, a crucial set of skills performed by the brain to help us meet our goals.
Lived experience – the Keywell story
When we direct our energy toward supporting and empowering children, we won’t have to repair them when they become adults.
ADHD and hyperfocus – attention is variable!
The ADHD brain is an interest based nervous system, this means that when it comes to things we are passionate or curious about, our focus can be incredibly powerful – this is sometimes referred to as hyperfocus.