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Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert

Sheppard Afb, Texas
Work-At-Home parent of an Autistic son, three children with ADHD and both myself and my wife have ADHD as well.  Makes for an interesting life. Oh, and I blog about ADHD, too.
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Bipolar and Mental Health Organizations by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association 730 N. Franklin, Chicago, IL 60610 Phone: 800/82 -NDMDA. (800/826-3632) www.ndmad.org The National Foundati ... Read on »
Whoops! by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD If you’ve gotten a Page Not Found error when coming to this site through a search engine, I humbly apologize. I realized that my permalink structure was set incorrectly. ... Read on »
DIAGNOSING BIPOLAR vs. ADHD by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD by Charles Popper, M.D. Similarities: Both disorders share many characteristics: impulsivity, inattention, hyperactivity, physical energy, behavioral and emotional lab ... Read on »
Our Expectations for a Teacher by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD The teacher must understand that our primarily goal is keeping ________ alive. Education is secondary! Education is extremely important to our family and we will make what ... Read on »
Premorbid and Postmorbid School Functioning in Bipolar Adolescents: by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD Description and Suggested Academic Interventions by Quackenbush, Kutcher, et al. School Program Modifications A variety of useful school program modifications can be ... Read on »
Checklists for Teachers by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD Reprinted from THE ADD/ADHD CHECKLIST by Sandra Rief . Reprinted with pennission of Prentice Hall Direct Getting Students’ Attention Ask an interesting, specula ... Read on »
The Robin Williams in my Head by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD I mentioned Dana Blankenhorn’s blog yesterday.  In that entry I referred to his entry on his son’s problems with schools.  I got started reading the rest of his entries on ... Read on »
Just for fun, ADHD T’s by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD Just because you have ADHD doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a sense of humor about it! This long sleeved T is on my list of shirts to get, along with several others.  M ... Read on »
ADHD Related Blog Entries, make more money, school issues and more by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD This is not the only blog that covers ADHD and related topics. From time-to-time (hopefully on a regular basis), I’ll try to direct you to some of the other resources ava ... Read on »
ATTENTION DEFICIT/ HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD National Institute of Mental Health . Decade of the Brain INTRODUCTION Imagine living in a fast-moving kaleidoscope, where sounds, images, and thoughts are consta ... Read on »
Mario’s Story, An ADHD Fact Sheet by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) An ADD / ADHD fact sheet from NICHCY Fact Sheet Number 19 (FS19)National Information Center for Children and Youth w ... Read on »
The Impact of ADHD on the Family and the Father’s Relationship with his Child by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD Patrick J. Kilcarr, Ph.D. Georgetown University author of “Fatherhood and ADHD” reprinted with permission of Rowell Family Empowerment As many of us know, living with ... Read on »
Where’d he go? by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD I bet it looked for a moment like I was one of the great disappearing ADHD bloggers. Well, I’m not. Sorry for the lapse, but I’ve been in a head cold induced stupor ... Read on »
Where have they gone? by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD Where have all the ADHD bloggers gone?  Oh, I find links to ADHD blogs in directories and in blog searches, but when I go to visit these blogs and see what other people ar ... Read on »
Blended Families by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD Families that include children with ADHD are often blended families.  While divorce or relationship issues are not a cause of ADHD, ADHD can at times be the cause of divor ... Read on »
Living With The Shinies by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD The shinies. To anyone with ADHD this is probably a pretty familiar term. to those without a shiny problem, let me take a moment to explain. The shinies has become a ... Read on »
Gift ideas for inquisitive minds by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD Kids with ADHD tend to be very inquisitive. Their interests are generally wide and varied, and those interests don’t often fade as the child grows. While most ADHD child ... Read on »
Renegade Boston school board member pushing ADHD alternatives by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD From Youth For Human Rights - Boston. Apparently, there is a school board member in the Boston Area somewhere who has also deemed themselves to be both a clinical resea ... Read on »
Tutoring options that help your ADHD child SCORE! by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD If you have a child with ADHD, you are probably well aware that academic performance can be a huge challenge at times. Not all ADHD kids have problems learning, but many h ... Read on »
Attack of the shineys by Jerry D. Russell Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in ADD & ADHD I had to go and mention that I had methods to combat the shineys, didn’t I. In the global scheme of things that must be akin to saying those famous last words: At le ... Read on »