Matt Reid

Matt Reid

Brain Science Podcast!

I don’t think I’ve posted about this before… A client hipped me to a podcast a few years ago called “The Brain Science Podcast.” It is pretty intense and is often at a pretty high scientific level. I will admit…

Go Month

As part of my involvement with the New England Chapter of the National Assoc. of Professional Organizers. I’ll be a featured speaker at our Go Month organizational expo this Saturday.  Click here for details!

MGH PFAC

As of tonight, I am officially a member of the MGH Patients and Families Advisor Council. I’m super excited to be on this council and help make policy for one the best hospitals in the world. Apparently, there is much…

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.

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…

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…

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…