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Free Webinar Replay: Beyond Genes: How Sleep, Diet & Exercise Impact a Child’s ADHD

In this hour-long webinar-on-demand, learn the impact of sleep, diet, and exercise on ADHD with Joel Nigg, Ph.D.

Joel Nigg, Ph.D.
ADHD Expert: Joel Nigg, Ph.D. Verified Updated on April 9, 2023
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Each year, new evidence shows the role that lifestyle factors play in the expression of ADHD symptoms — not to mention the development of brain circuits that support attention, executive functioning, learning, and self-regulation. Among the most powerful data is evidence changing the way we think about the role of sleep, exercise, and diet on a child’s development. In this webinar, we will briefly review the scientific studies demonstrating how sleep, exercise, and diet improve brain growth and help balance out the ADHD symptoms associated difficulties like emotional reactivity. We will focus on the best ideas emerging from this research, including ones you can implement in your life.

In this webinar, you will learn:

  1. The latest findings on exercise and the development of executive functioning
  2. The latest findings on sleep, learning, and attention
  3. The latest findings and new conclusions on diet and supplementation
  4. The most important dietary considerations for ADHD and when to make sure you have a professional consult with you on diet
  5. Guidelines and ideas for exercise and ADHD
  6. Resources if your child has sleep-related behavior problems and when to seek evaluation for a possible sleep disorder
  7. How to create a plan that suits your family and your situation

Meet the Expert Speaker:

Joel Nigg, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, scientist, and a professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University. He directs the OHSU ADHD Research program and is also director of the division of psychology. He is the author of a new book for parents on ADHD, environment, and lifestyle entitled, Getting Ahead of ADHD: What Next-Generation Science Says About Treatments That Work — and How You Can Make Them Work for Your Child. Dr. Nigg has published some 200 scientific papers related to the neuropsychological , cognitive, and temperamental correlates of child ADHD, to ADHD genetics, and in particular for this talk, to gene and environmental effects in ADHD. You can learn more and follow him at http://joelniggphd.com/

Webinar replays include:

  • Slides accompanying the webinar
  • Related resources from ADDitude
  • Free newsletter updates about ADHD

This ADHD Experts webinar was first broadcast live on September 20, 2017.