About Birdrock Center for ADHD
Welcome to Birdrock!
At Birdrock Center for ADHD, our mission is to empower families of children with ADHD by providing the knowledge, tools, and community connections they need to raise healthy, thriving kids. Through a strengths-based, multimodal approach, we help families build confidence, resilience, and hope—ensuring every child has access to the best resources and support.
Our Vision
We envision a world where parents of children with ADHD feel confident, supported, and empowered to nurture their child’s unique potential. By bridging the gap between up-to-date ADHD knowledge, personalized resources, and community connection, we aim to transform ADHD care into one that celebrates strengths, fosters well-being, and builds thriving families and communities.
What “Birdrock” Means
The name Birdrock reflects a dual concept: allowing each child to fully express their individuality—their energy, creativity, and out-of-the-box thinking—while also providing the grounding, structure, and team support they need to flourish. To us, Birdrock represents a foundation: a place where children and families can build skills, grow confidence, and achieve success within a strengths-based framework that honors each child’s unique personality.
What We Offer
Birdrock is led by Dr. Brooke McLaughlin, a board-certified pediatrician with clinical and research expertise in ADHD. We provide comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and ongoing management for children with known or suspected ADHD.
Our collaborative model connects families with a broad referral network, including child therapists, executive function coaches, academic specialists, complementary medicine providers, and nutritionists. Children continue to see their pediatrician for general care but may choose to have their ADHD needs addressed at Birdrock for as long as they wish—from initial evaluation through long-term management.
We’re so glad you’re here.
Brooke McLaughlin, MD, MPH
Brooke McLaughlin, MD, MPH, is a board-certified pediatrician, entrepreneur, and dedicated advocate for children with ADHD. She is the Founder and Principal Clinician at the Birdrock Center for ADHD, a private practice offering a strengths-based, multimodal approach to ADHD care. She also serves as a Faculty Affiliate at the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, where her research focuses on parent and clinician perspectives of a novel ADHD support tool, The ADHD Playbook.
Dr. McLaughlin completed her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, majoring in Psychological and Brain Sciences and earning the Lombard Service Fellowship to bring visibility to children with ADHD and learning differences. She went on to receive her MD/MPH from Dartmouth Medical School and completed her pediatric training at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Beyond clinical work, Dr. McLaughlin has held leadership roles in biotech, serving on the founding management teams of two start-ups, including Compass Therapeutics, which went public in 2021. At Dartmouth Health, she co-founded the ADHD Service at Dartmouth Hitchcock’s Lebanon campus, where she provided care to hundreds of children and families across New Hampshire and Vermont.
Her research has been supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Dartmouth’s Department of Community and Family Medicine. She designed and developed The ADHD Playbook, a digital and clinic-based support tool for parents, and is leading early feasibility and acceptability studies exploring its impact. She has presented her work nationally and internationally, continuing to advance innovative approaches to ADHD care.
Dr. McLaughlin is an unwavering optimist about reframing how children with ADHD see themselves—and how the world sees them. Her clinical, research, and innovation efforts remain rooted in her commitment to helping kids thrive through a strengths-based lens.