num_pages: 168
description: So much depends on how you look at Are you a glass-half-empty person or do you discover advantages where other people find only weaknesses? When it comes to raising healthy happy kids positive encouragement and support can work miracles where attempts to change and control create frustration and resentment. In her first book The Gift of ADHD  psychologist Lara Honos-Webb offers a positive strengths-affirming new way to look at kids who present behaviors associated with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Instead of struggling to tame your easily distracted child she shows you how to appreciate your childs creativity sensitivity and passion for living. In this book she develops the ideas from The Gift of ADHD into 101 simple and engaging activities you can use to develop your childs unique strengths. The chapters of the book explore ways you can shift your thinking about different aspects of ADHD. Each starts with a short discussion of how a particular challenge can be reconceived as a strength. After that the book dives into fun and positive activities you and your child can do togetheroften in just a few minutesto help develop and reinforce the gifts of ADHD.
language: English
title: The Gift of ADHD Activity Book: 101 Ways to Turn Your Child's Problems into Strengths
publisher: New Harbinger Publications