Close cookie details

This site uses cookies. Learn more about cookies.

OverDrive would like to use cookies to store information on your computer to improve your user experience at our Website. One of the cookies we use is critical for certain aspects of the site to operate and has already been set. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but this could affect certain features or services of the site. To find out more about the cookies we use and how to delete them, click here to see our Privacy Policy.

If you do not wish to continue, please click here to exit this site.

Hide notification

  Main Nav
AD / HD For Dummies
Cover of AD / HD For Dummies
Sample
AD / HD For Dummies
Borrow Borrow
 
Sound advice for parents whose kids have trouble concentrating

According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated five to ten percent of children suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This book provides answers for parents of children who may have either condition, as well as for adult sufferers. Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand style, it helps people recognize and understand ADD and ADHD symptoms and offers an authoritative, balanced overview of both drug and non-drug therapies.
Sound advice for parents whose kids have trouble concentrating

According to the National Institutes of Health, an estimated five to ten percent of children suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This book provides answers for parents of children who may have either condition, as well as for adult sufferers. Written in a friendly, easy-to-understand style, it helps people recognize and understand ADD and ADHD symptoms and offers an authoritative, balanced overview of both drug and non-drug therapies.
Available formats-
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB eBook
Languages:-
Copies-
  • Available:
    1
  • Library copies:
    1
Levels-
  • ATOS:
  • Lexile:
  • Interest Level:
  • Text Difficulty:


About the Author-
  • Jeff Strong is the Founder and President of REI Institute, which focuses on neuro-developmental disabilities.
Table of Contents-

  • Introduction 1

    About This Book 1

    Not So Foolish Assumptions 2

    Conventions Used in This Book 2

    How This Book Is Organized 3

    Part I: The ABCs of AD/HD 3

    Part II: Diagnosing AD/HD 3

    Part III: Treating AD/HD 3

    Part IV: Living with AD/HD 4

    Part V: The Part of Tens 4

    Icons Used in This Book 4

    Where to Go from Here 5

    Part I: The ABCs of AD/HD 7

    Chapter 1: AD/HD Basics 9

    Identifying Symptoms of AD/HD 10

    Peering into primary symptoms 10

    Seeing a few secondary symptoms 11

    Clueing in on AD/HD's Origins 11

    Getting a Diagnosis of AD/HD 12

    Choosing your professional 12

    Preparing for the evaluation process 13

    Viewing Various Treatment Approaches 14

    Recognizing AD/HD's Role in Your Life 14

    Dealing with daily life 15

    Accentuating the positive 15

    Chapter 2: Exploring the Causes of AD/HD 17

    Reviewing Past Theories 17

    Searching for a Plausible Theory 20

    Examining the Core Issue in AD/HD 21

    Recognizing the role of self-regulation 21

    Exploring executive functions 22

    Exploring Current AD/HD Research 24

    Genetic 24

    Anatomical 25

    Functional 26

    Chemical 27

    Getting Down to the Bottom Line 29

    Chapter 3: The Many Faces of AD/HD 31

    Picturing the Primary Symptoms of AD/HD 31

    Inattention/distractibility 32

    Impulsivity 34

    Restlessness/hyperactivity 36

    Studying Some Secondary Symptoms 37

    Anticipation of failure 37

    Worry 38

    Boredom 38

    Loss of motivation/feelings of hopelessness 38

    Frustration 39

    Low self-esteem 39

    Sleep disturbances 39

    Substance abuse 40

    Facing AD/HD in Different Populations 40

    Children 41

    Adolescents 41

    Adults 42

    Women 43

    Part II: Diagnosing AD/HD 45

    Chapter 4: Finding the Right Professional for You 47

    Help Wanted: Searching for the Right Person(s) 47

    Getting a diagnosis for legal purposes 48

    Considering your professional options 48

    Examining Your Values 55

    Digging into your ideas about diagnosis 56

    Tackling your thoughts on treatment 56

    Evaluating Your AD/HD Professional 57

    Selecting a diagnostician 57

    Partnering up for treatment 58

    Getting a Second Opinion 59

    Managing Your Care 60

    Being Eligible for Services 61

    Examining your insurance coverage 62

    Seeking out school services 62

    Chapter 5: Navigating the Evaluation Process 65

    Preparing for the Evaluation Process 65

    Psychiatric/Psychological Evaluations 67

    Medical Testing 68

    Educational Testing 69

    Skills Testing 70

    Behavioral Assessment 71

    Performance Testing 71

    Physiological Testing 72

    EEG 72

    ERP 72

    MRI 73

    fMRI 73

    PET 73

    SPECT 74

    Knowing What to Do after Diagnosis 74

    Chapter 6: Conditions That Look Like or Overlap with AD/HD 77

    Understanding Differential Diagnosis 77

    Looking at Conditions with Symptoms Similar to AD/HD 79

    Mental disorders 79

    Medical conditions 84

    Sensory processing disorders 86

    Pseudo-AD/HD 88

    Part III: Treating AD/HD 91

    Chapter 7: Choosing the Best Treatment Options for You 93

    Understanding the Three Levels of Treatment 93

    Biological treatments 94

    Psychological treatments 95

    Social treatments 97

    Trying Multiple Treatments Together 99

    Developing...

Title Information+
  • Publisher
    Wiley
  • OverDrive Read
    Release date:
  • EPUB eBook
    Release date:
Digital Rights Information+
  • Copyright Protection (DRM) required by the Publisher may be applied to this title to limit or prohibit printing or copying. File sharing or redistribution is prohibited. Your rights to access this material expire at the end of the lending period. Please see Important Notice about Copyrighted Materials for terms applicable to this content.

Status bar:

You've reached your checkout limit.

Visit your Checkouts page to manage your titles.

Close

You already have this title checked out.

Want to go to your Checkouts?

Close

Recommendation Limit Reached.

You've reached the maximum number of titles you can recommend at this time. You can recommend up to 0 titles every 0 day(s).

Close

Sign in to recommend this title.

Recommend your library consider adding this title to the Digital Collection.

Close

Enhanced Details

Close
Close

Limited availability

Availability can change throughout the month based on the library's budget.

is available for days.

Once playback starts, you have hours to view the title.

Close

Permissions

Close

The OverDrive Read format of this eBook has professional narration that plays while you read in your browser. Learn more here.

Close

Holds

Total holds:

Close

Restricted

Some format options have been disabled. You may see additional download options outside of this network.

Close

MP3 audiobooks are only supported on macOS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) through 10.14 (Mojave). Learn more about MP3 audiobook support on Macs.

Close

Please update to the latest version of the OverDrive app to stream videos.

Close

Device Compatibility Notice

The OverDrive app is required for this format on your current device.

Close

Bahrain, Egypt, Hong Kong, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen

Close

You've reached your library's checkout limit for digital titles.

To make room for more checkouts, you may be able to return titles from your Checkouts page.

Close

Excessive Checkout Limit Reached.

There have been too many titles checked out and returned by your account within a short period of time.

Try again in several days. If you are still not able to check out titles after 7 days, please contact Support.

Close

You have already checked out this title. To access it, return to your Checkouts page.

Close

This title is not available for your card type. If you think this is an error contact support.

Close

An unexpected error has occurred.

If this problem persists, please contact support.

Close

Close

NOTE: Barnes and Noble® may change this list of devices at any time.

Close
Buy it now
and help our library WIN!
AD / HD For Dummies
AD / HD For Dummies
Jeff Strong
Choose a retail partner below to buy this title for yourself.
A portion of this purchase goes to support your library.

Sorry, no retailers are currently available to purchase this title. Please check back later.

Close
Close

There are no copies of this issue left to borrow. Please try to borrow this title again when a new issue is released.

Close
Barnes & Noble Sign In |   Sign In

You will be prompted to sign into your library account on the next page.

If this is your first time selecting “Send to NOOK,” you will then be taken to a Barnes & Noble page to sign into (or create) your NOOK account. You should only have to sign into your NOOK account once to link it to your library account. After this one-time step, periodicals will be automatically sent to your NOOK account when you select "Send to NOOK."

The first time you select “Send to NOOK,” you will be taken to a Barnes & Noble page to sign into (or create) your NOOK account. You should only have to sign into your NOOK account once to link it to your library account. After this one-time step, periodicals will be automatically sent to your NOOK account when you select "Send to NOOK."

You can read periodicals on any NOOK tablet or in the free NOOK reading app for iOS, Android or Windows 8.

Accept to ContinueCancel

Your device will not be able to access the digital library after October 30.

We are making necessary security upgrades that will end this device's access to the digital library on October 30, 2020.

LEARN MORE

Continue to the digital library

Close