Attention Difference Disorder: How to Turn Your ADHD Child or Teen's Differences Into Strengths in 7 Simple Steps
Autor Kenny Handelmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2011
Parents of kids and teens with ADD or ADHD often struggle with the myths and stigma surrounding their child's condition. This can often lead to parental guilt and shame. In Attention Difference Disorder, Dr. Handelman combines his clinical and scientific background with a positive, strength based approach to bring you 7 simple steps to succeed with ADD.
Dr. Handelman shares that there is not always a deficit in attention with ADD, rather there are differences. As he writes: " One of the themes of this book is to take your child's deficits and turn them into differences, and then turn those differences into strengths."
In this concise, easy to read and thorough book, you'll begin to see ADD in a completely different light. The science is combined with a practical and easy to implement approach, where the 7 steps help parents navigate the different treatments needed to help their children succeed. The 7 steps include strategies for home, school, medications as well as one of the most thorough reviews of the science behind the Alternative Treatments for ADD yet published.
Attention Difference Disorder helps parents to understand their "Parent's ADD Journey", and address whether ADD can be a gift and provides a 6 step plan to help you to unwrap the gifts in ADD.
Dr. Handelman shares that there is not always a deficit in attention with ADD, rather there are differences. As he writes: " One of the themes of this book is to take your child's deficits and turn them into differences, and then turn those differences into strengths."
In this concise, easy to read and thorough book, you'll begin to see ADD in a completely different light. The science is combined with a practical and easy to implement approach, where the 7 steps help parents navigate the different treatments needed to help their children succeed. The 7 steps include strategies for home, school, medications as well as one of the most thorough reviews of the science behind the Alternative Treatments for ADD yet published.
Attention Difference Disorder helps parents to understand their "Parent's ADD Journey", and address whether ADD can be a gift and provides a 6 step plan to help you to unwrap the gifts in ADD.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781600378881
ISBN-10: 1600378889
Pagini: 230
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN-10: 1600378889
Pagini: 230
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Morgan James Publishing
Cuprins
Foreword By: Edward Hallowell, M.D.
Chapter 1: What's The Difference?
Chapter 2: The "Parent's ADD Journey"
Chapter 3: Step 1: Education about ADD
Chapter 4: Step 2: Ensuring a Proper Assessment and Diagnosis of ADD
Chapter 5: Step 3: Parenting Strategies for ADD
Chapter 6: Step 4: School and Academic Strategies for ADD
Chapter 7: Step 5: Medication Treatment for ADD
Chapter 8: Step 6: Alternative Treatments for ADD
Chapter 9: Step 7: Treatment Integration
Chapter 10: Is ADD a Gift?
What to Do Now?
Chapter 1: What's The Difference?
Chapter 2: The "Parent's ADD Journey"
Chapter 3: Step 1: Education about ADD
Chapter 4: Step 2: Ensuring a Proper Assessment and Diagnosis of ADD
Chapter 5: Step 3: Parenting Strategies for ADD
Chapter 6: Step 4: School and Academic Strategies for ADD
Chapter 7: Step 5: Medication Treatment for ADD
Chapter 8: Step 6: Alternative Treatments for ADD
Chapter 9: Step 7: Treatment Integration
Chapter 10: Is ADD a Gift?
What to Do Now?
Notă biografică
Dr. Kenny Handelman is a Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatrist who is an expert in ADHD. He is board certified in the USA and Canada. He is an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Western Ontario. He teaches other doctors, residents and medical students, as well as parents, educators and kids/teens about ADHD. He speaks internationally about ADHD, and does clinical research in ADHD. He is often interviewed for TV and Radio about ADHD. He writes a widely read ADHD blog, getting over 500,000 visitors per year. Dr. Handelman's strength based approach to ADHD is very well received by parents of kids and teens, as it provides a practical approach, which includes specifics on how to achieve success.
Author resides in Ontario, Canada
Author resides in Ontario, Canada
Descriere
Helping parents to address ADD/ADHD in seven simple steps, this guide dispels ADHD myths which make parents feel shame and guilt. It brings a strength based approach to a condition which has been generally been treated negatively.