{"id":1521,"date":"2011-09-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/\/new\/\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2015-10-14T16:33:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T23:33:48","slug":"sept-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/sept-8\/","title":{"rendered":"ADHD\/ADD- A sound and loving approach (Dr. Edward Hallowell)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s often a combination of\u00a0feeling both\u00a0scared and relived when you discover that\u00a0your child or you have a learning disability.\u00a0\u00a0While some\u00a0see these conditions as disabiling\u00a0or\u00a0use it as an excuse not to live up to their full potential, Dr. Hallowell, an ADHD expert and child and adult psychiatrist,\u00a0approaches the challenge in an entirely\u00a0new way.\u00a0 Dr. Hallowell offers a powerful approach towards learning disabilities that is positive, pragmatic and loving.\u00a0 Learn the gifts of this condition and how\u00a0to defend your child from teachers or work associates who\u00a0could still benefit from\u00a0learning\u00a0the best way to create a supportive environment. \u00a0Plus, hear Dr. Hallowell&#8217;s first hand experience of how he used his gifts of\u00a0ADD and dyslexia at\u00a0Harvard University,\u00a0 Tulane Medical School, and as a Harvard Medical Staff faculty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About our guest: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Edward Hallowell, M.D.,<\/strong> renowned ADHD expert and child and adult psychiatrist, is a graduate of Harvard University and Tulane Medical School and the director of The Hallowell Centers in Sudbury, MA and New\u00a0\u00a0 York City.\u00a0\u00a0 He was a member of Harvard\u00a0 Medical School faculty until retiring from academics in 2003 to devote his attention to his practice, lectures, and writing.\u00a0 He has authored eighteen books on various topics including ADHD, happiness, marriage and other psychological and social topics. He is a highly recognized speaker world-wide and has appeared on Oprah, CNN, The Today Show and many other popular shows.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Show highlights: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Part 1: <\/strong>How to manage your response and your child&#8217;s reaction to a recent diagnosis of ADD?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part 2: <\/strong>What may be your child&#8217;s experience at school and how can do damage control?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part 3: <\/strong>How can you support your child to be confident, happy, and embrace their unique brain?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part 4: <\/strong>How would you know if you had ADD?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Show highlights: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Hallowell&#8217;s website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drhallowell.com\/\">http:\/\/www.drhallowell.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Driven to Distraction- Dr. Hallowell&#8217;s book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Driven-Distraction-Recognizing-Attention-Childhood\/dp\/0684801280\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Driven-Distraction-Recognizing-Attention-Childhood\/dp\/0684801280<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s often a combination of\u00a0feeling both\u00a0scared and relived when you discover that\u00a0your child or you have a learning disability.\u00a0\u00a0While some\u00a0see these conditions as disabiling\u00a0or\u00a0use it as an excuse not to live up to their full potential, Dr. Hallowell, an ADHD expert and child and adult psychiatrist,\u00a0approaches the challenge in an entirely\u00a0new way.\u00a0 Dr. Hallowell offers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[516,458,67,56],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1729,3295,3289,3296,2495,3294,3290,3293,3288,3300,3301,3299,3297,3302,898,3292,2941,2991,3298,3291],"class_list":["post-1521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compassion-and-confidence","category-emotional-intelligence-and-psychology","category-parenting-and-families","category-show-archives"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21069,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1521\/revisions\/21069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1521"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}