| When it comes to parenting a child with ADHD, there | | | | and parenting children with ADHD. |
| are an awful lot of people who have something to say | | | | There are people with a positive view of ADHD, a |
| about causes, treatment, and the various symptoms of | | | | negative outlook of ADHD, and there are also those |
| ADHD. On one hand, you've got medical doctors, | | | | who are all over the place. |
| psychologists, and various therapists and counselors. | | | | Questions to ask |
| On the other hand, there are advocates, mentors, | | | | When reading material online, in magazines, or meeting |
| teachers, and other people with their opinions. | | | | with professionals in person or over the phone, I'd like |
| Oh yea, let's not forget the conspiracy theorists who | | | | you to consider the following questions: |
| believe that ADHD was created for one reason or | | | | |
| another, the least of which has anything to do with it | | | | 1. What is your background or training? |
| being real. | | | | 2. What qualifies you as an ADHD expert? |
| Who do you listen to? | | | | 3. How do you understand ADHD? |
| As a professional trained in the art of counseling, | | | | 4. What type of work do you do? |
| assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, I am a little | | | | 5. How do you help people with ADHD? |
| biased on who I think you should listen to. But then | | | | No matter what information you read, please be |
| again, I also know that many people have been burned | | | | careful who is saying it and in what context they are |
| very badly by my colleagues in the field. | | | | sharing it. It has been my experience, that a lot of |
| All I can say is that you should be very careful about | | | | people truly don't understand ADHD and the |
| who you take advice from or what material you read. | | | | complexity that comes with such a condition. |
| There are a lot of people sharing information on ADHD | | | | |