On-Demand Parenting Webinars

“Coparenting After Divorce: How to Manage ADHD Consistently Across Households” [Video Replay & Podcast #466]

Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#466), download the slide presentation, and learn how to get a certificate of attendance for this ADHD Experts webinar originally broadcast on August 8, 2023.

Merriam Saunders
ADHD Expert: Merriam R. Sarcia Saunders, LMFT Verified Updated on August 22, 2023
Click to Add Comments

Episode Description

For parents who are divorced or contemplating a divorce, and who have children with ADHD, there are unique developmental and emotional needs to consider when figuring out how to coparent across households. Typical coparenting approaches may ignore important neurodevelopmental factors and, at worst, cause your children harm. Executive functioning is a challenge for children with ADHD and managing symptoms can be difficult when faced with heightened emotions and grief, frequent transitions, the need to track personal items, parental conflict, and dealing with new family members. Cooperation and consistency across homes is key but is not always easy or the norm.

In this webinar, caregivers will learn:

  • How to talk to your child about divorce
  • How best to handle common challenges for parents of neurodivergent children during and after divorce
  • About developmental stages and neurodivergent considerations for custody scheduling
  • How to cope with worsening ADHD behavior in your child post-divorce
  • About writing or rewriting a parenting plan to meet your child’s unique needs
  • How to manage ADHD with an uncooperative parent

Watch the Video Replay

Enter your email address in the box above labeled “Video Replay + Slide Access” to watch the video replay (closed captions available) and download the slide presentation.

Download or Stream the Podcast Audio

Click the play button below to listen to this episode directly in your browser, click the symbol to download to listen later, or open in your podcasts app: Apple Podcasts; Google Podcasts; Audacy; Spotify; Amazon Music; iHeartRADIO.

More on Coparenting Children with ADHD

Obtain a Certificate of Attendance

If you attended the live webinar on August 8, 2023, watched the video replay, or listened to the podcast, you may purchase a certificate of attendance option (cost: $10). Note: ADDitude does not offer CEU credits. Click here to purchase the certificate of attendance option »

Meet the Expert Speaker

Merriam Sarcia Saunders, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider specializing in parenting & neurodevelopmental disorders. She is the author of the ADHD-focused children’s books, My Whirling, Twirling Motor and My Wandering, Dreaming Mind (Magination Press/APA), and Trouble with a Tiny t (Capstone), as well as the adult nonfiction Divorce and the ADHD, Autistic, Anxious Child and Mindfulness Meditation for ADHD (Rockridge Press). (#CommissionsEarned) She is a graduate professor of psychology at Dominican University and the founder of the popular Facebook page, How To Parent ADHD, along with its parenting video course, How To Parent ADHD without Losing Your Mind.

#CommissionsEarned As an Amazon Associate, ADDitude earns a commission from qualifying purchases made by ADDitude readers on the affiliate links we share. However, all products linked in the ADDitude Store have been independently selected by our editors and/or recommended by our readers. Prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication.

Webinar Sponsor

The sponsor of this ADDitude webinar is….

Accentrate® is a dietary supplement formulated to address nutritional deficiencies known to be associated with ADHD. It contains omega-3 fatty acids in phospholipid form (the form already in the brain). This Brain Ready™ Nutrition helps manage inattention, lack of focus, emotional dysregulation, and hyperactivity without drug-like side effects. | fenixhealthscience.com

ADDitude thanks our sponsors for supporting our webinars. Sponsorship has no influence on speaker selection or webinar content.

Follow ADDitude’s full ADHD Experts Podcast in your podcasts app:
Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Amazon Music | RadioPublic | Pocket Casts | iHeartRADIO | Audacy