ADD Success Stories

ADD Success Stories
Author: Thom Hartmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781887424042

Explains the author's hunter/farmer hypothesis about the origins of ADD and offers stories of patients who have suceeded in life

ADHD Secrets of Success

ADHD Secrets of Success
Author: Thom Hartmann
Publisher: SelectBooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781590790175

"ADHD Secrets of Success, an update of Thom Hartmann's critically-acclaimed Focus Your Energy, will help ADHDers understand and overcome the symptoms of their condition that may hold them back, and take advantage of the traits marking them for success"--Page 4 of cover.

Homework Success for Children with ADHD

Homework Success for Children with ADHD
Author: Thomas J. Power
Publisher: Guilford Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781572306165

This manual presents the first empirically supported homework intervention approach specifically developed for families coping with ADHD in children in grades 1-6. Special features include detailed case examples; checklists for monitoring interventions; recruiting instruments and outcome measures; and reproducible parent handouts. Ideal for use with groups of parents and children, or with one family at a time, this manual is intended for school psychologists and counselors, clinical child psychologists and other mental health practitioners, and special education professionals.

A.D.D. and Success

A.D.D. and Success
Author: Lynn Weiss
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1998
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780878339945

An acclaimed A.D.D. expert tells the stories of 16 individuals who have learned to incorporate A.D.D. attributes positively into their lives.

More Attention, Less Deficit

More Attention, Less Deficit
Author: Ari Tuckman
Publisher: Specialty Press/A.D.D. Warehouse
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781886941748

A guidebook designed for adults with ADHD reviews the history of the disorder and its symptoms, and provides evidence-based treatments.

The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success

The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success
Author: Joshua Shifrin
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2021-08-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 143383717X

“A useful guide with appealing graphic-like illustrations for youth with ADHD or for anyone seeking good study techniques.”—Booklist The Homework Squad is here for kids with ADHD! This easy-to-use guide will help with key study skills to improve reading, writing, math, listening, memorization, concentration, and more! Bite-sized tips and tricks, journal prompts, and advice for challenges help kids with ADHD recognize how they learn best and act on that knowledge. This is an accessible, straightforward, and relatable guide to key study skills for kids with ADHD that features a cast of characters with ADHD to enliven the lessons. The author covers an array of areas where kids with ADHD might struggle academically to help kids recognize how they learn best and act on that knowledge.

The ADHD Guide to Career Success

The ADHD Guide to Career Success
Author: Kathleen G Nadeau
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2015-10-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317527658

Just as the classroom poses the greatest challenges for children and teens with ADHD, the workplace is the arena where Adult ADHD poses the greatest threat. And while adults with ADHD are likely to face professional challenges, it is possible to cultivate a work environment that enables them to thrive and uses the strengths of this unique condition to their advantage. Featuring a large open format with summaries at the beginning of each chapter and designed with the ADHD reader in mind, this newly revised and updated edition offers an easy-to-follow progression of useful information interwoven with practical strategies for career success.

Positively ADD

Positively ADD
Author: Catherine A. Corman
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-05-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780802789884

Don't be distracted by the bad news about ADD. Meet seventeen people from all walks of life, including political advisor James Carville, Books-a-Million chairman Clyde Anderson, and JetBlue CEO David Neelman, who have succeeded in a wide variety of high-interest fields: professional athlete, musician, reporter, chef, sportscaster, photographer, police officer, CEO. These people did not succeed despite their ADD, they succeeded because of the special qualities that go hand in hand with the challenges of ADD. A bestselling expert in the field teams up with a mother of triplets with ADD to deliver a much-needed inspirational book that looks at ADD from a rarely seen positive angle.

Faster Than Normal

Faster Than Normal
Author: Peter Shankman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1524704997

A refreshingly practical and honest guide that rewrites the script on ADHD Peter Shankman is a busy guy -- a media entrepreneur who runs several businesses, gives keynote speeches around the world, hosts a popular podcast, runs marathons and Iron Mans, is a licensed skydiver, dabbles in angel investing, and is loving father to his young daughter. Simply put, he always seems to have more than 24 hours in a day. How does he do it? Peter attributes his unusually high energy level and extreme productivity to his ADHD. In Faster Than Normal, Shankman shares his hard-won insights and daily hacks for making ADHD a secret weapon for living a full and deeply satisfying life. Both inspiring and practical, the book presents life rules, best practices, and simple but powerful ways to: Harness your creative energy to generate and execute your ideas Direct your hyperfocus to get things done Identify your pitfalls--and avoid them Streamline your daily routine to eliminate distractions Use apps and other tech innovations to free up your time and energy Filled with ingenious hacks and supportive self-care advice, this is the positive, practical book the ADHD community has long needed - and is also an invaluable handbook for anyone who's sick of feeling overwhelmed and wants to drive their faster-than-normal brain at maximum speed...without crashing.

School Success for Kids with ADHD

School Success for Kids with ADHD
Author: Stephan Silverman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN:

The ultimate guide to ensuring school success for kids with attention deficits. School Success for Kids With ADHD offers parents and teachers the support they need to ensure children with attention deficits build on their strengths, circumvent their weaknesses, and achieve to their fullest potential. With the growing number of children diagnosed with attention problems, parents and teachers need practical advice for helping these children succeed in school. Topics include recognizing the causes and types of attention deficits and how they appear in the school context, requesting school evaluations and diagnoses, understanding the laws regarding students with special needs, advocating for these students in the school environment, and coaching students with attention deficits to success. The authors also include a brief overview of research and medical perspectives on attention deficits, strategies used by teachers of children with ADHD, and helpful tools for parents and teachers to employ, such as homework checklists and self-advocacy charts.