What to Expect When Parenting Children with ADHD: A 9-step plan to master the struggles and triumphs of parenting a child with ADHD
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Dimensions: 7 x 0.65 x 10 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0991617845
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0991617843
Print length: 262 pages
Publication date: July 17, 2015
subtitle: Paperback – July 17, 2015
author: Visit Amazon's Penny Williams Page search results Penny Williams
review: Editorial Reviews Review "Science has a lot to tell us about ADHD. This is important, but as a parent of a child with ADHD, you also want to hear from other parents who have survived and thrived despite, with, and because of their child with ADHD. Penny talks about the science, but more importantly, she talks about the lived experience of having a child with ADHD and what you can do to make all of your lives better." Ari Tuckman, PsyD, MBA , author of Understand Your Brain, Get More Done: The ADHD Executive Functions Workbook "In the first and only comprehensive guide to parenting kids with ADHD, Penny Williams offers overwhelmed parents the resource she longed for following her son's ADHD diagnosis, but couldn't find. Williams' 9-month plan -- a culmination of years of research, networking, and advocacy -- moves parents step by step from bewilderment to competency and confidence." Kay Marner , Co-Editor, Easy to Love but Hard to Raise "Williams offers parents, caregivers, and even health care providers a practical guide to navigate the world of ADHD. From diagnosis to the art of balancing expectations, self, and family, What to Expect leads you step-by-step through the unpredictable journey of parenting a child with ADHD, all while learning to become your child's biggest advocate and remaining positive." Marilyn Griffin , MD , Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Medical Director of the Comprehensive ADHD Clinic at University of Illinois at Chicago From the Author I am one of those "fix it" types of mommas -- fix the boo-boos, fix the hurt feelings, fix whatever causes my children any pain. When my son, Ricochet, was diagnosed with ADHD in 2008, at just six years old, I was devastated. There's no "fix" for ADHD. It took me more than two years to figure it out -- there's no magic bullet for ADHD either, and obsessing about finding one can only make things worse. I realized a few years after diagnosis, that there is quite a learning curve to parenting a child with ADHD, and I was finally getting to the long, (mostly) even stretch at the end of it. Parents of children with ADHD are given a diagnosis, handed a prescription, and pushed back out into the world without any guidance, and certainly without instructions. "Call us if the medication doesn't prove beneficial," they might offer. It's my mission to help parents of children with ADHD learn how to get to know their children's needs meaningfully so they can guide them to a happy and success future. I want to use my joy and pain in my learning curve to help others on this journey experience it with more joy and less pain. About the Author A self-described "veteran" parent of a son with ADHD, Penny Williams is the author of the award-winning, Amazon best-seller about her parenthood in the trenches, Boy Without Instructions: Surviving the Learning Curve of Parenting a Child with ADHD, and author of the award-winning What to Expect When Parenting Children with ADHD. She is also a frequent contributor on parenting a child with ADHD for ADDitude Magazine, Healthline and other parenting and special needs publications. Follow Penny at PennyWilliamsAuthor.com. "I endured a long learning curve when my son was diagnosed with ADHD," says Williams. "I share my experiences parenting my son, Ricochet, in the hopes of shortening that painful time of trial by fire for others." Williams says she gains strength in parenting Ricochet through a quote from Albert Einstein, "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Read more