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12 Effective Ways to Help Your Add/Adhd Child: Drug-Free Alternatives for Attention-Deficit Disorder [offsite link]
A parent´s guide to effective techniques for combating the difficulties faced in raising a child with ADD/ADHD. Affecting approximately five percent of the school-age population, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common behavioral disorder in children. In her book, Laura Stevens offers a series of alternatives to the often-prescribed drugs, which have potential negative side effects.

A Dad´s Nuts and Bolts Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder [offsite link]
A Dad´s Nuts and Bolts Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder is the Road Map that provides the most direct and scenic route to successfully fathering your ADD kid. It is funny...informative...and educational. Dad´s need to keep this book on their bedside table to help cushion the stress and difficult times that are a natural part of fathering a child with Attention Deficit Disorder.

A story about a 14-year old boy w/ADD [offsite link]
As a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the author of a humorous non-fiction book about ADHD, "Grandma´s Pet Wildebeest Ate My Homework," I wanted to write a book that illustrated what REALLY went on inside the minds of ADHD kids, while at the same time, showing the kids themselves that they weren´t alone in their struggles to make sense of their adolescence. The result is "ADHD Eddie, Intergalactic Ladies´ Man!" the V

ADD/ADHD: A Parent´s Practical Guide to Attention Deficit Disorders [offsite link]
Marie has a refreshing, down-to-earth, writing style that is fun to read and easy to understand. Coming from a mother´s perspective, and from someone who founded a support/information group, she puts ADD & ADHD into perspective by offering practical approaches that improve children´s lives as well as for their caregivers.

ADD: Helping Your Child : Untying the Knot of Attention Deficit Disorder [offsite link]
The definitive guide to helping children with AD/HD is back--revised, updated, and expanded based on years of reader response. From trouble at school to conflicts at home--children who are trapped in a cycle of frustration might be suffering from AD/HD. Dr. Warren Umansky offers a thorough explanation of one of today´s most misunderstood and misdiagnosed diseases and reveals his breakthrough, home-based program for helping children with AD/HD.

ADHD Halloween Fun & Safety
Halloween is a fun and exciting holiday for kids. How can you keep your distractable and impulsive chilren safe?

ADHD Summer Tips
ADHD and Summer can be a mixed blessing. What is supposed to be relaxing and fun can turn into a nightmare if one is not prepared. With just a little planning you can enjoy your summer once again.

Can diagnosing ADHD be as simple as an eye test?
One of the hardest parts about having adhd seems to be getting the diagnosis. New research claims to have a high accuracy in detecting preschoolers with adhd by using a simple eye test.

Disciplining Your ADHD Child
Behavior management through the use of consequences is an important part of the treatment program when working with children with ADHD. For most children abstract rewards work very well and brief reprimands do the job. However, for children with ADHD, specific and tangible consequences are needed t

Helping Your ADD Child: Hundreds of Practical Solutions for Parents and Teachers of ADD Children and [offsite link]
Consumer guide aimed at parents of children with Attention Deficit Disorder, and ADHD, providing step-by-step tools for helping children reduce the behavioral impacts of these disorders. Offers tips for spotting signs of the disorders, and evaluations of nutritional, psychological and drug treatments for them.

Helping Your Hyperactive ADD Child [offsite link]
Helping Your Hyperactive/Attention Deficit Child is by far the most comprehensive book on the subject of hyperactivity. Most books take a one-sided approach, be it nutritional, psychological, or medical. Dr. Taylor, however, believes that hyperactive activity/attention deficit disorder requires using all the tools from every method available to achieve the best results for the child. This book reflects this multi-dimensional approach.

Is Your Child Hyperactive? Inattentive? Impulsive? Distractable? : Helping the ADD/Hyperactive Child [offsite link]
The most talked-about childhood syndrome of the eighties and nineties is ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). This developmental disorder disrupts a child´s life and often results in low self-esteem, poor grades and even social and emotional problems. These problems usually are not outgrown -- without help. But does your child have ADHD?

Living With a Challenging Child: Encouragement for Mothers of Children With Add, Hyperactivity, or O [offsite link]
The short chapters are easy to read for busy parents. The book is filled with real stories from the author and offers practical suggestions to help! The book recognizes the difficult parts of parenting an ADHD child, and at the same time offers hope & encouragement.

My Brother´s a World-Class Pain: A Sibling´s Guide to Adhd-Hyperactivity [offsite link]
The big sister in this book is a great story teller! She explains in kids´ words the condition her brother has and how they handle it. She is candid in saying it often bothers her, which is good because siblings can often bear the brunt of ADHD family/home problems. It´s important that kids know what happens if they have a brother or sister with ADHD, what to expect, and how they can even help.

Only a Mother Could Love Him: Add : Attention Deficit Disorder [offsite link]
Diagnosed at age eight with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Australian Polis bullies classmates, downs a power line with a fishing spear on a family vacation and is suspended for stunts like molding a face that resembles a penis in art class. "ADHD kids just don´t understand the concept of being subtle," he observes.

Parenting the ADHD Child
Parenting an ADHD child can be very stressful at times. This is even more difficult when you & your child are misunderstood. Here are some tips and resources that can help.

Power Parenting for Children with ADD/ADHD : A Practical Parent´s Guide for Managing Difficult Behav [offsite link]
If one or more of your children has attention deficit disorder, here is a comprehensive new guide to help you manage your child´s difficult behaviors and enable him or her to adjust at home, in school, and beyond. Moreover, it´s written in clear, nontechnical language and provides scores of specific suggestions you can put to immediate use!

Right-Brained Children in a left-brained world: Unlock the potential of your ADD child [offsite link]
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is described in current medical literature as a neurological syndrome that has three primary symptoms: impulsivity, distractibility, and hyperactivity or excess energy.

Ritalin is Not the Answer Action Guide: An Interactive Companion to the Bestselling Drug-Free ADD/AD [offsite link]
Since 1999, parents and teachers have relied on Dr. David Stein´s groundbreaking book Ritalin Is Not the Answer as a resource to help them work with hyperactive children who have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Now the same principles and tools of the acclaimed Caregivers´ Skill Program that Dr. Stein outlined in Ritalin Is Not the Answer are present in this easy-to-use companion workbook.

Socially ADDept: A Manual for Parents of Children with ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities [offsite link]
Socially ADDept helps parents teach the hidden rules of communication to children who are having social problems. The manual is in a workbook format and guides parents through each topic through a series of exercises and suggested dialogue. Some of the topics covered are how to handle teasing, use appropriate body language, comprehend jokes and sarcasm, and join groups effectively. Socially ADDept is easy to read and use.

The Everything Parent´s Guide To Children With ADD/ADHD: A Reassuring Guide To Getting The Right Dia [offsite link]
The Everything Parent´s Guide to Children with ADD/ADHD helps you: Learn the differences and similarities between ADD and ADHD Obtain and understand the diagnosis Weigh the pros and cons of medication Find the right treatment Discipline your child effectively Get your child to focus at school and at home Stay positive, and encourage your child with love and support Chock-full of the professional, easy-to-read advice and information your child needs to succeed, The Everything

Variety of methods for parents. [offsite link]
Brings together a variety methods in a unique and accessible format. Discusses the changes parents can make to ensure behavior problems associated with ADD and ADHD are managed and reduced.

Very interesting book. [offsite link]
This book is for parents who are raising children with brain-based disorders. The disorder might be Autism, Aspberger´s Syndrome, Attention Deficit, Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity, Neurologically Based Learning Disabilities, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Clinical Depression or Bi-Polar Manic Depression.

Very special story just for mothers [offsite link]
Heads Up Helping is the story of a mother´s journey as she observes her son´s special learning challenges and responds with love and dedication. Drawing on her years of experience as a speech pathologist, Melinda begins her pursuit of educational methods and materials that will help her son achieve the potential she is convinced exists. With fierce determination, Melinda sought information to help her son Joshua both accept himself and find areas in which he could excel despite his ADD.

Wild Child: How You Can Help Your Child with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Other Behavioral D [offsite link]
Wild Child explains the symptoms, thinking patterns, and behavior of children and adolescents with ADD (attention deficit disorder), in terms that are understandable by parents and grandparents, yet relevant to the professionals who deal with these children. It outlines specific strategies that adults can use to cope with a vast array of behavior, hyperactivity, and inattention problems experienced by children with ADD.

You & Your Add Child: Practical Strategies for Coping With Everyday Problems [offsite link]

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