Coparenting After Divorce: How to Manage ADHD Consistently Across Households (with Merriam Saunders)

In this hour-long webinar with ADDitude, Merriam Sarcia Saunders, LMFT, discusses how divorced partners can work together effectively - across separate households -- to raise a child with ADHD. She provides strategies that will help both partners set and maintain rules and schedules, and find common ground, to serve their child’s best interests. #adhd #coparenting #divorce
This ADHD Experts webinar was originally broadcast on August 8, 2023.
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7:00 Bird nesting
10:40 creating an extensive parenting plan
14:55 custody schedule differences for neurodivergent kids
18:00 maintaining flexible routine
19:09 ADHD/ nonADHD sibling arrangement
20:20 how do you stay consistent across two different homes?
23:02 how to make transitions easier for kids?
24:06 shared calendar
25:09 strategies for maintaining consistency
28:45 Challenging behavior: lying
32:00 Teens
34:00 parental alienation
35:27 Big Feelings
38:14 wording: how you talk about divorce
39:45 what if co-parent won't get on board?
41:15 Good new and bad news
47:00 co-parent in denial about adhd?
48:00 two different parenting styles - how to navigate?
49:00 medication disagreements?
50:00 missing parents when they're not there
52:00 what to do about favoritism
57:00 Stepparents
58:00 teens who leave when they don't like one home
Related Resources
1. Download: Sample Schedule for Children with ADHD
www.additudemag.com/download/...
2. Read: The ADHD Co-Parenting Guide to Consistent Treatment
www.additudemag.com/coparenti...
3. Read: How Parental Alienation Harms ADHD Families
www.additudemag.com/parental-...
4. eBook: Raising a Teen with ADHD
www.additudemag.com/product/a...
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