Matt Reid

Matt Reid

Parenting Hotline & Other Resources

I recently had a grandparent post on our CHADD website about… let’s say overwhelming stress while managing her ADHD grandchild. I’m sure many parents/ care givers end up in a similar place. I wanted to pass along two resources I’ve…

To Do List: the exception to the rule

So, I can’t give all my secrets away on my blog, but…  There are three things we need to manage to be successful human beings. As ADHDers we may struggle with all three. They are Tasks, Time & Stuff. I’ll speak to managing…

Import Generic Concerta Information

If you or your child takes a generic type of Concerta you need to read this: FDA generic Concerta update If you don’t know what generics are, please check out two posts ago for the basics.

Teaching sequencing

Many ADHD children struggle with getting up to speed in terms of executing regular every day correctly. I find this particularly applies to handling the morning and evening routines. I don’t know if my five year old has ADHD or…

Generic Medication Primer

If you are not familiar with how generic medications work, here are the basics: It often cost hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a new drug. As a result, new drugs are protected from competition for a period of…

Organizing for/with Kids

NAPO New England Tips. Check out this link. I am often featured with a tip of the month… and the other organizers have good stuff too.

Thankful

If you had told me, when I was 14, that you had a magic lamp with a powerful genie and that he (or she) would let me change one thing about myself I would not have hesitated a second. I…

Can I feel the meds work

Clients and parents often ask me if I can feel the medication work. I can’t remember if I’ve posted about this before or not. Here’s the short answer: I don’t feel like a switch has been flicked, but there is…

You will have regrets, I promise!

So, I always tell my clients that they will, inevitably, regret getting rid of between 1 and 5 items after their organizational purge. My last two postings about getting rid of my T-Shirts and organizing dry storage reminded me that…

When to organize?

One thing that I feel the need to impress upon my organizing clients is that organizing is not a one time thing. As much time and energy we as we put in to the initial organizing project to get your…