"an ADD/ADHD survival guide written expressly for children and teens with advice from 12 teens and young adults living with the condition; additionally, an invaluable ""cliff notes"" ADHD guide for parents; includes advice, pictures, cartoons, scientific drawings, 10 appendices containing diagnostic criteria, FAQs, scientific explanations, medicaton tips, and an ADHD dictionary. "

A Bird'S-Eye View of Life With Add and Adhd, Advice from Young Survivors: A Reference Book for Children and Teens

Parenting & Relationships

Dendy, Chris A. Zeigler

Zeigler, Alex

Parenting

Chris a Zeigler Dendy Consulting

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A Bird's-Eye View of Life with ADD and ADHD: Advice from Young Survivors

2011 ForeWord's Book of the Year Award Finalist, Education Category Thousands of teachers and parents have relied on the authoritative, concise information in Teaching Teens with ADD, ADHD &amp; Executive Function Deficits for advice on meeting the educational, medical, and social needs and challenges of adolescents with these conditions. This updated edition provides more than 80 summaries (annotated checklists for easy consumption) chock full of new information on research, teaching strategies, education law, executive functioning, social skills, and medication. 
 A well-known expert on attention deficit disorders and related conditions and the author of the highly acclaimed Teenagers with ADD and ADHD, Chris Dendy is encouraging to educators about the challenges of teaching and managing behavior, while reminding them that attention issues are due to problems in the brain that students can't control. Summaries fall into these important categories:
 -The Basics of ADD &amp; ADHD -Academic and Learning Issues -Executive Function and Organizational Skills -Federal Laws -Medication Issues -Managing Behaviors -Going the Extra Mile
 This comprehensive resource is an excellent tool for teachers and parents to use to pinpoint concrete ways to help their child or student be as successful as possible.

Teaching Teens With ADD, ADHD & Executive Function Deficits: A Quick Reference Guide for Teachers and Parents

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Woodbine House

A seasoned expert and veteran parent, Chris Zeigler Dendy looks at key areas (academics, dating, driving, socializing, and greater independence) that make adolescence potentially more difficult for kids with ADD, ADHD, or executive function deficits. This new edition is expanded and refreshed with indispensable information on the latest DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, research, education strategies and laws, and technology use. The book also offers a thorough explanation of executive function deficits and their impact on teens' ability to focus, prioritize, and plan. The author shows how to support and advocate for teens using a combination of medications, behavior and academic interventions and accommodations, ADHD education, and exercise. Armed with the book's extensive information and strategies, parents, educators, and therapists can be proactive, working together with teens to build resilience and a hopeful future.

Teenagers With Add, ADHD & Executive Function Deficits: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

Product Description 
The quantum leap from high school into young adulthood and the work world can be especially challenging for teens with ADHD. Scientific evidence indicates that ADHD can result in up to a three- to five-year delay in brain maturation and executive functioning skills, which means that many young people with ADHD may not be developmentally ready to meet the demands of this transition. Without continued support, young people can become overwhelmed and risk failure. 
 Authors Chris Dendy and Ruth Hughes are ADHD experts and parents of adult sons who are now successfully established in their careers. They offer parents guidance and strategies to help their preteens and teens develop the key life skills necessary for the adult world and identify potential vocational interests and career paths before graduation. An important theme is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to life planning for young people with ADHD. The authors therefore caution against assuming attending a four-year college right after high school―or at all―is the best path to a successful, fulfilling adulthood. Instead, they advocate for nurturing natural talents, exploring careers that “work” with ADHD (sales, business owner, chef), using available services (transition planning, vocational testing and counseling), trying out work experiences (volunteer work, internships, summer jobs), and perhaps taking a gap year before getting additional education (college, community college, technical training). 
 The book offers plentiful advice on building a strong, positive parent-child relationship and recognizing and addressing anxiety and depression and low self-esteem. With a hopeful and personable message, the authors share their own and other parents’ insights about avoiding common missteps and mitigating the impacts of ADHD. Don’t miss this top-notch guide to helping young people define and prep for the future with its very specific ADHD strategies and collaborative approach to launching teens into their life’s journey. 
 Review 
This superb guidebook deals with the largely unaddressed topic of helping parents assist their emerging adults into independence. All the issues a parent and their teen/young adult will confront in this transition are here, are well-covered, and loaded with sound advice on how to address them. The authors have decades of experience in helping families, teens, and young adults with ADHD through this phase of life and, fortunately, they have chosen to share all their wisdom with you here. There is no better book on this topic. 
 ―Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School, Richmond, VA Finally, a book for parents who need help determining what comes after childhood for their kids with ADHD! Chris Dendy and Ruth Hughes provide solid information on next-step options, challenges, solutions, and resources as we navigate the transition into adulthood and independence. Along with advice based on their own clinical work and their personal experiences as mothers of young adults with ADHD, the authors give us hope for the futures of our kids, and assurances that we can survive the struggles and our kids can become independent and successful adults. I highly recommend this book to any parent of an adolescent or young adult with ADHD. 
 ―Belynda Gauthier, Immediate Past President CHADD National Board of Directors, Louisiana Capital Area CHADD Coordinator, and the parent of two young adults with ADHD and other challenges The topics presented are so on target for teens and adults as they enter the real world, which may not always be understanding of their needs. With excellent guidance and practical strategies to help parents support their adolescents as they navigate the transition, this book describes a multitude of postsecondary options and an accurate assessment of the tools a student needs to be successful. I found the honest experience of two parents

Launching into Young Adulthood With ADHD: Ready or Not!

Hughes, Ruth, Ph.D.

Teen & Young Adult

Special Needs Collection

(2006 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, Bronze Finalist in Parenting category). The newly updated and expanded guide to raising a teenager with an attention deficit disorder is more comprehensive than ever. Thousands more parents can rely on Dendy's compassionately presented expertise based on the latest research and decades of her experience as a parent, teacher, school psychologist, and mental health counselor. Her book looks at key areas that make adolescence--an already challenging time of life--potentially more difficult for kids with ADD or ADHD: academics, dating, driving, socializing, and greater independence. 
 TEENAGERS WITH ADD AND ADHD gives parents insight on everything from understanding the diagnosis to treatment options, and from behavioral and academic issues, to parent involvement and self-advocacy. The new edition includes additional or updated information in several areas. A separate chapter on medications provides details on specific drugs, including many new ones, and what research shows about their effectiveness in improving attention, impulse control, and distractibility. Dendy discusses new findings about the role of executive function problems and how they relate to teenagers difficulties with organizational skills, long-range planning, and staying on task. She advises parents on their role in working with schools to find strategies for academic success. Teenagers also speak out about their condition, and Dendy points to ways to involve them in their own treatment plan. In addition, the book covers coexisting disorders such as learning disabilities, depression, anxiety, Tourette syndrome, and Asperger syndrome. 
Since 1995, this nuts and bolts guide has given parents hope and empowerment. It's chockfull of the latest data and proven strategies that can help manage the symptoms of ADD and ADHD at home and school.

Teenagers with ADD and ADHD: A Guide for Parents and Professionals

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