http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Tellman+Knudson Self Help Tellman Knudson Sun, 28 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=49422&ca=Self+Help For people with Adult ADHD, focusing long enough to get even a small task done--if it is boring--can seem almost impossible! Here’s what I do when I have to focus on something that I really don't like to do, especially sitting at my desk. Adult ADHD makes it hard to try to sit still and do something... Self Help Tellman Knudson Sun, 28 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=49616&ca=Self+Help One person’s focus is another person’s distraction, and you really need to take this into consideration when you’re talking about being able to focus, or not focus, with Adult ADHD symptoms. There are really two sides to focus with Adult ADHD, and more than one way to go about learning to focus bett... Family Concerns Tellman Knudson Sat, 20 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=50335&ca=Family+Concerns I love to tell this story about an ADHD child who went from F's to A's in science using hockey cards. There was this kid with ADHD symptoms that I worked with clinically who was a brilliant kid (as anyone with an ADHD child can relate to). He was getting really bad grades in science class. I mean, h... Family Concerns Tellman Knudson Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=48556&ca=Family+Concerns One of the great myths of working with the ADHD child (and anyone with ADHD symptoms for that matter) today is: "Take away all extra distraction and stimulus so the ADHD child can focus." This is just not true, and I will show you why. There was an ADHD child I was working with...his mother worked i... Advice Tellman Knudson Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=47862&ca=Advice One thing I hear people with Adult ADHD saying is, "I need to make more income." Well, it's fine to say that, but what is "more"? You’ve got to be a lot more specific than that. Being specific is imperative, especially if you have Adult ADHD symptoms. Let's start with taking a look at your situation... Self Help Tellman Knudson Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=48166&ca=Self+Help In my last article I told about a kid with ADHD symptoms who I was working with in my practice. I taught him to connect his love of hockey with doing science homework, which he was currently getting F's in because he was bored. He used hockey cards and posters and music to do this and he ended up ge...