The packets and worksheets included here are inspired by CBT principles and designed to help children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD—and anyone facing ED—improve their emotion management skills.

1. Create an Optimal Environment for Focus People with ADHD need the best environment to focus. Your physical environment plays a major role in how well you focus and get things done.

Use timers: Many people focus better under pressure. Waiting to the last minute is one way to create this kind of forced focus but also leads to late nights, rushed work, and no time for editing.

Focus is affected by many things including a loss of familiar routines (where and when you do things) and predictability (how and why you do). Human brains, especially those with ADHD, benefit ...

Symptoms of ADHD are non-specific Just as fever is a medical symptom, problems with attention, focus and concentration — alone or in combination with irritability and restlessness — are symptoms ...

Background music can help people focus better, new research shows. Image source: Baby2M/Adobe Importantly, people with ADHD also reported a preference for stimulating music over calming tracks.