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The everything parent's guide to ADHD in children : a reassuring guide to getting the right diagnosis, understanding treatments, and helping your child to focus

Author
Jacobs, Carole.
Title
The everything parent's guide to ADHD in children : a reassuring guide to getting the right diagnosis, understanding treatments, and helping your child to focus / Carole Jacobs and Isadore Wendel.
Format
Book
Published
Avon, Mass. : Adams Media, c2010.
Description
xiv, 290 p. ; 21 cm.
Other contributors
Wendel, Isadore.
Uniform series
Everything series.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268) and index.
Contents
  • Understanding the symptoms
  • Searching for causes
  • Getting a diagnosis
  • The controversy surrounding preschool children and ADHD
  • ADHD in great school children
  • ADHD in middle school adolescents
  • ADHD in teenagers
  • Creating harmony at home
  • Helping your child succeed at school
  • Coping with social challenges
  • Parenting challenges for parents of children with ADHD
  • Choosing the right treatment
  • Treating with medication
  • Healing through neurofeedback
  • The role of behavior modification therapy
  • The benefits of talk therapy
  • Weighting the effects of diet
  • Exploring alternative and experimental treatments
  • Is there a connection between ADHD and environmental toxins?
  • Finding the silver lining.
Summary
When your child is diagnosed with ADHD, you want to do all you can to get the help and support he needs. Unfortunately, the vast amount of information can be overwhelming, leaving you frustrated. Jacobs takes an all-encompassing look at the issues, so that you can feel confident about taking the necessary steps to create a better future for your child.
Subject headings
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder--Popular works.
ISBN
9781605506784 (pbk.) 1605506788 (pbk.)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Indiana Institute on Disability
Call Number
20.4 .J2
Location
IIDC Library - Stacks
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