The Mid-Year Review
I have been actively coaching ADDers for two-and-a-half decades now. When I started as a total novice way back in 1999 the notion that a person with ADHD could be ‟coached” to improve their symptoms was other-worldly.
The last 3 months or so I have been reviewing what I do, and especially how I do it. This is different to my daily review. I have been dealing with what I define myself as, yes I carry the title of ADHD Coach, but does that tell people what I do?
To the best of my knowledge I am the only ADHD coach that uses a modular system as the foundation for the coaching. In order to better serve my clients I have developed an in-depth Impairments Assessment to determine accurately where to focus with each client.
- Written by: Dave Pughe-Parry
ADHD and Medication
How does anyone who has - or is living alongside ADHD treat this most common neurological condition? The simplest answer is therapy with medication or without medication. But under each of these two top-tier methods are a whole series of what we might call niche treatments.
But first, let’s understand what we mean by treatment or therapy. ADHD is a complex condition. It exists on a continuum from those almost fast-asleep to the continuously hyperactive. The one common factor is that our brains are always hyperactive, usually at full speed - or close to that limit!
I have a short little video below to show you the difference of neurotransmitter behaviour in our brains compared to the other 80% of the world´s population who don’t have our condition.
- Written by: Dave Pughe-Parry
ADHD and the Elderly
For the past 5 years Dave and I have lived in a Senior Citizens Home which I mischievously nicknamed The Home for the Bewildered. Our residents are aged between 50 and 93 and are at different stages in their ageing journeys.
Having ADHD and having worked with ADHD families and individuals for years, we understand and recognise the parallels in the bewilderment and other ADHD traits that the Elderly exhibit.
- Written by: Pat Pughe-Parry
The Modern ADHD Family
In the good or bad, depending on your perspective, old days, ADHD children who disrupted the class, ran amok, couldn't sit still and didn't listen were beaten to teach them to conform and behave. Those for whom beating did not have the desired effect ended up in reform schools and frequently became drop outs, addicts and/or jail bait.
While the quiet day dreamers completely slipped through the cracks. They happily lived with their thoughts and pretended school didn't exist.
- Written by: Dave Pughe-Parry