The A.D.D. Book: New Understandings, New Approaches to Parenting Your Child
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One of America's most trusted pediatricians outlines an effective, drug-free approach to treating children with Attention Deficit Disorder. Your child with A.D.D. can flourish-without drug therapy. That's the revolutionary and reassuring message that Dr. William Sears delivers in The A.D.D. Book. Dr. Sears, whose bestselling books, including The Baby Book and The Discipline Book, have established him as one of the country's most reliable authorities on parenting, joins forces with child psychologist Lynda Thompson, Ph.D., to provide all the information that you as a parent need to help your child with A.D.D. thrive. In The A.D.D. Book you'll learn what A.D.D. is and what it is not, how to tell whether your child has A.D.D., and how to increase your child's learning ability both at home and at school. Dr. Sears and Dr. Thompson outline effective behavior modification strategies that reach beyond the widely prescribed drug therapy to improve your child's cognitive abilities while reducing hyperactivity. Using real-life case studies and the results of the most recent scientific research, they offer guidelines for living with and helping your child with A.D.D., including: * Ways to improve your child's attention and motivation in the classroom * Tips for helping your child learn to handle frustration * Ways to increase parent-child communication and develop time-management techniques for the entire family * Advice on selecting the right professional help * How neurofeedback (using computers to increase attention skills) can help your child learn * How to know if your child needs medication and how to make the right decisions about using it Dr. Sears and Dr. Thompson take a positive approach to A.D.D. They believe that A.D.D. is a difference rather than a disorder, and they explain how you can make some of the behavioral and personality traits that are characteristic of A.D.D. work to your child's advantage. Their book is a clear, comforting, and uniquely comprehensive parents' guide to A.D.D.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0316778737
ISBN13:9780316778732
Release Date:March 1998
Publisher:Little, Brown Spark
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.09 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.6" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Neurotherapy works
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
I didn't find this book until my son was a junior in high school. He was not a behavior problem and his IQ was above average but he just had trouble with listening and focusing. He was nearly failing all his classes at the time and was very upset because he truly wanted to do well. I reviewed the neurotherapy section of the book and decided to give it a try. He did the sessions over the summer and it made all the difference in school. He had good grades his senior year and now has a full academic scholarship in college. He is happy and proud of himself. This book helped me understand him better and gave me options. This book helped me help him. I highly recommend it.
The A.D.D Book--AWESOME!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book is the best book I have read about ADD/ADHD. I have purchased several books, and checked many out from the library. Each book seems to be "missing something". Well, this book covers it ALL! It contains information on what ADD is and what it isn't, strategies for improving behavior, how to deal with certain situations ie: telling lies, breaking things, etc. Also, there's information on "setting up for school success", neurofeedback, medication, diet and "understanding ADD laws". This book has information on these subjects, plus everything in-between! It's a very well written book that's easy to understand and is hard to put down! This book is interesting from page 1 through page 293! I recommend this book to anyone who has/knows a child with ADD/ADHD!!
Excellent book for Parents of ADDers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The A.D.D. Book offers hope and solid practical advice, while at the same time, not describing A.D.D. Children as diseased. This book offers a view of ADD kids that gives them hope to be happy, successful adults. The interventions go way beyond the simplistic drug approach of some "experts" on ADD, including neurofeedback, a non-drug approach which can work better than drugs. This is one of several books with a more positive slant on ADD/ADHD, with others by Thom Hartmann and Lynn Weiss also viewing ADD without the pathologization you see in writings of folks like Russell Barkley.
A Wonderful Resource
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is a fantastic book. I came to this book after a speech therapist recommended that my four year old daughter be tested for ADD. After reading magazine articles and visiting web sites I was thoroughly confused. All the signs of ADD described there could describe about 95% of the young children I know. I knew there must be more to it than that and this book provided me with that something more. Sears discusses a number of signs which helped me realize the truth about my child. Sears also provides a very positive view of ADD. While discussing the negatives, he gives you ways (many, many ways) to address them and also discusses the positives, the strengths that many children with ADD have. He suggests many ways to harness these strengths. This book is such a positive read. I am so glad I found it. I think any parent in my position will find it immensely helpful.
Hope and a New Therapy for A.D.D.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This is the first book I have read to offer me hope that my child might be healed from his ADD symptoms. Rather than focus on the reasons for the syndrome, this book takes a "what do we do about it now" approach. I particularly found the chapter on Neurofeedback a godsend. With Neurofeedback, a brain scan is taken during the initial diagnosis. This scan reveals to the practitioner whether they are dealing with ADD or something more complex like ADD with depression or a predisposition to addictive behaviours. Then a program is designed for the child where they play computer games which are designed to correct their malfunctioning brain waves. These games are fun. Your child may make a fish go through a maze or play basketball; however these games are played utilizing brain waves only. Brains are literally retrained to stimulate those portions which have operated in a deficit previously. I call this therapy simple truth. Neurofeedback has also been called bloodless brain surgery because the positive changes are permanent. Many ADD children are very bright but their IQs suffer as well as their self-esteem when they are untreated. Neurofeedback seems to increase IQ once again. My son is very excited about his upcoming treatments in March. Firstly he gets to play cool computer games, he'll learn how to hyperfocus and his IQ will probably return to where it began. As he said to me recently,"Mom were you going to wait until I had Homer Simpson's IQ before you sent me for Neurofeedback?" All I could answer was "Darling I'm sorry, I didn't know it existed." Thankyou William Sears and Linda Thompson for writing this book. I would encourage those parents, teachers and physicians who want to change lives to buy this book. Neurofeedback has been available for years but it is relatively unheard of in Canada.
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