Kids on school bus The backpacks are out. The school supply lists have arrived. And for families navigating ADHD, the back-to-school season brings with it a particular mix of anticipation and anxiety, the hope of a fresh start colliding with the memory of last year's struggles, last year's phone calls from teachers, last year's homework battles that stretched long past bedtime. This post is for every family in that moment. And for every teacher, school counselor, and administrator who wants...

Houses on Martha's Vineyard Every August, something extraordinary happens on a 96-square-mile island off the coast of Massachusetts. Thousands of Black families, some returning for the fiftieth consecutive summer, others making the journey for the very first time, descend upon the town of Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard. They come for the beach. They come for the film festival. They come for the five-to-sevens, the morning swims at the Inkwell, the porches and the cookouts and the...

With so much information and misinformation circulating about ADHD treatment, it can be hard to know what to trust. Today, let us walk through the evidence together. The Foundation: Evidence-Based Treatment The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Medical Association all endorse a multimodal approach to ADHD treatment. This means that the most effective management typically combines more than one strategy. No single intervention works for...