Guest Experts
Each week, we feature an expert who has a perspective on complex kids, coming from the fields of Parenting, Coaching, ADHD, mental health, learning issues and related issues. Our wide range of trusted experts help you to focus on children's challenges and how to best support them. When you stay current on the issues and pay attention to your role -- whether as a parent or a professional -- the children in your care will benefit.
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Gina Pera, Author
Veteran journalist Gina Pera is the author of the award-winning book Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? It has been widely praised as a…
David Giwerc, MCC
David Giwerc, MCC, is Founder and President of the ADD Coach Academy, the world's foremost ADHD coach training program. The ADD Coach Academy is the…
Zoe Kessler, BA, BEd
Zoe Kessler is a bestselling author, blogger, and speaker specializing in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in women. Kessler blogs for The Huffington Post and Psych…
Jerome Schultz, PhD
Jerome Schultz, Ph.D. is a Clinical Neuropsychologist, on the faculty at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry. He currently serves as an international…
Daniel Amen, MD
Daniel Amen is a physician, double board certified psychiatrist and nine-time NY Times bestselling author. He is the Founder of Amen Clinics in Costa Mesa…
Tracey Goodwin, MEd & Holly Oberacker, ATR
Tracey Bromley Goodwin, M.Ed., Educational Consultant and ADHD and Life Coach, and Holly Oberacker, ATR, LMHC, Art Therapist, joined forces in 2009, founding Navigating ADHD,…
Jeffrey Katz, PhD
Dr. Jeffrey Katz is a clinician in private practice, evaluating and treating children, adolescents and adults with an emphasis on Attention Deficit Disorder and other…
Christy Calbos, Esq
Specializing exclusively in special education law since 2003, Christy Calbos has extensive knowledge of how public schools educate children with disabilities. As an IEP and…
Jean Marie Keller, College Placement
Jean Keller, of SmartPlanForCollege.com, has been putting her background in education and business to work for college-bound families since 2003. She has worked with over…
Abigail Wurf, MEd, PCC
Abigail Wurf, MEd, PCC helps professionals, entrepreneurs and small business owners affected by ADHD to achieve success in business and in life. A certified coach,…
Beatriz Duda, Coach/Lecturer
Beatriz Duda is a coach graduate in the International School of Coaching - Barcelona; the International Coaching Community (ICC); in Coaching and Consulting from the…
Michele Novotni, PhD
Dr. Michele Novotni is an internationally recognized expert in the field of ADHD. She spearheaded the lobbying efforts for the U.S. Senate Resolution for a…
Randy Kulman, PhD
Randy Kulman is the founder of LearningWorks for Kids, an educational technology firm devoted to maximizing children's learning from popular video games and interactive digital…
Maggie Wray, PhD
Dr. Maggie Wray is a certified ADHD Coach & Academic Life Coach with a Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell and a Bachelor’s degree…
Shelly Lefkoe, Author
Shelly Lefkoe, Co-Founder of The Lefkoe Institute, helps people eliminate behavior patterns they wish they didn't have, and get rid of negative emotions like anxiety…
Terry Matlen, MSW, ACSW
Terry Matlen, MSW, ACSW - psychotherapist, consultant, writer, and coach specializing in adult ADHD, with a special interest in women with ADHD. She is the…
Erika Ferenczi, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, EH, MFIN
Erika Ferenczi, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP, EH, MFIN is a Leading Business and Wealth Mindset Mentor, CEO of Life is Yours, LLC & Founder of www.ErikaFerenczi.com.…
Jo Ann Skinner, PCC, ACAC, BCC
Jo Ann Skinner is a certified professional ADHD coach. She works with older teens, college students and adults. A strength-based coach, Jo Ann unlocks the…
Chris Dendy, Educator
Chris Zeigler Dendy, a popular national and international speaker on ADHD, has over 40 years experience as a teacher, school psychologist, mental health counselor and…
Lisa Shives, MD
Lisa Shives MD is board certified in Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine and Obesity Medicine. She graduated from the University of Chicago medical school and trained…
Virginia Hurley, PCC, CMC, PCAC
Dr. Virginia Hurley practices Integrative ADHD Coaching, including research-based strategies from Positive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Wellness. Prior to her work as an ADHD coach,…
Susan Lasky, MA, SCAC
Susan Lasky has been helping people with ADHD since 1989 when she co-founded the New York City chapter of CHADD. She is a board certified…
Cinda Johnson, EdD
Cinda Johnson is the co-author of Perfect Chaos: A Daughter's Journey with Bipolar, A Mother's Struggle to Save Her (St. Martin's Press, 2012) written with…
Carol Gignoux, MEd
As founder and president of Live ADHD Free, LLC, Carol Gignoux, MEd has proven to be one of the foremost thought leaders on the subject…
Elaine Taylor-Klaus, MCC, CPCC
With a lifelong passion for politics and community, Elaine Taylor-Klaus has always been a vocal and dynamic advocate for change. When she was presented with…
Rick Green, Speaker/Comedian/Expert
After graduating with a BSC. in Physics, Rick Green created public programs for the Ontario Science Centre. In 1979 he became a full-time comedian, writing…
Larry Silver, MD
Larry Silver, MD, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, is the past president of the Learning Disabilities Association of America and the author of The Misunderstood…
Heather Salsman, Educator, Special Ed
Heather Salsman is a Special Education Teacher in Indianapolis, IN. She has experience working with students in preschool through high school settings as a general…
Melissa Fahrney, MA, ACC, CSS
Melissa Fahrney holds a Master's degree in school psychology, licensure as a HeartMath(R) Provider, and certification in life, AD/HD and career specialist coaching for children,…
Jed Applerouth, PhD
Jed Applerouth is the founder and CEO of Applerouth Tutoring Services, a national educational company with offices in Atlanta, New York, DC, Los Angeles, Chicago…