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| AD/HD: Resources for Parents, Educators and Therapists |
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Dear Colleagues:
The challenges of raising,teaching and treating
children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders
(AD/HD)
are numerous. No parent should be left alone to
cope with the extraordinary energy and movement of
these children who just can't concentrate or sit still.
Neither should any teacher be called upon to cope
with these children without some special training and
support. And therapists certainly must be extremely
well-informed and well-prepared.
In this newsletter from the Center for The
Improvement of Child Caring, you will find an overview
of this very common disorder,
its prevalence and its various manifestations. Then
you will be exposed to and be able to obtain some of
the
best books, videos and DVDs to help any parent,
educator or therapist become better informed and
better able to cope and succeed.
Included are the works of many of our nation's
leading
authorities on AD/HD, like Drs. Russell A. Barkley of
the
Department of Psychiatry at the State University of
New York Upstate Medical University at Syracuse,
and Dr. Sam Goldstein from the faculty at the
University of Utah and the staffs at Primary Children's
Hospital and the University Neuropsychiatric
Institute, and Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of
Attention Disorders.
We know you will find this information and these
resources helpful in being as effective as possible
with these special children!
With warmest regards,
Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Center for the Improvement of Child Caring
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| Books and Videos for Parents and Educators |
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ADHD: What Do We Know?
 Video by Dr. Russell A. Barkley
Covering all the basic issues surrounding
ADHD, this ground breaking program is both highly
instructive and insightful.
Through commentary from Dr. Barkley and interviews
with parents, teachers, and children, viewers gain an
understanding of:
- The causes and prevalence of ADHD
- Effects on children's learning and behavior
- Other conditions that may accompany ADHD
- Long-term prospects for children with the
disorder.
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"As the parent of a child diagnosed with ADHD, Dr.
Barkley's video has helped me to understand and
better deal with my son's behavior. For the first time,
I feel as though someone really understands what
this disorder is all about." - Debbie
Vahrenkamp
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"The easy flow between Barkley's comments, clips
of patients, and interchanges with parents and
teachers makes for an engaging viewing
experience."
-Contemporary Psychology
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To order the DVD version, click here.
To order the VHS version, click here.
ADHD: What We Can Do?
 Video by Dr. Russell A. Barkley
This program introduces viewers to a variety
of the most effective techniques for managing ADHD
in the classroom, at home, and on family outings.
Illustrated
are ways that parents, teachers, and other
professionals can work together to implement specific
strategies that help children with the disorder
improve their school performance and behavior.
Informative interviews, demonstrations of techniques,
and commentary from Dr. Barkley illuminate the
significant difference that treatment can
make.
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"Brings the viewer into the lives and homes of
those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder to
show the many avenues of help available.
Dr.
Barkley discusses effective treatments for ADHD and
illustrates how parent training, appropriate
educational intervention, behavior modification, and
medical management can yield very positive
results.
An excellent resource for parents who are
struggling to find some answers for their children and
for educators and healthcare professionals who teach
or treat those with ADHD." -Harvey C. Parker,
PhD
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To order the DVD version, click here.
To order the VHS version, click here.
Your Hyperactive Child: A Parent's Guide to Coping
with Attention Deficit Disorder
 Book by Barbara Ingersoll,
Ph.D.
Clearly written and unmistakably hopeful, this is
essential reading for anyone who is caring for a
hyperactive child. Dr. Ingersoll outlines the many
practical steps you and your child's teacher can take
to help your child.
She describes in detail the symptoms and causes of
hyperactivity, explains how it is likely to affect your
child as he reaches adolescence and adulthood and
takes a close look at the full range of medical and
psychological treatments currently available.
To order, click here.
HYPERACTIVITY: Why Won't My Child Pay
Attention?
 Book by Dr. Sam Goldstein
This is an authoritative text for parents. It
presents a
common sense approach to understanding and
negotiating the medical and non-medical maze of
evaluation and treatment and, most importantly,
successfully managing problems in children with
ADHD.
This text provides parents with accurate, up-to-
date, scientifically valid information concerning this
common and complex disorder of childhood.
To order, click here.
Why Won't My Child Pay Attention?
 Video by Dr. Sam Goldstein
Child
psychologist, Dr. Sam Goldstein, has
created a video designed for parents to answer their
questions about why their child can't seem to sit still,
pay attention and exercise self-control. The video
helps parents to understand that the skill deficits and
frustrating behaviors are not a result of willful
behavior and must be dealt with through
understanding and education rather than punishment.
Dr. Goldstein provides guidelines to help parents and
professionals successfully and happily manage the
difficulties these behaviors can cause.
To order, click here.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Questions
and Answers for Parents
 Book by Dr.s Gregory S. Greenberg and Wade
F.
Horn
Offering a wealth of up-to-date information on
Attention Deficit Disorder, this enlightening book
helps parents better understand ADHD by providing
answers to the most frequently asked questions.
Also, educators and clinicians are assisted
in effectively addressing the concerns and anxieties
of parents.
Filled with practical suggestions and behavioral charts
for optimizing desired behavior, this book is an
invaluable resource for anyone living with or dealing
with the child with Attention Deficit Disorder.
To order, click here.
ADHD/Hyperactivity: A Consumer's Guide for Parents
and Teachers
 Book by Michael Gordon,
Ph.D.
Discusses 30 principles regarding ADHD. How to
obtain a comprehensive and relevant ADHD
evaluation, how to develop effective educational
programs, how to become an informed advocate for
the ADHD youngster, how to make reasonable
decisions about medication, and how to find ways of
surviving with an ADHD child are some of the relevant
topics addressed in this helpful book.
To order, click here.
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| Videos for Teachers |
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ADHD In The Classroom
 Video by Dr. Russell A. Barkley
ADHD in the Classroom is designed to help
teachers create a learning environment that is
responsive to the needs of all students, including
those with ADHD.
Scenes
from an actual classroom illustrate problems that
teachers typically encounter and bring effective
solutions to life. Viewers see firsthand how to
incorporate social skills into the curriculum and how
to implement such behavior management methods as
color charts and signs, point system, token economy,
and turtle-control technique.
The video also features
helpful graphics, interviews with teachers and other
education experts, and informative commentary from
Dr. Barkley.
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"Helps teachers to better understand ADHD, and
equips them to meet the difficult challenge of
creating an educational environment that addresses
the needs of the ADHD child without neglecting the
other students."
-School Library Journal
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"The classroom footage is well done, with
teachers
and students seemingly unaffected by the camera's
presence....An excellent introduction to the
subject."
-Video Rating Guide for Libraries
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To order the DVD version, click here.
To order the VHS version, click here.
Educating Inattentive Children: A Guide for the
Classroom
 Video by Drs. Sam and Michael
Goldstein
This two-hour video is ideal for in-service to
regular and special educators concerning the
problems inattentive, elementary and secondary
students experience.
Child Psychologist, Dr. Sam Goldstein and Child
Neurologist, Dr. Michael Goldstein provide an easy-to-
follow explanation concerning evaluation, medical and
non-medical treatment, and most importantly a clear,
well defined set of practical guidelines for teachers
who educate students with attention disorders.
Through this video, teachers will learn to
identify and separate purposeful misbehavior from the
non-purposeful behavior of the child with attention
difficulties. They will gain a deeper understanding of
these children and efficient classroom management
methods.
To order, click here.
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Managing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder in Children: A Guide for Practitioners.
 Book by Drs. Sam and Michael
Goldstein
The first edition of Managing Attention Deficit
Disorder in Children has been one of the worldwide
best selling texts on the subject. Reflecting the
dramatic growth in the field of ADHD, this Second
Edition volume of 19 chapters, over 800 pages and
3,000 references is a testament to the authors'
academic rigor and clinical excellence.
Practitioners are provided with a comprehensive
resource, offering practice opinion for the myriad of
problems children and adolescents with ADHD
experience. Written for daily use, this text offers
medical, mental health and educational professionals
a research-based model for assessment and a highly
sophisticated, multi-disciplinary set of treatment
strategies.
To order, click here.
Managing Attention and Learning Disorders in Late
Adolescence and Adulthood: A Guide for Practitioners
 Book by Dr. Sam Goldstein
This 500 page publication sets a new standard
and
marks a turning point in the understanding, evaluation
and treatment of the impact childhood learning,
attention and behavioral problems have on
adjustment in the adult years.
The text begins with a thorough, scholarly overview
of childhood and adolescent literature dealing with
learning and attention problems. Comorbid issues are
reviewed indepth. Following chapters then provide an
up-to-date review of learning disabilities and
attention problems in adulthood.
To order, click here.
Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities:
Realities, Myths and Controversial Treatments
 Book by Barbara D. Ingersoll and Dr. Sam
Goldstein
The text presents a comprehensive overview
designed for parents and professionals to recognize
the symptoms of children's problems.
The
authors
then give their recommendations of the most
effective and time-tested treatments in an accessible
guide.
Every method, whether it be physiological or
psychological, truly valid or simply a popular placebo,
is explored in depth and valued accordingly.
To order, click here.
A New Look at ADHD
 Video by Dr. Russell A.
Barkley
This video provides an accessible introduction to
Russell A. Barkley?s influential theory of the nature
and origins of ADHD.
The program brings to life the conceptual framework
delineated in Dr. Barkley?s book ADHD and the
Nature
of Self-Control. Offering a compelling explanation
of
how ADHD develops in the individual, the program
illuminates the roots of such symptoms as a reduced
ability to inhibit one's behavior, problems with
managing time effectively, and lack of foresight.
Also demonstrated are concrete ways that our
growing understanding of the disorder might facilitate
more effective clinical interventions.
The companion manual reviews and amplifies
key ideas and contains helpful suggestions for further
reading.
The package also includes a leader?s guide,
providing tips on the optimal use of the video with a
variety of audiences.
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"A valuable teaching tool at all levels including
parent training and graduate programs."
-Clinical Child Psychology and
Psychiatry
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To order the DVD version, click here
To order the VHS version, click here
ADHD and The Nature of Self Control
 Book by Dr. Russell A. Barkley
This far-reaching work from renowned
scientist-practitioner Russell A. Barkley provides a
radical shift of perspective on ADHD.
The
volume synthesizes neuropsychological research and
theory on the executive functions, illuminating how
normally functioning individuals are able to bring
behavior under the control of time and orient their
actions toward the future.
Meticulously
applying this
model to an examination of the cognitive and social
impairments manifested in ADHD, Barkley offers
compelling new directions for thinking about and
treating the disorder.
The paperback edition
features a new afterword in which the author reflects
on current research directions and the continuing
evolution of his approach.
To order, click here.
ADHD in Adolescents: Diagnosis and
Treatment
 Book by Dr. Arthur L. Robin
This highly practical guide presents an empirically
based 'nuts-and-bolts' approach to understanding,
diagnosing, and treating ADHD in adolescents.
Practitioners learn to conduct effective
assessments
and formulate goals that teenagers can comprehend,
accept, and achieve. Educational, medical, and family
components of treatment are described in depth,
illustrated with detailed case material. Included are
numerous reproducible handouts and forms.
To order, click here.
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Third
Edition) A Clinical Workbook
 Book by Dr. Russell L. Barkley and Kevin R.
Murphy
The revised and expanded third edition of this
user-friendly workbook provides a master set of the
assessment and treatment forms, questionnaires, and
handouts recommended by Barkley in the third edition
of the Handbook.
Formatted for easy
photocopying, many of these materials are available
from no other source.
Featured are
interview forms and rating scales for use with
parents, teachers, and adult clients; helpful
checklists and fact sheets; daily school report cards
for monitoring academic progress; and more, including
nine new handouts.
To order, click here.
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DSM-IV Training Guide for Diagnosis of Childhood
Disorders
 Book by Judith L. Rapoport, M.D. and Deborah
R. Ismond, M.A.
Designed in accordance with DSM-IV, this
up-to-the-minute handbook clarifies and expands
upon the definitions used in the classification and
diagnosis of
childhood disorders.
The book is fine-tuned to the revisions
encompassed by DSM-IV criteria and offers sound,
detailed guidance to the range of interpretation and
application.
The text addresses psychopathology specific to
infancy, childhood and adolescence - as well as other
psychiatric disorders including Anxiety, Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder, Depression and Schizophrenia
that are more commmon as adult disorders but may
appear in childhood.
It also illuminates differences between
adults and children that may emerge when making
diagnoses.
To order, click here.
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ABOUT AD/HD |
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Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) is a
condition that can make it hard for a child to sit still,
control behavior, and pay attention. These difficulties
usually begin before the child is 7 years old. However,
these behaviors may not be noticed until the child is
older.
Doctors do not know just what causes AD/HD.
However, researchers who study the brain are coming
closer to understanding what may cause AD/HD.
They believe that some children with AD/HD do not
have enough of certain chemicals (called
neurotransmitters) in their brain. These chemicals
help the brain control behavior.
Parents do not cause AD/HD.
As many as 5 out of every 100 children in school may
have AD/HD. Boys are three times more likely than
girls to have AD/HD. There are three main signs, or
symptoms, of AD/HD.
These are:
- Problems with paying attention,
- Being very active (called hyperactivity), and
- Acting before thinking (called impulsivity).
More information about these symptoms is listed in
the Training Guide for Diagnosis of
Childhood Disorders (DSM-IV). Based on these
symptoms, three
types of AD/HD have been found:
- Inattentive type, where the child can't seem to
get focused or stay focused on a task or activity;
- Hyperactive-impulsive type, where the child is
very active and often acts without thinking; and
- Combined type, where the child is inattentive,
impulsive, and too active.
Inattentive Type
Many children with AD/HD have problems paying
attention. Children with the inattentive type of
AD/HD often:
- Do not pay close attention to details;
- Can't stay focused on play or school work;
- Don't follow through on instructions or finish
school work or chores;
- Can't seem to organize tasks and activities;
- Get distracted easily; and
- Lose things such as toys, school work, and
books.
Hyperactive-Impulsive Type
Being too active is probably the most visible sign of
AD/HD. The hyperactive child is "always on the go."
(As he or she gets older, the level of activity may go
down.) These children also act before thinking (called
impulsivity). For example, they may run across the
road without looking or climb to the top of very tall
trees. They may be surprised to find themselves in a
dangerous situation. They may have no idea of how
to get out of the situation.
Hyperactivity and impulsivity tend to go together.
Children with the hyperactive-impulsive type of
AD/HD often may:
- Fidget and squirm;
- Get out of their chairs when they're not supposed
to;
- Run around or climb constantly;
- Have trouble playing quietly;
- Talk too much;
- Blurt out answers before questions have been
completed;
- Have trouble waiting their turn;
- Interrupt others when they're talking; and
- Butt in on the games others are playing.
Combined Type
Children with the combined type of AD/HD have
symptoms of both of the types described above.
They have problems with paying attention, with
hyperactivity, and with controlling their
impulses.
Of course, from time to time, all children are
inattentive, impulsive, and too active. With
children
who have AD/HD, these behaviors are the rule, not
the exception.
These behaviors can cause a child to have real
problems at home, at school, and with friends. As a
result, many children with AD/HD will feel anxious,
unsure of themselves, and depressed. These feelings
are not symptoms of AD/HD. They come from having
problems again and again at home and in school.
(This overview was provided by The National
Dissemination Center for Children with
Disabilities)
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