Specialty
ADHD Across the Family
Because ADHD rarely shows up in only one person. Support that sees the whole system.
You’re not the only one
Meeting you where you are
When a child is being assessed for ADHD, a parent often recognizes themselves in the process. The questionnaires describe a childhood you remember from the inside. That recognition is common and it is useful: it tells you something about how attention and organization run in your family, and it often explains why the strategies handed to you as a kid never quite took. The evaluation in front of us is still your child’s. What you notice about yourself becomes context for reading the pattern, not a second referral question.
Most families arrive here after months of wondering whether what they’re seeing is a phase, a personality, or something that deserves a closer look. That question is worth answering carefully.
Understanding this
What families often notice
No two children present the same way, and the pattern matters more than any single moment. We look at what happens at school, at home, and in the spaces in between.
- Family patterns of forgetfulness, disorganization, or emotional intensity
- One child diagnosed and siblings quietly struggling
- A parent whose own ADHD makes managing the child’s harder
If some of this sounds familiar, that is reason enough to have a conversation. It is not a conclusion, and it is not a diagnosis.
Our approach
How we work with this
We approach ADHD as a family system, not an isolated diagnosis. The evaluation stays on the child: cognitive testing, attention and executive functioning measures, rating scales from home and school, academic history. Family pattern is context around it. I ask which supports have already been tried, what the household can realistically sustain, and where a parent’s own history predicts what will hold. Recommendations are written to be run by the adults actually in the room.
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Listen first
We start with your story before any measures come out.
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Map the profile
Careful assessment of strengths, challenges, and context.
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Translate findings
Plain-language framing your family and school can use.
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Stay in it
Follow-through so recommendations become real support.
Nothing here is rushed. We move at the pace of the child in the room, and we say plainly what the findings do and do not support.
Modalities
The tools we draw on
Cognitive-behavioral framing
A structured, research-supported approach to changing what a child does and how they interpret it.
Neurodiversity-affirming lens
We describe how a brain works, not what’s wrong with it, and build supports around actual strengths.
Family-systems consultation
Children don’t change in a vacuum. The adults around them are part of the plan from the start.
School collaboration
Direct communication with teachers and IEP teams turns findings into daily classroom support.
What we help with
- Family patterns
- Sibling dynamics
- Parental executive functioning
- Household systems
- Coaching handoffs
Why families choose us
What makes this different
Independent and honest. We don’t soft-pedal findings or inflate them. Reports say what the data says.
Grounded in the research. Every assessment choice is tied to current cognitive and educational science.
Built with families. You’re a partner in the process from the first call to the last recommendation.
Strength-first, deficit-honest. We name what’s hard without losing sight of what’s working.
Questions parents ask
Frequently asked
There is no upper age limit. I work with adults where the question is connected to education or vocation, which includes learning disability documentation for college or professional testing, and vocational assessment. What matters is that the referral question sits within my scope, and that is something we can sort on the consultation call.
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Start with a conversation
Restore your peace.
You do not have to carry this by yourself. Tell us what’s happening, and let’s figure it out together.
Marcia Lynn Miller, LEP #3015 · Independent practice
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