If your child is diagnosed with ADHD, you and your health professional will work together to develop a behaviour management plan. This is when children have more schoolwork and go through social and emotional changes. Managing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD in teenagers is first about accepting that your child will behave in challenging ways at times and might have difficulties both at home and school. Also, teenagers go through lots of social, emotional and physical changes, which can make things even more complicated.

NCBI Bookshelf. John M. Authors John M. This summary discusses the different types of treatment for ADHD.

Download Fact Sheet. Mostly, you are just a regular teen, with all the ups and downs that come with being a teenager. People used to think that only young kids had ADHD and that children grew out of it as they got older.