Sources

The desk works from public, checkable sources: health services for the facts about children's health and sleep, education authorities for how school systems work, and established parent organisations for family life. Everything else is commentary - including, we are aware, this site.

Health services and paediatrics

• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ADHD resources - the public-health parent pages, plus CDC sleep and physical activity guidance.
• NHS - ADHD in children and teenagers - the UK health service overview for parents, and NHS healthy sleep tips for children.
• HealthyChildren.org - the American Academy of Pediatrics' parent site, including its family media guidance.

Parent organisations

• CHADD - parenting a child with ADHD - the US national parent organisation's guides to routines, school and family life.
• Understood.org - practical school and home guides for parents of children who learn and think differently.
• ADHD Foundation and YoungMinds parents - UK family support resources.
• Child Mind Institute and ZERO TO THREE - plain-language parent guides on behaviour, routines and the early years.

Education authorities and school law explainers

• US Department of Education - IDEA and its Section 504 questions and answers - the official explainers behind the US school plans corner.
• GOV.UK - children with special educational needs and disabilities - the official UK guide to SEND support and EHC plans.
• IPSEA and Wrightslaw - the long-running UK and US parent guides to school processes and paperwork.