Monthly Archives: March 2013

FOOL-PROOF BILL PAYING (PART TWO)

This blog post is the second of two by guest blogger and financial planner and consultant Dr. Joel Lang. (Dr. Lang can be contacted at: langfinancial@verizon.net) 
The first post on fool-proof bill paying addressed creating a usable workspace and then gathering the necessary tools for bill paying.

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Posted in ADD, ADHD, adult, finances, organization


Three Steps to Managing Distraction

Everyone is distracted from time to time, especially when engaged in boring or tedious tasks.

Distractions can be external, such as sounds, a messy environment, visible activity (there goes a squirrel!), or the internet. Distractions can also be internal, include daydreaming, mulling over problems, and the like.

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Posted in ADD, ADHD, adult, college, distraction, executive function, student


AD/HD in Adults: Could I Have It?

Are you an adult wondering whether you might have AD/HD?

Or were you recently diagnosed and wondering where to begin in understanding and managing your diagnosis?

As a WEB-MD article states:

The conventionally used diagnostic criteria for ADHD,

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Posted in ADD, ADHD, adult, diagnosis, organization


FOOL-PROOF BILL PAYING (PART ONE)

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This blog post is the first of two by guest blogger and financial consultant Dr. Joel Lang. (Dr Lang can be contacted at: langfinancial@verizon.net)
Feeling overwhelmed by bills? unopened mail? late fees? 
Three essential steps are all you need to convert the often difficult and distasteful process of bill-paying into a system that is easy and predictable.

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Posted in Blog


Excuse me! You’re interrupting…

 

Has anyone told you that you interrupt a lot?

Interrupting is actually one of the signs of AD/HD, listed  in the Hyperactivity- Impulsivity category in the DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for clinicians): 

“Often interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g.,

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Posted in active listening, ADHD, interruption