ADHD

RESOURCES

• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD): Nonprofit organization serving individuals with ADHD and their parents.  There is a wealth of information on this website.  On the home age is a link to several informative fact sheets regarding ADHD and treatment.  chadd.org

• “Identifying and Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Resource for School and Home” booklet:  https://www2.ed.gov/teachers/needs/speced/adhd/adhd-resource-pt1.pdf

• “How to Explain ADHD to your Child and other Short Videos About ADHD” video by Ed Hallowell http://www.kidsinthehouse.com/special-needs/add-and-adhd/parenting-tips/explaining-adhd-child?qt-more_videos=1#qt-more_videos

• “ADHD Medication and Treatment: Everything You Need to Know about Medication Options, Minimizing Side Effects, Alternative Therapist, and More”. https://www.additudemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ADHD-Medication-and-Treament_2017.pdf

• Effects of ADHD on Communication: https://www.addrc.org/effects-adhd-communication/

• Ed Hallowell is a nationally recognized child and adolescent psychiatrist who is a leading expert in ADHD. www.drhallowell.com

• Understood: For Learning and Attention issues.  Great website for resources on a number of topics related to learning and attention differences, including ADHD, executive function challenges, educational advocacy and information on Section 504 and IEPs:  understood.org

• Article on ADHD Coaching: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/intrinsic-motivation-and-magical-unicorns/201110/different-kinds-adhd-different-kinds-coaches

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792653/pdf/pch08243.pdf: Article regarding alternative therapies for ADHD

• Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child by Edward M. Hallowell, Peter S. Jensen (Ballantine Books, 2008). The authors focus on step-by-step instructions and strategies to develop the strengths of children with ADD.  This is a positive, upbeat book that will help parents with the day to day challenges posed by ADD while teaching parents to see and foster the strengths these children have.

• Answers to Distraction by Edward Hallowell, M.D. and John, J. Ratey, M.D. The authors respond to the most frequently asked questions about ADHD and provides an easy to read reference about all aspects of ADHD and common questions posed by parents, teachers and other about ADHD and how to address the problems it can cause in school, relationships, etc.

• Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey.  One of the most popular books on ADHD that explains what ADHD is and what ADHD is not (facts vs. myths).  The book focuses on the positive qualities of those with ADHD and provides suggestions for parents or spouses of those suffering form ADHD.

RESOURCES ABOUT ADHD IN GIRLS

• How Girls with ADHD are Different and the Emotional Costs of Being Overlooked by Rae Jackson with clinical experts:  Stephen Hinsdale, PhD, Patricia Quinn, MD, Kathleen Nadeau, PhD:  https://childmind.org/article/how-girls-with-adhd-are-different/

• ADHD in Girls:  How Is It Different?  Excellent article!  https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315009.php

• Understanding Girls with ADHD: Symptoms and Strategies: https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/understanding- girls-with-ad-hd-symptoms-and-strategies/

• ADHD in Girls: What you Need to Know: https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning- disabilities/add-adhd/adhd-in-girls?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqsLZrNa53AIVzbjACh0A4Q-4EAAYASAAEgI_9_D_BwE

• My Anxiety and ADHD: Hiding Behind a Perfect Veneer https://www.understood.org/en/community-events/blogs/the-inside-track/2016/05/19/my-anxiety-and-adhd-hiding-behind- a-perfect-veneer

• Girls and ADHD: Why Teachers Miss the Signs by Caralee Adams http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp? id=3746286

• Understanding Girls with ADHD by Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., Ellen Littman, Ph.D., and Patricia Quinn, M.D.
“A ground-breaking book on the needs and issues of girls with attentional problems: why they are often undiagnosed, how they are different from boys, and what their special needs are in school, in their social world and at home. Age-related checklists from pre-school to high school to help parents and professionals better identify and help girls with ADHD.”

• 100 Questions and Answers about ADHD in Women and Girls by Patricia O. Quinn, M.D.
A ground-breaking book on the needs and issues of girls with attentional problems: why they are often undiagnosed, how they are different from boys, and what their special needs are in school, in their social world and at home. Age-related checklists from pre-school to high school to help parents and professionals better identify and help girls with ADHD.

• Attention Girls! A Guide to Learn All About Your ADHD:  Provides information to help girls understand their ADHD; geared toward tweens

• The Girls’ Guide To ADHD: Don’t Lose This Book! By Beth Walker
Geared toward girls age 12+ (middle and high school) to learn about their own ADHD

• For more books for parents of children with ADHD: http://www.addvance.com/bookstore/parents.html#girls

RESOURCES FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ADHD

• Peterson’s Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit Disorders
K & W Guide to Colleges for the Learning Disabled by Marybeth Kravets, Imy F. Wax

• Learning Outside the Lines by Mooney and Cole (c2000, Fireside Book). Written by two Ivy-League students who have dyslexia, very practical and “empowering” strategies for LD students in college.

• Survival Guide for College Students with ADD or LD by Kathleen G. Nadeau (1994)

• ADD and the College Student : A Guide for High School and College Students With Attention Deficit Disorder by Patricia O. Quinn (Editor) (1994)