Rethinking ADHD Parenting Through Connection Not Correction
A New Parenting Handbook Offers Grounded Support for Families Navigating ADHD
A new evidence-based parenting guide offers much-needed clarity and reassurance for families navigating ADHD. The Ultimate ADHD Parenting Handbook, by ADHD educator and advocate Vivian Dunstan provides parents with practical, compassionate and research-informed support for raising children with ADHD in the real world.
Created for families seeking more than quick fixes or deficit-based narratives, the handbook blends current ADHD research with professional practice and lived experience. The result is a grounded roadmap designed to help parents better understand their child’s brain, respond to behaviour with confidence and build calmer, more connected family environments.
Vivian Dunstan is the founder of ADHD Support Australia and has spent more than a decade supporting neurodivergent children and their families through community programs and education initiatives. A trusted public voice on ADHD and neurodivergence, she offers expert insight on ADHD, parenting and women’s mental health.
“Parents are often told what they should be doing, without being shown how to make it work in real family systems. This book bridges that gap - blending science with compassion and evidence with lived experience.”
A Holistic Approach to ADHD at Home
Rather than treating behaviour as the problem, The Ultimate ADHD Parenting Handbook takes a holistic, family-centred approach. It recognises the complex interplay between neurology, environment, relationships, lifestyle and parental wellbeing, supporting families to move away from blame and towards understanding.
Throughout the book, parents are guided to:
Identify and nurture their child’s strengths to build confidence and self-esteem
Support focus, sleep, mood and emotional regulation through nutrition and lifestyle
Navigate screen time, friendships and social development in both online and offline worlds
Develop a parenting philosophy that supports the whole family
Care for their own mental health while raising a neurodivergent child
Designed for parents at any stage of their journey - from newly diagnosed families to those who have been navigating ADHD for years - the handbook offers reassurance, practical tools and a sense of solidarity.
Expert Endorsement
The book has been endorsed by leading ADHD psychologist J. Russell Ramsay, PhD, ABPP, who describes it as:
“An accurate picture of ADHD and its challenges, delivered with obvious compassion for children and teens with ADHD, and the families striving to support them… an impressively comprehensive and useful guide that will undoubtedly be a great help for innumerable households living with ADHD.”