Recommended Reading
- The Family ADHD Solution and Mindful Parenting for ADHD, by Mark Bertin, MD
- How Children Thrive by Mark Bertin, MD
- mindfulness & self-compassion for teen adhd by Mark Bertin, MD & Karen Bluth, Ph.D
- Your Defiant Child and Your Defiant Teen, by Russell Barkley, PhD
- More Attention, Less Deficit, by Ari Tuckman, PsyD
- Making the Grade With ADD: A Student’s Guide to Succeeding in College With Attention Deficit Disorder, by Stephanie Sarkis, PhD
- Chadd Educator’s Manual on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Chris A. Zeigler Dendy, M.S., editor
- The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD, Lidia Zylowska, MD
- Understanding Girls with ADHD, by Patricia Quinn, Ellen Littman, Kathleen Nadeau
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Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential by Peg Dawson, EdD & Richard Guare. PhD
Articles by Dr. Bertin
Children and Family
- The House We Build for ADHD
- Collaboration When a Family Has ADHD: Like Parent Like Child
- ADHD and Self Compassion
- Reframing ADHD – Understanding Executive Function From a Child’s Perspective
- Managing Oppositional Behaviors (book excerpt)
Articles – Education
- The Pivotal Role of Adults in Teen ADHD Care
- Legal Rights of Students with ADHD
- ADHD Summer Reading Challenge
- ADHD Goes to College
- ADHD Goes to School
- ADHD School Planning in 300 Words or Less
- ADHD and High School Planning
- Preschool ADHD Diagnosis
Articles – Health
- Talking Back to ADHD
- Turning the Page on ADHD
- The ADHD Healthy Summer Living Challenge
- Mindful Eating, ADHD and Nutrition
Webinars, Media, and Additional Guides
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ADHD Plus: Diagnosing and Treating Comorbid Conditions in Children – ADDitude Webinar
- Is It ADHD, Autism, or Both? A Parent’s Guide to Social and Emotional Health – ADDitude Webinar
- Dr. Bertin Interview with ADD Crusher (starts at 16:37)
- Attention Doesn’t Half Describe It
- Adult ADHD: A Little Awareness Goes a Long Way
- ADHD and Communication
- The ADHD Blame Game
- Getting from Point A to Point C with ADHD
- How to ADHD (Why its so hard to do something that should be easy)
Professional & Organizational Resources
- CHADD: Children And Adults With ADHD
- ADDitude Magazine
- ImpactADHD
- TotallyADD
- National Institute of Mental Health
- International Consensus Statement on ADHD
- Insideadhd.org (includes worksheets for download)
- ADD Resource Center NYC
- MindfullyADD
Tools & Apps for Executive Function and Daily Living
- Tiimo (A visual AI planner built for real life)
- Pomodoro Timer App — uses timed work and break intervals (e.g., 25 minutes of focused work followed by a 5-minute break) to support focus and productivity
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Todoist (A To-Do List to Organize Your Work & Life)
- Freedom – Screen Time App (Blocking distractions across devices)
- Forest – Stay focused (Visual motivation + gentle accountability
- Opal – (Reducing compulsive phone checking)
- Phone Screen Time & Focus Modes
- How We Feel App (A journal for your wellbeing)