Focus For Effectiveness

10/01/2025

Today is the first day of October's ADHD Awareness Month. Let's share reliable information and support all people living with ADHD.

http://adhdawarenessmonth.org

10/01/2021

October is ADHD Awareness Month, a month devoted to all things ADHD. Check out www.ADHDAwarenessMonth.org and the expert videos that are featured this year related to parenting, co-occurring conditions, diagnosis, relationships and treatment plans. Thank you to our ADHD experts:
Melissa Orlov
Prof. Samuele Cortese
Dulce Torres
Dr. J. Faye Dixon
Dr. Thomas E. Brown..and the public who have submitted ADHD Art, ADHD Memes and their ADHD Stories. Submissions received by 11:59 pm ET on October 28, 2021 will be entered into a random drawing for valuable prizes from Ready Rocker, ACO, ADHD and CHADD.

11/05/2020

Fascinated listening to Dr. John Ratey talk about the power of exercise in the management of ADHD at the 2020 Virtual International Conference on ADHD.

11/03/2020

Let's ride the momentum of October's ADHD Awareness Month, helping people understand what ADHD is (and is not) and how a comprehensive treatment approach provides opportunities to thrive with ADHD! Great information and resources are available at www.adhdawarenessmonth.org.

10/12/2020

October is ADHD Awareness Month. I just got an email from my car insurance company indicating that October is also Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Coincidence?!?

10/02/2020

ADHD is a common, non-discriminatory disorder

04/09/2020

It's heartbreaking to see the impact of the coronavirus and the resulting stay-at-home orders, layoffs, confusion and stress. For those with ADHD, disrupted daily schedules are making things that much harder...to work, to play, and to have healthy routines. "ADHD Coaching to Support Healthy Lifestyles" https://www.focusforeffectiveness.com/adhd-coaching-to-support-healthy-lifestyles/

01/02/2020

Happy New Year! Here's to a year of ADHD happiness, well being, and success!

As the new year starts, many people make promises to themselves regarding better physical or financial health, learning a new skill, or how they conduct themselves in the world. Although these goals are heart-felt, unfortunately most research shows that New Year’s Resolutions are often abandoned b...

10/17/2019

Thank you, Dr. Russell A. Barkley, for writing a fact sheet to address the myth, All Children Grow Out of ADHD. Check out all the fact sheets and infographics at www.ADHDAwarenessMonth.org.

Find out more at http://ow.ly/Yrcd30pHoqY

10/17/2019

Thank you to Dr. Thomas E. Brown for writing the fact sheet for the myth, ADHD is just an excuse for laziness. Check out all the fact sheets and infographics at www.ADHDAwarenessMonth.org

Find out more at http://ow.ly/RRzN30pHota