Back to School
A back-to-school guide for students with ADHD: organization, accommodations, homework, focus, parent-teacher cooperation, school behavior and more.
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Free Downloads
Your Free Back-to-School Playbook
You and your child with ADHD want this to be the best year yet — and it can be. This back-to-school...
Guest Blogs
10 Back-to-School Promises from a Very Cool Teacher
"My job as a teacher is to create fun for people who think they’re about to be bored stiff for the...
Guest Blogs
Back-to-School for Kids with ADHD
Nat, like many kids with ADHD, has a hard time w...
Guest Blogs
“Back at School — and Back in Limbo”
The whirl of grad school leaves me too busy to think about daily life...but my racing ADHD mind still...
School Advocacy
How to Stop Enabling and Start Trusting: ADHD Independence-Building Strategies for Parents
When students with ADHD need academic and organizational support, parents often (and understandably)...
Parent-Teacher Cooperation
Meet the Teacher: 5 Ways to Improve Back-to-School Communication
When should I communicate with my child’s teacher about their ADHD? What if I can’t secure an IEP or...
For Teachers
A Free Back-to-School Master Class from ADDitude
Sign up below for instant access to ADDitude’s free 10-part ADHD master class for educators and...
Adult Blogs
“Back-to-School Shopping Pushes My Executive Functions Beyond the Brink”
“I’d be so distracted by the neon notebooks and glittery binders while back-to-school shopping that...
Ask the Experts
Q: “How Should We Prepare for School Before It Starts?”
Preparing for a new school year is an ambiguous, stressful, overwhelming task for parents and...
Parent-Teacher Cooperation
4 Secrets to More Positive Teacher-Student Relationships
Students with ADHD shine brightest when teachers illuminate their strengths. Here’s how to make that...
Organization
Q: “How Can I Help My Child Remember His Homework and Books?”
Building routines and filling backpacks the night before will help students with ADHD prepare for the...
School & Learning
7 Surprising Ways ADHD Shows Up in the Classroom
ADHD in the classroom is easy to mistake for carelessness, defiance, laziness, or a learning...
Ask the Experts
Q: “I Need a Summer Plan That Maps Out Back-to-School Steps”
At the close of another school year, students and parents alike are exhausted and burned out. But...
Learning Apps & Tools
3 Digital Skills That Ease Learning (and Life) for Students with ADHD
Digital skills like email processing and document filing are important but rarely taught keys to...
Organization
The School Supplies Your Child Actually Needs: 10 ADHD Essentials
Anyone who has lost a paycheck to The Container Store or IKEA knows that organization systems, though...