Teenagers with ADD and ADHD
A Guide for Parents and Professionals
By Chris Zeigler Dendy ~ 2006
This guide to raising a teenager with an attention deficit disorder is just a terrific resource for parents and educators. It looks at key areas that make adolescence potentially more difficult for kids with ADD or ADHD with the pressures of academics, dating, driving, socializing, and greater independence. It covers everything from understanding the diagnosis to treatment options, behavioral and academic issues, parent involvement and self-advocacy. There is information on medications with details on specific drugs and what research shows about their effectiveness in improving attention, impulse control, and distractibility.
Dendy discusses new findings about the role of executive functions and how they relate to teenagers’ difficulties with organizational skills, long-range planning, and staying on task. She gives parents useful strategies on how to work with schools for academic success. Teenagers also speak out about their condition and methods for involving them in their treatment plans. The manual covers coexisting disorders such as learning disabilities, depression, anxiety, Tourette syndrome, and Asperger syndrome.
Because students with traumatic brain injuries share so many similarities with students with ADD and ADHD, this manual has many strategies that these families can use.
New Item: ADHD 415 pages, 8 ½ x 11 soft cover ISBN 1-890627-31-3
