Walking the Path of Integrity for Adults with ADHD (2800)
ADHD Education
Life for adults with ADHD can be like riding volatile waves in the ocean and not knowing where the current is going to take you.
If you know that what you do and how well you do it does not make who you are, then you can also learn to create a smoother ride through the unpredictable and turbulent currents of your ADHD.
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Emotional Intelligence and the Power of the “Pause” (9624)
ADDCA In The News
Grant Crowell recently interviewed David Giwerc for his Super Socialize Me! series.
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How Many ADDers Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb? (2628)
ADHD Quotes
Only one, but it took several light bulbs and several months to get it done because the ADDer.....
- Paid for the lightbulb then left it in the shop on the counter
- Dropped another light bulb out of a hole in his/her shopping bag, didn't notice and ran over it with a truck
- Bought the wrong sort of lightbulb because s/he couldn't be bothered checking which sort of light bulb was needed, cause that's boring
- Left the light bulb under a pile of clothes for several weeks before s/he got around to trying to put it up
- Couldn't remember who s/he gave the ladder too so decided they had to go buy another
- Took the old light bulb down put it on the floor next to the new light bulb got distracted by an idea in his/her head
- Ran to get notebook to write idea down idea forgot about light bulb for an hour as other thoughts came to mind, remembered lightbulb couldn't figure out which was the old light bulb and which was the new light bulb
- AARRRRRRRRRRRRRG
Who invented such an inhuman thing as a light bulb?!
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There are 7.3 Billion People in the World… (926)
ADHD Education | ADHD Quotes
"There are approximately 7.3 billion people in the world. It is estimated that about 4 percent of the world’s population has ADHD. Research also indicates that 85 percent of those who might have it don’t know it because they are undiagnosed. That is a whole lot of people — some 300 million — who may not know what is getting in the way of their ability to live a better life."
- David Giwerc
Students with ADHD are bored and disruptive because they don’t learn the same way as other students (831)
ADHD Quotes
The student's ADHD brain requires interest and engagement or else it shuts down.
If our schools don't create different, interesting, experiential ways of learning, you are going to have a lot of bored, frustrated students who are going to be unmotivated learners.
- David Giwerc
ADHD: A Unique Brain Wiring in a Neuro-Diverse World (2976)
ADHD Education
If you have been living your life based on what others tell you are the ways you must learn, and those ways haven’t been working for you, you may be apt to believe that you are incapable of learning, or somehow broken.
But it’s not true. The standardized and required ways of learning, processing information, and performing may not work for you.
Understanding your unique brain wiring can help you facilitate home, school and workplace environments that honor and serve your unique brain wiring.
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ADD & Anger - The Ultimate Guide to Anger Management for Adults with ADHD (1363)
ADHD Education
Explosive anger is terrifying and confusing, both to the person with ADHD and to those around them.
If anger is a problem for you or anyone you love who has ADHD, then this video is a must watch.
When you understand how your ADHD brain functions in your daily world, it can change your life… (867)
ADHD Quotes
Understanding how my unique ADHD brain wiring works in specific situations converts my insecure ignorance and gives me the confidence to know what I can do well and where I can do it.
- David Giwerc
Character Strengths for Adults with ADHD: Integrating Interest with an Intention to Ignite Our Heart (3087)
ADHD Education
At the ADD Coach Academy (ADDCA), we have been referring to ADHD as a "challenge of interest" since the school's inception in 1998. Research has emerged to support that idea, including an important eight-year study released in September of 2009.
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Out of Sight is Out of Mind: Make Your Strengths Visible (2495)
ADHD Education
Your signature character strengths need to be visible every day. They are important prompts to remind you of the human capacities which express the best in you. They represent your core essence, authentic self and are imbued with positive emotions, and energy, which can be the fuel that drives your internal engine to pursue important goals in your life.
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