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Come back often as this page is regularly updated.
Posters
Nepean Community & Neighbourhood Services has created some posters to address the stigma and misinformation surrounding ADHD. You are welcome to download, print, and distribute them widely.
Forget what you think you know about ADHD
Kids with ADHD are not the problem
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Lectures
Lectures on ADHD for parents, by Dr Russell A Barkley
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Advocacy groups in Australia
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ADHD Foundation https://adhdfoundation.org.au/resources
ADHD Support Australia https://www.adhdsupportaustralia.com.au/
Parents for ADHD Advocacy Australia https://parentsforadhdadvocacy.com.au/
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Articles
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Resources by Dr Thomas E Brown https://www.brownadhdclinic.com/resources-1
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Child Mind Institute (USA)
https://childmind.org/topics/adhd-attention-problems/#treatment-for-adhd
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Is a gluten-free diet a cure for ADHD? An article citing two research studies, by the same researcher, linking coeliac disease with the signs and symptoms of ADHD. The title of the article is a bit deceptive. In the 2011 study it was found that 15% of the children diagnosed with ADHD had undiagnosed coeliac disease.
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ADHD myths busted
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28 things nobody told you about having a kid with ADHD – A light-hearted but true look at parenting a child with ADHD.
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Anxiety or ADHD? – Why they sometimes look the same and how to tell the difference.
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Clinics
University Western Sydney – Psychology Clinic
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Documentary
Kids on Speed
A 3 part documentary made in Australia about families living with ADHD
- available for a fee on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/show/SC_XCQd_FbKcS2-FQCwthRWw?season=1&sbp=CgEx
- if you have access to AppleTV https://tv.apple.com/au/show/kids-on-speed/umc.cmc.3zpopkv7abximv3cm4u6l7z2x
- on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/au/tv-season/kids-on-speed/id821354887
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Podcasts
Attention Talk Radio (USA)
Dr David Nowell (USA)
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Websites
How to ADHD – YouTube channel created by a young woman who has ADHD
ADHD Dude – https://www.youtube.com/@ADHDDude
,ADHD Kids Rock A cool website for children with AD/HD, their parents and teachers
ADHD and You information, tools and resources (US website)
ADDitude magazine – articles, slide shows, webinars, resources on AD/HD and learning disorders
Raised on Ritalin – Comic book personal story of AD/HD, medication, and modern psychiatry
Understood (USA) – Information and resources for learning and attention issues. https://www.understood.org/search-results/v1/search?query=adhd
Dr Alison Poulton – Lots of information about ADHD from a Sydney paediatrician and researcher with 20+ years experience.
Dr Caroline Stevenson http://www.thestevensonpractice.com/videos.html
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Video
The neuroscience of the ADHD brain
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The brain on ADHD
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What ADHD feels like
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What is ADHD?
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The ADHD circuit – This is an advertisement for a service, but has good information.
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ADHD treatment and the brain A video from the ADHD Institute in the UK about medication.
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This lecture by Professor Russell A Barkley was recorded in 2012. In the lecture, Prof. Barkley advises that the review of the DSM (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual) will abandon the three subtypes of ADHD (39 minutes into the video). This was not the case. The DSM – 5 released late in 2015 continues to categorise the three subtypes – Inattentive; Hyperactivity & Impulsivity; and Combined.
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Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)
The research says that after medication the next best treatment for children with ADHD is positive parenting. Harsh, punitive, or inconsistent parenting has been implicated in poor mental health and oppositional defiant disorder for children with ADHD.
Triple P provides the framework of Rules, Routine, Rewards, and Relationship that supports children with ADHD. Triple P is available in the community for free in NSW. Check the Resourcing Parents website for Triple P in your area (NSW).
Triple P is also available online for the cost of $80. The link to Triple P Online is http://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/au-uken/get-help/which-triple-p-is-right-for-me/triple-p-online-your-personal-parenting-program-247/?itb=ca91c5464e73d3066825362c3093a45f
Hands, Hearts, and Minds 
I just have a question . I’m trying to figure out if my child has signs of ADHD, she’s going to be 5 years old and I’ve talked to her doctor about how she acts an how easily distracted an hyper she is and her doctor said she just seems like a normal 4 year old but, I think there is something more . It’s really hard for her to sit down am pay attention even at school , she over talks people an talks about anything an everything even if the stories don’t go together, she get a frustrated easily with picking up her toys an becomes very distracted .
Hi Saraya
As the parent you know your child the best.
One of the strongest predictors of a child having ADHD is a family history of ADHD. Does anyone in the extended family have ADHD?
You don’t mention where you are located. If you are in Australia, you can ask your GP for a referral to a psychologist to have your child assessed. This is cheaper though a Mental Health Treatment Plan as you can get a rebate from Medicare. When you book the appointment with he GP let reception know that you would like a Mental health Treatment Plan.
You can also get an assessment from a paediatrician but you don’t get a rebate from Medicare for the fees.
Some hospitals have child development units and thus the assessment is free but there is often a long wait. Also public schools have school counsellors and they are qualified to do the clinical interview and rating scales to assess for ADHD.
In the area where I work, many of the psychologists and paediatricians ask parents to do a Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) course before they make a final diagnosis. Triple P is available for free in the community (NSW, QLD) or online for $80 http://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/au-uken/find-help/triple-p-online/.
Kind regards
Narelle Smith