AD/HD in Carol's view is not a disorder; instead it is a unique set of neural, structural and neurochemical sensitivities. Also, AD/HD is frequently not a single issue; it may have several aspects. For example, it may travel with other challenges, such as LD (learning disabilities or challenge). Carol encourages individuals to do all they can to better understand their own or their children's condition using any or all of these avenues:
Books and websites concerning Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (AD/HD or ADD) are listed below. If you have read a book about ADD or AD/HD and found it valuable, please recommend it to me. See Contact for email address. Journeys Through ADDulthood by Sari Solden. This author's ability to impart wisdom and practical guidance about ADHD and ADD as well as to touch heart and soul is unique. Foreword by Edward Hallowell. Women With Attention Deficit Disorder by Sari Solden. This pioneering and still relevant book combines research with exceptional empathy and life histories. It points up challenges women with ADD face. Sari Solden is a psychotherapist specializing in ADD in adults. ADD on the Job - Making Your ADD Work for You by Lynn Weiss. This nationally recognized writer and counselor for ADD and ADHD writes about the gifts and the problems of ADD on the job and gives excellent tips on how to manage co-workers, the boss, and to help yourself in your work. ADD and Creativity by Lynn Weiss. People with ADD can be some of the most creative people, but this gift may also come with doubts or anxieties. Dr. Weiss' book coaches creative people and offers tools to get around doubts or the feeling of being ridiculed. Adolescents and ADD - Gaining the Advantage by Patricia O. Quinn. This book, and others by nationally- known author Dr. Quinn, M.D. is clear and very helpful. Using examples from students also struggling with this condition, the author focuses on the fact that adolescents with ADD are becoming more independent, yet need to know this life-long condition requires skills in managing so they can grow and flourish to the best of their abilities. Coaching College Students with AD/HD - issues and answers by Patricia O. Quinn, Nancy A. Ratey, and Theresa L. Maitland. College brings a quantum leap in demand for time management and task completion. It brings more challenge in interpersonal relationships and decisions. This book provides help in addressing daily living, academic and personal skills on the college campus. Survival Guide for College Students with ADHD or LD by Kathleen G. Nadeau. This nationally-known writer on ADHD and LD begins with the important topic of choosing the best college for you, a key decision. She moves into the important details of college life, such as choosing the best schedule and major with an eye toward career. Learning Outside the Lines - Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution by Jonathan Mooney and David Cole. One of the best books for parents and teens, it is written in first person and from the heart. The struggles described fit many kids for whom one size fits all ADA and IDEA laws do not contribute to their educational journey. Returning from being expelled, from addiction, and from despair, they give information and hope in an amusing writing style. The risk of losing our boys and young men with AD/HD is clear. What does everybody else know that I don't? - Social Skills Help for Adults with Attention Deficity/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) by Michele Novotni. Dr. Novotni is a long time author in the area of adult AD/HD. This helpful book focuses on the social side of coping with ADD and AD/HD, knowing what to do socially, and through exercises, tips, and a well organized book, provides information to act upon in social situations. CrazyBusy by Edward M. Hallowell. This well-known, national author and practitioner in the field of AD/HD and psychiatry writes about our ADD and ADHD society, where our mainstream American cultural norms push for frantic lives and a harried pace, having us create lives that cannot catch up. We and our loved ones suffer as a consequence. This book provides strategies for handling your fast-paced life. Technology is not always the answer. ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau. Well laid out, with focus on specific challenges. Great examples and tips. Keep as a reference and make progress in putting more order in your life. Understanding Girls with AD/HD by Kathleen Nadeau, Ellen Littman, and Patricia Quinn. Help for parents, teachers, tutors, and other professionals in helping recognize ADD in young girls and getting them onto a better track. Bright girls with ADD often go undetected because they can compensate and because the signs show up later in childhood, but eventually there are difficult consequences either in the inner or outer life. Written by some of the best in the field. Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD by Daniel Amen. This is a controversial book in the minds of some practitioners, but it does have the benefit of indicating that ADD is complicated, and different in each person or child, therefore, one size fits all approaches or medications are not appropriate. Book Review Attention Deficit Disorder – The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults by Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. Dr. Brown's book is useful and easy to navigate. He begins by explaining the difference between the two designations, ADD and AD/HD (the H is hyperactivity), calling it a Syndrome, not a disorder. He takes an organized view of his information. For the practitioner, the book weaves theory and research seamlessly around the examples. For the adult or parent, subjects of interest can be located quickly. Information is up to date, particularly on medications, and even the reader is against medicating, there is helpful information. From the developmental perspective, Brown writes specifically about childhood, adolescence, and includes a welcome chapter and examples on the adult challenge of ADD. Each chapter begins with a Myth and a Fact statement that clarifies misunderstood information. For example, in his chapter on Adulthood: Managing Responsibilities, Finding a Niche, Brown writes:
adults have struggled all of their lives with unrecognized ADD. They haven’t received help because they have assumed that their chronic difficulties were caused by character faults such as laziness or lack of motivation.” This book is helpful for mental health practitioners, teachers, special education staff, medical personnel, parents and grandparents, human resources managers, and anyone else involved personally or professionally with individuals who struggle to surmount the challenge ADHD/ADD present in their lives. Encourage your library or school to acquire it. ADD Classes on the net. For help with AD/HD as an adult or for a child, http://www.addclasses.com provides helpful and often free classes via the internet. Helpful for parents and adults. Carol appreciates hearing about comments, corrections and additions that might prove helpful to readers of this page. Click Contact to convey your thoughts. |
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