WEEK 6: ADHD IN BOYS / ADHD IN GIRLS
ADHD IN GIRLS
Why Symptoms Are Ignored. Why That’s Dangerous.
In girls, signs of inattentive ADHD may go unnoticed by teachers and hyperactivity may take unexpected forms — talking incessantly with friends instead of getting up from her seat repeatedly. These misunderstood girls who go undiagnosed can face serious risks. More on the ADHD gender imbalance »
What Clinicians Need to Know About ADHD in Girls
To effectively diagnose females, doctors should consider hormonal fluctuations, trauma, eating habits, and more >
Entitlement Doesn't Help Him
"When I compare male and female clients of equal ability, girls with ADD work harder and outperform boys hands down." Here's why.
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Easy-to-Miss Symptoms
Daydreamers. Social butterflies. Space cadets. These are all labels applied thoughtlessly to girls with undiagnosed ADHD. Learn the signs »
When ADHD Meets Puberty
"What happened to my sweet little boy??" A look at the biggest challenges associated with adolescence, from peer pressure to refusing medication »
FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVES
AN UNDIAGNOSED GIRL GROWS UP
"I Felt Like a Constant Failure"
"We recognize ADHD in 'those boys.' They get IEPs, counseling, help. But we miss the girl in the corner who makes careless mistakes. We need to find these girls."
AN OPEN LETTER TO DADS
"Don't Let ADHD Define Your Relationship with Your Son"
"Your son didn't ask for this condition. It is not an excuse for disrespectful behavior, but it is something you can learn to help him manage."
BOYS WITH ADHD Q&A
Q: "I know my son can do his schoolwork and chores, so he must be choosing not to do them out of laziness... right?" See the answer »
Q: "My 14-year-old has no sense of time or urgency and will shut down when frustrated. How can I get him to care?" See the answer »
More on ADHD in Boys and Girls
+ Stop the Cycle of Shame for Girls with ADHD
+ Self-Test: ADHD Symptoms in Women and Girls
+ Is It ADHD or “Boys Being Boys”?
+ Webinar Replay: "Girls and Women with ADHD: Unique Risks, Crippling Stigma"
+ Webinar Replay: "The Social Lives of Boys with ADHD"
+ ADHD in Boys Expert: Ask Your Question!
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“My Partner Has ADHD?!” 5 Strategies for Living Happily After a Diagnosis
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 1pm Eastern Time
with Melissa Orlov
An ADHD diagnosis can explain, finally, all those struggles over household chores and daily misunderstandings. In this webinar, learn why there’s so much frustration and anger, and how to tame it; the role of ADHD treatment in relationship success; and strategies for clear communication.
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How to Optimize ADHD Medication: Strategies for Achieving Better Symptom Management
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 1pm Eastern Time
with William W. Dodson, M.D.
The vast majority of people diagnosed with ADHD are not getting the treatment they need and deserve. Why? Because few clinicians receive adequate training in how to use ADHD medications. In this webinar, learn how to work with your doctor to fine-tune the medication and dose for optimal performance, manage side effects, and more.
The Flip Side of Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria: How to Tap Into ADHD Energy and Motivation
Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 1pm Eastern Time
with Ned Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D.
The ADHD brain is turned up to 11. This means we feel the stabbing pain of rejection and failure more acutely than others. On the flip side, we also experience a powerful zing of energy and esteem with every word of encouragement or approval we receive. Learn how to tap into this Recognition Responsive Euphoria (RRE).
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Get the School Year Back on Track: Strategies for Overcoming Your Student’s Toughest Daily Challenges
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 1pm Eastern Time
with Sharon Saline, Psy.D.
Now is the perfect time to regroup and make necessary changes that will ensure a more successful second half of the school year. Learn strategies for better mornings and bedtimes, managing screen time, avoiding homework hassles, and more.
The sponsor of this webinar is...
Play Attention: Make ADHD your Superpower! Play Attention is the leading neurocognitive training program designed to strengthen Executive Function and Self-Regulation. You can empower yourself at school, work and in life. Get started now. Click here for a FREE consultation or call 800-788-6786. | www.playattention.com
The ADHD-Anxiety Link: How Mindfulness Helps You Feel Less Overwhelmed and Be More Productive
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 1pm Eastern Time
with Lidia Zylowska, M.D.
People with ADHD often struggle with anxiety, either as a co-occurring or a secondary disorder. This anxiety drains your energy and makes managing your ADHD even more difficult. Mindfulness offers an effective way of dialing down anxiety and worry related to ADHD.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - New polling released today by the American Wild Horse Campaign finds a strong bipartisan majority of Americans oppose a new plan to round up mass numbers of federally protected wild horses and burros from America’s Western public lands. The plan, which would reduce wild herds by 70%, is currently being touted by Acting Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director, William Perry Pendley and livestock industry lobbyists, but is opposed by the vast majority of wild horse protection and animal welfare organizations. Pendley is expected to make an appearance at the BLM National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
“Our recent polling documents that the nearly three in four Americans oppose the costly and cruel mass roundup and incarceration plan for America’s cherished wild free-roaming horses and burros,” said Suzanne Roy, Executive Director of the American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC). “Americans do not want their tax dollars used to clear the public lands of wild horses and burros in order to replace these iconic animals with subsidized commercial livestock.”
“This dangerous proposal is the greatest threat to wild horses and burros in decades, and the American taxpayer is going to finance the whole shebang – even the BLM has admitted removals could cost upwards of $5 Billion,” said Marty Irby, Executive Director at Animal Wellness Action and a lifelong horseman. “If this ghastly proposal is executed, we'll see massive roundups, swelling captive wild horse populations, and jubilation from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association that secured political cover from the Humane Society of the U.S., Humane Society Legislative Fund, and ASPCA for their long-time aspiration to cement a government-funded wild horse depopulation program.”
The Public Policy Polling survey conducted a poll of 686 registered voters on Oct 25-27 last weekend and found:
At the same time, conservationists are reacting strongly to BLM chief Pendley’s recent claim that wild horses are “an existential threat” to the public lands, particularly given the fact that 88% of BLM land has no wild horses on it.
In response, Erik Molvar, wildlife biologist and Executive Director of the Western Watersheds Project, wrote, “Pendley’s misstatements about wild horses and the magnitude of environmental threats on the lands that his agency manages speaks either to a monumental incompetence and ignorance, or to an aggressive dishonesty and commitment to a “fake news” approach to informing the public about Western public lands.“
Last week, Molvar -- a leading expert on the environmental threats to Western public lands posed by commercial livestock grazing -- joined Nevada business leaders and wild horse advocates at a press conference in Reno to address the propaganda campaign being waged against wild horses, stating, “The administration’s obsession with wild horses, while turning a blind eye to the real and serious problems that livestock overgrazing causes on these same lands demonstrates a systematic myopia and willful desire to ignore and perpetuate ecological problems caused by the livestock industry.”
An editorial in last week’s High Country News, a non-profit magazine and news operation dedicated to informing and inspiring people to act on behalf of the West’s natural and human communities, echoed Molvar’s sentiments.
“The real problem with wild horses is that there’s no money to be made from them. And by focusing on them, Pendley hopes to divert our attention from the true threat to public lands: unbridled greed,” the editorial concluded, referencing Pendley’s history of fighting for the “private property rights” of extractive industries (oil/gas/mining/livestock) to exploit the public lands.
According to AWHC, the intensifying propaganda campaign by Pendley and his industry allies against wild horses is aimed at convincing Congress to fund the expensive new plan to clear the public lands of virtually every wild horse and burro remaining wild today. Misleadingly dubbed a “Path Forward for Wild Horse and Burro Management,” the plan would accelerate the removal (by helicopter roundup) of wild mustangs from public lands and allow for inhumane management methods, such as cruel surgeries to sterilize wild mares by ripping out their ovaries. Although billed as a “non-lethal plan,” the proposal actually makes slaughter more likely over the long run by dramatically increasing the number of horses and burros maintained in captivity at taxpayer expense with no guarantee of funding for their long-term care.
The plan is opposed by the vast majority of animal welfare and wild horse protection organizations.
The American Wild Horse Campaign, Animal Wellness Action, and The Cloud Foundation will hold a congressional briefing, Thursday, October 21, 2019, from 12:30 - 1:30 in the House Natural Resources Committee Room, Longworth HOB 1334. Members of the media are encouraged and welcomed to attend.
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Animal Wellness Action (Action) is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(4) organization with a mission of helping animals by promoting legal standards forbidding cruelty. We champion causes that alleviate the suffering of companion animals, farm animals, and wildlife. We advocate for policies to stop dogfighting and cockfighting and other forms of malicious cruelty and to confront factory farming and other systemic forms of animal exploitation. To prevent cruelty, we promote enacting good public policies and we work to enforce those policies. To enact good laws, we must elect good lawmakers, and that’s why we remind voters which candidates care about our issues and which ones don’t. We believe helping animals helps us all.
The American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) is the nation’s leading wild horse protection organization, with more than 700,000 supporters and followers nationwide. AWHC is dedicated to preserving the American wild horse and burros in viable, free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage. In addition to advocating for protection and preservation of America’s wild herds, AWHC implements the largest wild horse fertility control program in the world through a partnership with the State of Nevada for wild horses that live in the Virginia Range near Reno.
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How Americans Can Rediscover
Civility In A Time Of Political Turmoil
America has been a nation divided for a while.
Now, with Washington mired in a Congressional impeachment inquiry that’s investigating the dealings of President Donald Trump, that divide has grown ever wider. Americans on all sides express a mixture of anger and frustration that they have been betrayed by their country, by their leaders or by their fellow Americans.
That raises a question: Can the nation find its way back to some semblance of civility and reconciliation, or have things gone too far?
“Even in down times, there’s always a road back if we give each other the courage to both look for it and take it,” says Susan Stautberg, co-author with Elaine Eisenman, PhD, of Betrayed: A Survivor’s Guide to Lying, Cheating, & Double-Dealing (www.bouncefrombetrayal.com).
Stautberg, a former TV journalist who covered Watergate in the 1970s, and Eisenman, an organizational psychologist, say that any successful institution – whether it’s a country or a corporation – requires a sense of strong interconnectedness and shared pride.
“That’s something that is severely lacking at the moment in the media and the world,” Eisenman says.
Instead, on social media and sometimes in person, friends, family and strangers argue heatedly over every political revelation and treat each other like mortal enemies, unwilling to consider the other side’s arguments, much less feelings.
Regardless of how the impeachment inquiry plays out – and who feels betrayed by whom in the process – Stautberg and Eisenman suggest a few ways each American, and society as a whole, can seek to heal their relationships with those they don’t see eye to eye with.
Keep communication lines open. “You detoxify disputes when you personalize them, which is why it’s important to continue contact with people you disagree with,” Stautberg says. “As Gandhi put it, ‘You can’t shake hands with a closed fist.’ ”
Remember the value of tact. Sometimes you must have a sense of how to say or do the right thing in order to maintain good relations with others and avoid offending them, Eisenman says. “That may sound easy and simple, but it’s not,” she says. “Tact takes brains and discipline. It’s a form of empathy. You see someone is embarrassed or unhappy and you decide not to make it worse; you decide to be gracious instead.”
Find ways to build community. “We need to work together to end social isolation and build communities by weaving together a social fabric,” Stautberg says. “We need to build relationships and hubs where disenfranchised networks of people can come together for solidarity and support. With each other’s help, we can look beyond the moment, not in rearview mirrors.”
“We are living through such challenging times and need civility and friendship, despite differing points of view,” Eisenman says. “Willingness to embrace and celebrate our differences brings out our best.
“Our purpose should be frank, open and spirited discussions of issues, not dividing debates. Close friendships can survive these times of intense political change. We just need to put friendship first and find common ground.”
About Elaine Eisenman, PhD
Elaine Eisenman, PhD, co-author with Susan Stautberg of Betrayed: A Survivor’s Guide to Lying, Cheating, & Double Dealing (www.bouncefrombetrayal.com), currently serves as an independent Board Director for DBI, Inc. (NYSE), as well as for AtmosXR and Miravan, both privately held companies. She is the Managing Director of Saeje Advisors, LLC, an advisory firm for high growth ventures. Former Dean of Executive and Enterprise Education at Babson College, she works closely with CEOs and their executive teams to create cultures that accelerate growth. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of turning risk into opportunity.
About Susan Stautberg
Susan Stautberg is Governance Advisor to the portfolio companies of Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm. She is also President and CEO of PartnerCom Corporation and Chair Emeritus of the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation (WCD). Susan addresses groups around the world, including leading business schools and CEO conferences. She has written or been featured in numerous articles including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times and her on-air experience includes Oprah, The Today Show, CBS Evening News, CNN and many others.
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How Americans Can Rediscover
Civility In A Time Of Political Turmoil
America has been a nation divided for a while.
Now, with Washington mired in a Congressional impeachment inquiry that’s investigating the dealings of President Donald Trump, that divide has grown ever wider. Americans on all sides express a mixture of anger and frustration that they have been betrayed by their country, by their leaders or by their fellow Americans.
That raises a question: Can the nation find its way back to some semblance of civility and reconciliation, or have things gone too far?
“Even in down times, there’s always a road back if we give each other the courage to both look for it and take it,” says Susan Stautberg, co-author with Elaine Eisenman, PhD, of Betrayed: A Survivor’s Guide to Lying, Cheating, & Double-Dealing (www.bouncefrombetrayal.com).
Stautberg, a former TV journalist who covered Watergate in the 1970s, and Eisenman, an organizational psychologist, say that any successful institution – whether it’s a country or a corporation – requires a sense of strong interconnectedness and shared pride.
“That’s something that is severely lacking at the moment in the media and the world,” Eisenman says.
Instead, on social media and sometimes in person, friends, family and strangers argue heatedly over every political revelation and treat each other like mortal enemies, unwilling to consider the other side’s arguments, much less feelings.
Regardless of how the impeachment inquiry plays out – and who feels betrayed by whom in the process – Stautberg and Eisenman suggest a few ways each American, and society as a whole, can seek to heal their relationships with those they don’t see eye to eye with.
Keep communication lines open. “You detoxify disputes when you personalize them, which is why it’s important to continue contact with people you disagree with,” Stautberg says. “As Gandhi put it, ‘You can’t shake hands with a closed fist.’ ”
Remember the value of tact. Sometimes you must have a sense of how to say or do the right thing in order to maintain good relations with others and avoid offending them, Eisenman says. “That may sound easy and simple, but it’s not,” she says. “Tact takes brains and discipline. It’s a form of empathy. You see someone is embarrassed or unhappy and you decide not to make it worse; you decide to be gracious instead.”
Find ways to build community. “We need to work together to end social isolation and build communities by weaving together a social fabric,” Stautberg says. “We need to build relationships and hubs where disenfranchised networks of people can come together for solidarity and support. With each other’s help, we can look beyond the moment, not in rearview mirrors.”
“We are living through such challenging times and need civility and friendship, despite differing points of view,” Eisenman says. “Willingness to embrace and celebrate our differences brings out our best.
“Our purpose should be frank, open and spirited discussions of issues, not dividing debates. Close friendships can survive these times of intense political change. We just need to put friendship first and find common ground.”
About Elaine Eisenman, PhD
Elaine Eisenman, PhD, co-author with Susan Stautberg of Betrayed: A Survivor’s Guide to Lying, Cheating, & Double Dealing (www.bouncefrombetrayal.com), currently serves as an independent Board Director for DBI, Inc. (NYSE), as well as for AtmosXR and Miravan, both privately held companies. She is the Managing Director of Saeje Advisors, LLC, an advisory firm for high growth ventures. Former Dean of Executive and Enterprise Education at Babson College, she works closely with CEOs and their executive teams to create cultures that accelerate growth. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of turning risk into opportunity.
About Susan Stautberg
Susan Stautberg is Governance Advisor to the portfolio companies of Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm. She is also President and CEO of PartnerCom Corporation and Chair Emeritus of the WomenCorporateDirectors Education and Development Foundation (WCD). Susan addresses groups around the world, including leading business schools and CEO conferences. She has written or been featured in numerous articles including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times and her on-air experience includes Oprah, The Today Show, CBS Evening News, CNN and many others.
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Good Morning!
It's that time of year again! That’s right, Friday, Utahns can start enrolling for health care at www.healthcare.gov.
According to a new Health and Human Services report, people can find even more affordable plans this year than in years past. For the last two years, over 4 million uninsured people have been eligible for plans with $0 monthly premiums thanks to financial help.
Interview Requests: National spokespeople--including former Obama Health and Human Services Officials and Get America Covered Co-Founder Joshua Peck--are available for interviews about Open Enrollment and to answer questions your audience may have.
5 Vital Facts About Signing Up For Coverage at HealthCare.gov:
#1: Sign up by December 15. Open Enrollment starts on November 1 but you must take action by December 15, no matter if this is your first time getting covered or if you are returning to shop and save.
#2: Coverage could be cheaper than you think. Last year, 9 in 10 people qualified for financial help to make their monthly premiums more affordable. In fact, 2 out of 3 HealthCare.gov customers can find a plan for $10 or less this year .
#3: Shop and save. If you had coverage through HealthCare.gov for 2019, you should come back to update your information and compare your options for 2020. Every year, plans and prices change, you could save money by switching to a new plan that still meets your needs.
#4. Accidents happen: Health insurance protects you from the unexpected. Accidents happen and people get sick.
#5: Free help is available. If you have questions about signing up or want to talk through your options with a trained professional, free help is just a call or quick away. Call 1-800-318-2596, visit localhelp.healthcare.gov or make a one-on-one appointment now.
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UDOT to auction off mixed-use properties
in growing region of Salt Lake City County
Surplus land between SR 111 and Mountain View Corridor
to go on sale in final UDOT online auction of 2019
Salt Lake City, UT (October 29, 2019) – The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) will hold an online auction of prime, mixed-use development land in Salt Lake City County, Utah. The 50.7 acres of surplus property is off a major highway in a rapidly developing area of the county.
UDOT will auction the property via an online platform created and managed by SVN Auction Services. The auction, the largest so far and the last one for 2019, is scheduled to run from Oct. 31 through Nov. 7.
The acreage on SR 111 is the largest of 16 properties up for auction during that period, and has a starting bid of $4.5 million. The starting bids for all 16 properties total more than $9.3 million.
“The SR 111 property is highly versatile: The zoning permits both residential and commercial use,” said Louis B. Fisher, III, national director of SVN Auction Services. “It’s situated between two busy roadways, and the average income of the surrounding neighborhood is higher than the state average.”
The property is split into two parcels. One contains about 38 acres that sits along SR 111. The smaller, about 12 acres, will connect to SR 111 from a bridge scheduled for construction. The busy Mountain View Corridor lies to the east of the property.
“This whole area will be getting some major improvements in transportation and infrastructure in the near future,” Fisher said. “This is highly desirable property and an excellent opportunity, whether the buyer wants to develop it for retail, commercial or residential.”
The other properties up for auction are in the Utah cities of Riverton, West Valley City, Clinton, Roy, West Haven and Syracuse.
The auction website at www.UDOTauctions.Utah.gov provides continuous access to UDOT property information. Qualified buyers can bid from the website in real time. The auctions comply with the state’s recently established process for the sale of surplus property.
UDOT’s online auction in March included 89 approved bidders from four states. Entities working with UDOT on this project include the SVN Auction Services team of Fisher and Dave Gilmore, and Chet Barber and Tia Shim of SVN Alta Commercial in Salt Lake City.
Darek Sagers, UDOT's deputy director of rights-of-way, said UDOT has been pleased with the online auction process so far. “We’ve been very glad to see things go so smoothly,” Sagers said. “The buyers are receptive to the convenience of the platform. It’s been a win for both sides as we continue to market this surplus property.”
More information on the auction is available at www.udotauctions.utah.gov/auctions.
It's that time of year again! That’s right, Friday, Utahns can start enrolling for health care at www.healthcare.gov.
According to a new Health and Human Services report, people can find even more affordable plans this year than in years past. For the last two years, over 4 million uninsured people have been eligible for plans with $0 monthly premiums thanks to financial help.
Interview Requests: National spokespeople--including former Obama Health and Human Services Officials and Get America Covered Co-Founder Joshua Peck--are available for interviews about Open Enrollment and to answer questions your audience may have.
5 Vital Facts About Signing Up For Coverage at HealthCare.gov:
#1: Sign up by December 15. Open Enrollment starts on November 1 but you must take action by December 15, no matter if this is your first time getting covered or if you are returning to shop and save.
#2: Coverage could be cheaper than you think. Last year, 9 in 10 people qualified for financial help to make their monthly premiums more affordable. In fact, 2 out of 3 HealthCare.gov customers can find a plan for $10 or less this year .
#3: Shop and save. If you had coverage through HealthCare.gov for 2019, you should come back to update your information and compare your options for 2020. Every year, plans and prices change, you could save money by switching to a new plan that still meets your needs.
#4. Accidents happen: Health insurance protects you from the unexpected. Accidents happen and people get sick.
#5: Free help is available. If you have questions about signing up or want to talk through your options with a trained professional, free help is just a call or quick away. Call 1-800-318-2596, visit localhelp.healthcare.gov or make a one-on-one appointment now.
