Teenagers with ADD, ADHD & executive function deficits
Subtitle: a guide for parents and professionals
By: Chris A. Zeigler Dendy
Edition: Third edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9781606132814
Subjects: Popular works; Attention-deficit disorder in adolescence
Other titles: Teenagers with attention deficit disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders & executive function deficits
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-350) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is attention-deficit disorder and why are executive functions so important?; title: Diagnosis of ADD, ADHD, and EFD; title: Causes: understanding ADD, ADHD, and the brain; title: Treatment of ADHD and EFD in preteens and adolescents; title: Should your teen or preteen take medicine?; title: Attention disorders and coexisting conditions; title: Moving beyond guilt, anger, and fear to optimism!; title: Raising a healthy, well-adjusted preteen or teenager; title: Common behaviors of preteens and teens with ADHD and EFD; title: When teens and preteens continue to struggle; title: The parent's role in eliminating academic agony; title: Working on the home front; title: Success, not just survival in school; title: Legal leverage for pursuing academic success; title: After high school, what next?; title: Parents have permission to take charge; title: Words of wisdom from the kids, 25 years later.