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Bright, Busy, and Misunderstood, ADHD in Girls
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The complete neurodiversity-affirming parent guide to understanding and supporting girls with ADHD, from the toddler years through the teens.
Girls with ADHD are diagnosed later than boys and missed more often. Many are labeled spacey, dramatic, chatty or “too much” long before anyone thinks of ADHD. Others hold it together all day and fall apart at home. This 157-page guide brings everything a parent needs into one place: research-based explanations, real-life composite examples, scripts and age-by-age support. It includes 33 printables built to be easy on executive function, for her and for you. The core idea fits in five words: she can’t yet, not she won’t.
What’s inside
- Part 1, Understanding ADHD in Girls:What ADHD is and isn’t, and the executive functions one by one.
- Why she can do it “sometimes.”
- Why girls are so often missed.
- Emotions, rejection sensitivity, and meltdowns vs. shutdowns.
- Co-occurring conditions.
- Strengths and identity.
- Part 2, The Diagnosis Journey: getting or making sense of a diagnosis, masking, culture, family and community, and how to tell others, including scripts for skeptical relatives.
- Part 3, Support and Treatment:A whole-child support plan.
- A balanced, decision-neutral overview of medication.
- Therapy and skill-building, including Collaborative & Proactive Solutions.
- Working with school.
- Part 4, Day-to-Day Parenting:Connection before correction.
- Wise Mind parenting.
- Structure that works with her brain.
- Friendships, dating and social life.
- Body, sleep and puberty.
- Part 5, Age-by-Age Guide: early childhood (0 to 5), school-age (6 to 12) and teens (13 to 17), including kindergarten readiness, homework, driving, online safety and growing independence.
- Part 6, Caring for the Whole Family: parent well-being, faith and spiritual coping, and family culture.
- Part 7, Tools and Resources: a printables index, crisis and safety information, a glossary and a full APA reference list.
33 printables, including
- “Can’t Yet” Swap Card
- My Brain’s Manager
- Label Detective
- Inside and Outside
- Where Does My Feeling Live?
- Three-Day Check
- Strengths Word Bank
- My Superpower Shield
- Evaluation Checklist
- Disclosure Planner
- All About My Brain
- Support Wheel
- Solving It Together
- About My Daughter (a teacher introduction)
- Our Regulated School Day
- My Wise Mind Parenting Plan
- Three Minds Art Journal
- Hot Spot Check
- My Routine
- Green Flags, Red Flags
- Three-Night Sleep Check
- My Bedtime Routine
- How My Brain Works
- Drain and Refill
- How ADHD Shows Up for My Daughter
- Questions for Providers
- My Calm-Down Plan
- My Safe People
- and more
Each one is labeled “for you” or “for her,” with an age range and a time estimate.
Who it’s for
- Parents of girls with ADHD, diagnosed or suspected.
- Parents of daughters who are “fine at school” but struggling underneath.
- Neurodivergent moms recognizing themselves in their daughters.
- Therapists, school counselors and parent coaches who want one comprehensive resource to build parent work around.
Ways to use it
- As a full parent-coaching curriculum across weeks or months.
- Jump to the part your family needs right now, then use that section’s printables.
- Bring the “How ADHD Shows Up for My Daughter” snapshot to doctor and school meetings.
- As a long-term reference that grows with her from toddlerhood to the teens.
Why it’s different
Most ADHD books are written about boys, or about ADHD in general. This one is built around girls: masking, internalizing, rejection sensitivity, friendships, puberty and the cycle, and the cultural expectations girls carry. It’s neurodiversity-affirming throughout and research-based, with composite examples that make the research real. Every section ends with “Put It Into Practice” activities designed for tired, busy, often neurodivergent parents.
What you get
- 1 printable PDF, 157 pages, US Letter
- 7 parts and 25 sections, 33 printables, composite case examples, scripts, a crisis and safety section, a glossary and full references
- Single-clinician license included
Pairs well with
- Effort Isn’t the Issue: ADHD in Teens
- Zero to Sixty (Emotional Overwhelm in ADHD)
- Regulation Over Compliance: Big Feelings, Growing Brains
- Calm Is Contagious: Wise Mind Parenting
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About Bloom Differently With Sarah Potter
Hi, I’m Sarah Potter (they/she). I’m an AuDHD parent of three neurodivergent kids and a clinical mental health counselor in training. Bloom Differently is where my lived experience and my clinical training meet.
I make the resources I wish my family and my clients had: clear, warm and practical, and grounded in research. Every guide, workbook and worksheet here starts from a few beliefs:
- Behavior is communication. Underneath a meltdown, a shutdown or a “no” is a need, a feeling or a nervous system at capacity.
- Regulation over compliance. Kids learn calm by borrowing ours, not through pressure or threats.
- Different, not deficient. Neurodivergent brains don’t need to be fixed or made to look typical. They need to be understood and supported.
- Connection comes first. Skills grow inside safe relationships.
My work draws on nervous system regulation, attachment theory, emotion-focused therapy, child-centered play therapy and DBT skills. I’m trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming in everything I create.
Who these resources are for
- Parents and caregivers raising kids who feel big, think differently or don’t fit the usual mold.
- Teens and adults who want to understand their own brains and emotions.
- Therapists, school counselors and coaches who need affirming, well-cited handouts they can trust with clients.
Every product is a printable PDF with a single-clinician license, so you can use it with your own clients or family again and again.
Thank you for being here. However your people grow, I hope you find something that helps them bloom.
Learn more at sarahapotter.com