Child ADHD

Your child isn’t lazy. Or broken. Or too much. They might have ADHD.

Evidence-forward guidance for parents of 5–12 year olds — through the eval, the diagnosis, and everything that comes after.

Start here: Is it ADHD? →Schedule a session →

Where families start

Pick the moment you’re in

Just wondering if it might be ADHD

Is it ADHD? A plain-English screener

A 10-minute self-guided screener with a printable clinician hand-off page. Age-adjusted for 5–12.

We got the diagnosis — now what?

Your first 30 days after an ADHD diagnosis

What the care plan usually looks like, what questions to ask, and what to expect from the first month.

Thinking about medication

Stimulants, non-stimulants, and when each makes sense

How pediatric clinicians think about first-line decisions, side effects, and ‘what if the first med doesn’t work.’

From the clinical team atEmora Health

Emora Health is a pediatric mental-health practice. We see ADHD every day — the good days, the hard ones, the ‘we tried three meds and now we’re here’ ones. This site is the resource we wish we could hand every family at the first visit — and keep handing them as the years change.

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