] Welcome to the show, Melissa! [04:16] Melissa shares when she was diagnosed with ADHD and how her intelligence allowed her to fly under the radar. [05:32] What caused you to seek a diagnosis for ADHD? [07:30] Melissa speaks about knowing something was wrong once she changed direction in her career and got more administrative tasks. [10:03] Listen, as Melissa shares some challenges she sees with online learning since COVID-19. [12:10] Melissa speaks about how she adapted. [13:05] What would you suggest to fellow professors struggling with learning a whole new way of teaching? [15:24] Melissa believes that nailing learning objectives to the life skills that they need instead of detailed skills takes learning in the right direction. [21:14] Listen as Melissa describes what she thinks school will look like in the fall. [22:46] Melissa discusses how she believes we can keep students safe. [25:36] Melissa suggests what students with ADHD especially can do to be prepared for online learning. [28:40] When taking notes, make sure you write them in your words. Read a paragraph or two and write a summary in your words. [29:50] Eric shares some strategies he used when he was in college. [31:57] Your brain wants it to be easy. Practice the actual process of recall. [35:04] It takes an intelligent person to understand this concept, but it takes a genius to explain it to a kindergartner. [36:54] What are some other challenges a student with ADHD might face when taking virtual classes? [37:44] They speak about going on rate my professor and check out their teaching style. [44:14] Melissa talks about handling going back to class and then if COVID-19 spikes again having to go back to social distancing. [46:51] Melissa discusses students not having regular hours because of jobs or children in her community college. [48:22] Melissa says that community college is already set up for people with challenging schedules. [49:53] What are some reasonable steps students might be able to take to prepare students if they have to go back to virtual classes. [52:16] Melissa shares some final tips for students. [54:42] Thank you for being on the show! [55:35] If you are a regular listener, consider becoming a patron click on our Patreon tap at  Find Melissa @docbarlett | Use my Audible.com affiliate link for your favorite titles: ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability Groups The 16th season of the ADHD reWired Coaching and Accountability groups are ending soon.  ArC 17 Summer Sessions run July 11th – Sept. 19th.   We only have 9 spots remaining. Please visit to learn more and sign-up for our Last Scheduled Registration Event on June 11th at 3 PM CT.  You don’t want to miss it! Support the Podcast on Patreon Patreon allows listeners like you to support content creators like me. With a monthly contribution, you can get access to different levels of perks.  One perk example is our Patron-only Group Coaching Sessions.  Learn more at . ADHD reWired Facebook Group: If you would like to apply to join the ADHD reWired Secret Facebook group, go to and fill out the application. Productivity Q&A Get your ADHD questions answered live! These Q&A sessions take place on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 12:30 PM CT. Go to Want to be a guest? Hey! What about you? Do you have a story? Are you a coach? Are you an ADHD Clinician? If you answered yes to any of these questions and you’d like to be a guest, .