Superparenting for ADD: An Innovative Approach to Raising Your Distracted Child
Advance praise for Superparenting for ADD“The shelves of most bookstores are lined with volumes that define, explain, and demystify attention deficits. ButSuperparenting for ADD is different. An upbeat, positive, and constructive guide, it offers parents strategies that will assist them in the day-to-day challenges of raising their ADD child and help him to reach his fullest potential.”–Richard Lavoie, author ofIt’s So Much Work to Be Your Friend“I once believed that understanding genes and their effects on the brain would be the only means to effectively help children with ADHD. But despite the strong role genes play, I wholeheartedly agree with Hallowell and Jensen that love trumps all else. This book is a must-read for parents, scientists, and physicians and it will obliterate once and for all a purely deficit-based model of understanding ADHD.”–Susan L. Smalley, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, UCLA“Superparenting for ADD is written with an exuberance and directness that makes it easy reading. . . . Taking us inside the minds of ADD children and showing how the world looks from their perspective, Hallowell and Jensen provide invaluable advice for parents and educators alike.”–Tyler C. Tingley, principal, Phillips Exeter Academy“This beautifully written and groundbreaking book will compel you to look anew at ADD children and to see the gifts that are too often hidden in clouds of frustration and heartache. On a mission to change the paradigm of ADD treatment, Hallowell and Jensen offer very practical, step-by-step advice to help parents mine and develop the gold within every ‘distracted’ child. Mission accomplished!”–John Ratey, M.D., co-author ofDriven to Distractionand author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain