Parenting children with ADHD 10 lessons that medicine cannot teach
Book - 2005
"Parenting Children With ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach shows parents how to build a successful parenting program at home. Drawing from his experiences in evaluating and treating thousands of children and teens with ADHD, Dr. Vincent Monastra presents 10 "lessons" that are essential for promoting the success of kids with ADHD." "In simple language, he explains the causes of ADHD and how nutrition, medication, and parental guidance can improve attention, concentration, and behavioral control. Recognizing the importance of school success, Dr. Monastra also outlines the educational rights of children with ADHD and ways to work with school districts to get your child the help he or she needs. Finally, this ...book describes nonconfrontational ways to teach your child essential life skills like organization, problem solving, and emotional control."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Published
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association
c2005.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Physical Description
- viii, 263 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-247) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781591471820
- Everybody doesn't have a little bit of ADHD!
- Lesson 2. Parenting doesn't cause ADHD, genes do!
- Lesson 3. Medicines can't cure ADHD, but they can help
- Lesson 4. Nutrition does matter
- Lesson 5. Students with ADHD are entitled to help at school
- Lesson 6. Kids need a reason to learn
- Lesson 7. You'll get lost without a lesson plan
- Lesson 8. Temperament may be inherited, but emotional control is learned
- Lesson 9. Yelling rarely solves anything
- Lesson 10. Parents are people too!
- Lesson 11. It don't come easy
- Final thoughts.