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Helping Your Anxious Child

Children with ADHD tend to experience anxiety at higher rates than kids without ADHD. Learn strategies to help your child manage and overcome these intense feelings.

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Does Your ADHD Child Experience Increased Anxiety?

Monday March 15, 2010
 

Understanding Anxiety in Children

Monday March 15, 2010

A first step in helping a child manage and overcome anxiety is recognizing it, and sometimes this can be difficult. Anxious kids can also be rather quiet, shy, cautious and withdrawn. They may be very compliant and eager to please adults. On the other hand, an anxious child may "act out" with tantrums, crying, avoidance and disobedience. These behaviors may be misinterpreted as oppositional and "difficult" when they are actually anxiety related.

Read more about Understanding Anxiety

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Make Work More Productive

Monday March 15, 2010

Symptoms of ADHD can often cause frustrations at work. Finding effective strategies to help cope with areas of difficulty can make a big difference in work success and overall happiness.

Read Work Tips sent in by About.com readers.

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Video: Lessons from a Hyperactive Dyslexic

Monday March 8, 2010

Paul Orfalea founder of Kinko's talks about turning ADHD, dyslexia, and a bright idea into one of America's best companies. WATCH VIDEO

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