Exam stress can affect more than a student's ability to concentrate and prepare. For young people with ADHD, mounting expectations may contribute to emotional overwhelm, frustration and avoidance. This article explores why students sometimes retreat into gaming or other distractions, how to distinguish recovery from avoidance, and how parents and educators can respond with understanding and practical support.

Exam preparation involves far more than knowing the subject matter. For students with ADHD, planning revision, getting started, managing distractions and sustaining attention can be just as challenging as the exams themselves. Drawing on teaching experience, ADHD coaching and research, this article explores why traditional study advice doesn't always work and how parents and educators can provide more effective support.

School holidays can quickly become another opportunity to catch up, get organised and prepare for what comes next. For young people with ADHD, however, the end of term may call for something different. This article explores the importance of rest, recovery and allowing space to reset before asking young people, and ourselves, to begin again.

Artificial intelligence has enormous potential to support students with ADHD, but there is a problem we may be overlooking. Writing an effective prompt requires many of the same executive functioning skills these students can find difficult. This article explores why we need to look beyond teaching students to write better prompts and instead help them understand where they are stuck, what support they need, and how AI can become a scaffold for thinking rather than a substitute for it.

Every new app promises to make life easier, yet every new login, notification and platform can add another layer of mental effort. This article explores why supporting students with ADHD means thinking beyond individual tools and towards creating digital ecosystems that reduce cognitive load.

Exam results can bring relief, pride, disappointment, and sometimes a deep sense of self-doubt. While academic outcomes matter, they should never become the sole measure of a young person's worth. This article explores how parents and educators can help young people navigate disappointment with compassion, perspective, and hope.

When studying breaks down during exams, it’s easy to assume a lack of effort. But for many students with ADHD, the challenge is not motivation, it’s knowing how to begin and manage the demands of study under pressure. This article explores what’s really happening.

Students with ADHD don’t just need better habits — they need environments that support how their brains work. This article explores how structure, clarity, and reduced cognitive load can make a meaningful difference in focus, organisation, and engagement.

Many highly capable students begin to struggle in senior school despite being intelligent and motivated. Often the issue is not effort, but executive function. Understanding how these skills develop can help parents and educators better support adolescents navigating the increasing demands of senior secondary education.

There comes a point in midlife when time stops feeling abstract. Often prompted by illness, loss, or ageing, this shift brings sadness, reflection, and a quiet desire to live differently. This piece explores what happens when life’s fragility becomes personal, and how that awareness can invite greater honesty, intention, and care.

At the start of a new school year, behaviour is often the first thing we notice — but rarely the first thing that goes wrong. This reflection explores why predictability, regulation, and belonging matter more than firmness or consequences, and why some of the students who struggle most are the ones we miss.

Loneliness in schools often hides behind behaviour, achievement, or quiet withdrawal. This reflection explores why belonging matters for student wellbeing — and what schools can do differently.