ADHD’s Impact on Communication and What to Do About it with Mark Bertin. M.D. — 2025

Understanding ADHD means moving beyond seeing it only as an attention disorder. It’s much more than that, impacting a broader cognitive skill set called executive function. Executive function acts as the brain manager, coordinating and planning everything in life from home to health to school. As part of that larger view, one of the most under-discussed aspects of ADHD is its direct impact on communication. This talk reviews the impact of ADHD and executive function challenges on communication, as well as practical solutions for communicating with more ease, less reactivity, and greater awareness. The overall intention is to integrate evidence-based ADHD care, principles of nonviolent communication and mindfulness to build strong communication skills.

About Mark Bertin, MD:

Dr. Bertin is a developmental pediatrician and author of How Children Thrive, Mindful Parenting for ADHD, Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Teen ADHD and The Family ADHD Solution, all of which integrate mindfulness into evidence-based pediatric care, and a contributing author for the book Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens. Dr. Bertin is a faculty member at New York Medical College and the Windward Teacher Training Institute and has served on advisory boards for APSARD, Additude Magazine, The Screen Time Action Network, Common Sense Media and Reach Out and Read. His blog is available through Psychology Today and elsewhere. For more information, please visit his website atwww.developmentaldoctor.com.