What Research Shows About How Technology and AI Can Help Neurodivergent Kids ADHD is often identified as a disorder of executive functioning, brain-based, self-management skills such as working memory, flexibility, time management, organization, and self-control. Viewing ADHD as an executive functioning disorder rather than as simply hyperactivity or inattention allows clinicians to treat it as…
Help teenagers recognize how algorithms can shape their video interests. Typical teenagers spend more than 8.5 hours per day with screen media. For teenagers who describe themselves as “enjoying screen-based media a lot,” their favorite activities include watching online videos and playing video games. If we could influence teens to choose between video games and…
Over the past 15 years, there have been 2 activities that my patients with ADHD almost universally love: Minecraft and Legos. These might be considered two of the best and most nutritious ingredients for a healthy Play Diet. While they started out as play on two different mediums (screen and floor), they are now often…
You might not know it, but the answer to that question is a resounding yes. And you need to know about it! Whether it’s a teenager using ChatGPT or Gemini to help with homework or writing assignments, or a one-year-old listening to music selected by their parents, your child is almost certainly interacting with AI….
Did you know that one of the top health-related worries for parents around the world is children’s screen time? Parents in Australia report it as their number one concern. American and European parents say similar things. If you spend any time talking with families, you hear the same anxiety: Too much gaming. Too much YouTube….
If your child has ADHD, you already know they live life right on the edge of what’s new. They’re the ones testing limits, chasing ideas, and often leaping before they look. You see it in the toddler who scales the kitchen counter or the teen who can’t resist trying a tricky skateboard move they just…
When we talk about neurodivergent children, we tend to begin with labels and diagnoses. ADHD.Autism.Learning disabilities.Twice-exceptional.Anxiety.Sensory processing differences. Labels can be useful. They guide evaluations, services, and, at times, school supports. In my work as a child neuropsychologist, labels help me ensure these children receive the services they need and help parents identify how to…
Parents often tell our Digitally Nutritious team that the most stressful part of screen time isn’t the screens. It’s getting their child off the screen. And for many neurodivergent kids, stopping doesn’t feel like a simple request. It can feel like losing a world they were deeply absorbed in—right in the middle of something important….
Should you use AI with your infant?No. This might be the easiest essay I’ve ever written. The primary tasks of infancy are not academic. They are not digital. They are not symbolic. Infants learn through their senses and their bodies. They learn by moving, touching, mouthing, banging, dropping, pulling things off shelves, and—yes—making big messes….
Neurodivergent children have different relationships with technology. If you are the parent of a neurodivergent child—perhaps one diagnosed with ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, a learning disability, anxiety, depression, or a mood disorder—you have likely noticed this already. Even parents of children without a formal diagnosis, including those with executive functioning difficulties, processing disorders, speech and…
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