TPP 355: Dr. Sharon Saline on Understanding and Working with ADHD in Girls
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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Why are girls with ADHD often missed or misdiagnosed?
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What we see for a lot of girls with ADHD is that it's easier for them to be friends with neurotypical boys than it is for neurotypical girls because of missing some of these social nuances and the need to kind of hide socially, whether they're wearing a mask uh through del self deprecating humor or trying to be cool with alcohol or marit want to use or they're camouflaging, they're trying to fly below the radar, attempting to be quote unquote normal, compliant, more passive in groups, and yet coming home and having major meltdowns and emotional dysregulation.
I'm Debbie Reber and welcome to Tilled Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. You may have heard about the lost generation of autistic women, which refers to those women whose diagnoses were missed when they were younger because of the male gender bias in the diagnostic criteria. But that phenomenon doesn't just apply to autism. The same thing goes for girls and ADHD. There's actually been a lot written about this in recent years, including a popular 2020 article in The Guardian called The Lost Girls. Chaotic and curious women with ADHD all have missed red flags that haunt us.
What early signs should parents look for in girls with ADHD?
It's true that the stereotype of a kid with ADHD is that energetic, impulsive, disorganized boy. But in girls especially, it can also look like perfectionism and having a hard time receiving feedback, forgetfulness, misreading social cues and struggling with friendships, drifting off and inconsistent. Consistency and schoolwork. I've gotten a bunch of requests to explore ADHD and girls for the show, so I invited Dr. Sharon Selene, a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with children, teens, adults, and families living with ADHD, learning disabilities, twice exceptionality, and mental health issues, and the author of the book What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew, back to the podcast for a conversation about how to better understand the reality.
Qualities of life for a girl with ADHD. So in this episode, you'll hear about why ADHD in girls often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, what kind of ineffective coping strategies girls with ADHD may use to hide their struggles, and what some of the early signs are and how to recognize them.
How do girls with ADHD use coping strategies to hide their struggles?
We also talked about ADHD burnout and the challenges of how. Rejection sensitive dysphoria, which often co-occurs in people with ADHD, how that might impact girls. A little bit more about Sharon before we dive in. Sharon Celine lectures and facilitates workshops internationally on topics such as ADHD and neurodivergence, executive functioning, anxiety, motivation, perfectionism, and working with different kinds of learners. She's on the advisory panel and serves as a contributing editor at Attitude Magazine and hosts their weekly Facebook Live sessions. And as you'll hear, she is truly just a wealth of information when it comes to understanding ADHD. So let's get into it.
What role does social media play in the lives of ADHD‑affected girls?
All things girls and ADHD with Dr. Sharon Celine. Hey Sharon, welcome to the podcast. Hi, Debbie. It is great to be here. Thank you so much for having me on. I should actually say welcome back to the podcast because you are a returning guest. You were on the show uh several years ago. We talked about your book, which I'm sure many listeners are familiar with. It's called What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew, Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life. And it's a wonderful. resource listeners, I'll have a link to that episode in the show notes. So definitely go back and listen to that. I reached out to you because I've been getting a lot of requests to do an episode specifically on the intersection of ADHD and girls.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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Why are girls with ADHD often missed or misdiagnosed?
0:00–1:50
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What early signs should parents look for in girls with ADHD?
1:50–2:56
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How do girls with ADHD use coping strategies to hide their struggles?
2:56–3:41
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What role does social media play in the lives of ADHD‑affected girls?
3:41–4:40
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How does rejection‑sensitive dysphoria (RSD) affect girls with ADHD?
4:40–6:03
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What is the difference between stress and burnout for ADHD girls?
6:03–7:01
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How can parents and educators support girls experiencing ADHD burnout?
7:01–8:33
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What practical strategies help girls with ADHD thrive at school and home?
8:33–41:18
Speakers
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