Part 1: ADHD — What is it? Who has it? What do I do about it?
Amanda Tami, LPC, BCBA, discusses ADHD diagnosis and presentation in autistic youth and young adults. She touches on self-regulation and executive function and demonstrates ho ADHD impacts behavior through working memory, emotion regulation, and impulsiveness. Tami underscores that social factors do not cause ADHD and she outlines similar conditions that often co-occur with autism or ADHD including Bipolar and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. She provides a few parenting tips before closing.
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