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Understanding ADHD: A Beginner’s Guide.
If you’re supporting a child who is bright, sensitive, impulsive, emotional, distracted, or “hard work”, this guide will help you understand what’s really going on without blame or judgement.
FREE RESOURCE
Understanding ADHD: A Beginner’s Guide.
If you’re supporting a child who is bright, sensitive, impulsive, emotional, distracted, or “hard work”, this guide will help you understand what’s really going on without blame or judgement.
Go from confused, worried, or overwhelmed… to calm, confident, and supportive.
ADHD can be misunderstood, especially by those of us who are grandparents and grew up in a time when it “didn’t exist.”
This short, practical guide explains ADHD in plain English and shows you how to support your grandchild without making things worse.
Who this guide is for
This guide is especially helpful if you are:
✔ A parent or guardian trying to reduce stress at home
✔ A grandparent helping with childcare
✔ Wondering: “Is this ADHD… or just boisterous behaviour?”
✔ Supporting a child who struggles with:
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Big emotions or meltdowns
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Impulsivity or hyperactivity
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Daydreaming, distraction, or low self-esteem
What you’ll learn
✔ What ADHD actually is (and what it isn’t)
✔ The three elements of ADHD: inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity
✔ Why ADHD often runs in families (and why that matters)
✔ How ADHD shows up differently in girls
✔ Why labels can be a relief, not a limitation
✔ Practical behaviour strategies that help all children
✔ How to support emotional regulation without shaming
✔ Practical behaviour strategies that help all children
✔ How to support emotional regulation without shaming
✔ Why ADHD is not a flaw, but a different kind of brain
bUT jEAN, wHY shOULD i listen to YOU?
Hello I am Jean and I am a ADHD neurodiversity support specialist.
I can help you navigate the neurodiversity minefield.
I also have lived experience of how ADHD can impact on family relationships and cause conflicts. And I have good news for you:
Once we understood ADHD, everything changed:
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Less conflict
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More compassion
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Better communication
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Stronger family relationships
This guide is written from lived experience, professional insight, and decades of working with young people, not theory alone.
Feel like you could do with professional support to understand your ADHD young person?
Book a free 30-minute consultation to find out more about the solutions I have to help you and your family.