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First Five Things to Do After Your Child Is Diagnosed with ADHD

By Terri Mauro, About.com

1: READ a guide to behavior management and ADHD.

2: BUY Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach Compare Prices, recommended by a forum poster, or one of these selections reviewed for the Harried Parent's Book Club.

3: SEARCH for a chapter of the support and advocacy group CHADD near you.

4: JOIN an e-mail group like ADD-ADHD Parents to get ideas and strategies from other parents.

5: VISIT our listing of ADHD links for more information and ideas.

Do you have suggestions for parents of children newly diagnosed with ADHD? Tell them about that book that explained everything, that website full of resources, that e-mail group you still lean on, that experience with your child that made you see things differently. Those of us who have been there have important gifts to give those who have not yet done that. Offer your words of wisdom and experience where you see "Tell Your Tips" below.

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