Sandra Rief offers myriad real-life case studies, interviews, and student intervention plans for children with ADD/ADHD. In addition, the book contains best teaching practices and countless strategies for enhancing classroom performance for all types of students.

This invaluable resource offers proven suggestions for:

• Engaging students' attention and active participation
• Keeping students on-task and productive
• Preventing and managing behavioral problems in the classroom
• Differentiating instruction and addressing students' diverse learning styles
• Building a partnership with parents
• and much more.

Author: Sandra F., M.A. Rief
Paperback:  464 pages
Company: Jossey-Bass  (2005-03-17)
ISBN: 0787972959
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- An APA Bestseller-over 25,000 copies sold!

This book is designed as the perfect learning tool to help parents guide their child as he or she confronts the challenges of ADHD. Learning to Slow Down is unique because it is kid-centered, written from the child's point of view.

This updated edition includes easy-to-read text, fun cartoons, and activities, as well as loads of self-help tips for coping with friends, family, and schoolwork, getting organized, getting disciplined, and getting things done. Appropriate for ages 6-11. Full-color illustrations.

Author: Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ellen B. Dixon, Charles Beyl
Paperback:  96 pages
Company: Magination Press  (2004-08-30)
ISBN: 1591471559
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Blake Taylor's memoir, written when he was 17, offers, for the first time, a young person's account of what it's like to live and grow up with this common condition. Join Blake as he foils bullies, confronts unfair teachers, struggles with distraction and disorganization on exams, and goes sailing out-of-bounds and ends up with a boatload of spiders. It will be an inspiration and companion to the millions of others like him who must find a way to thrive with a different perspective than many of us.

The book features an introduction by psychologist Lara Honos-Webb, author of The Gift of ADHD, and a leading advocate for kids with ADHD.

Blake's mother first suspected he had ADHD when he, at only three years of age, tried to push his infant sister in her carrier off the kitchen table. As time went by, Blake developed a reputation for being hyperactive and impulsive. He launched rockets (accidentally) into neighbor's swimming pools and set off alarms in museums. Blake was diagnosed formally with ADHD when he was five years old. In this book, he tells about the next twelve years as he learns to live with both the good and bad sides of life with ADHD.

Author: Blake E. S. Taylor
Paperback:  176 pages
Company: New Harbinger Publications  (2008-02-02)
ISBN: 1572245220
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Kids with ADHD need to be loved and shown how to become successful adults. Unfortunately, their lack of attention and restlessness often get in the way. Parents of these kids try so hard to stay connected and remain patient in the face of daily frustration. However, it is an incredible challenge to remain positive and involved when your child does not respond to the kinds of strategies that work for other children. Without guidance and systematic treatment, these bright, inquisitive children are unlikely to graduate from high school, are more prone to use illegal drugs, and struggle to maintain employment as adults. Parenting Children with ADHD: Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach gives parents a framework for building a successful parenting program at home. Drawing from his experiences in evaluating and treating thousands of children and teens with ADHD, Vincent Monastra presents a series of ten lessons that are essential for promoting the success of kids with ADHD. In simple language, Monastra explains the causes of ADHD and how nutrition, medication and certain therapeutic procedures can improve attention, concentration, and behavioral control. Recognizing the importance of school success, Monastra also reviews the educational rights of children with ADHD and outlines a process for working with school districts to get your child the help they need. Beyond this foundation, Monastra describes non-confrontational ways to teach your child essential life skills like organization, problem-solving, and emotional control. Through guiding principles like "Work for Play" and "Time Stands Still", Monastra ends the struggle for control and helps children learn that in life you need to "earn your play" and apologise and "make amends" when you do something that hurts another person (or makes their life more difficult).

Author: Vincent J., Ph.D. Monastra
Paperback:  263 pages
Company: American Psychological Association (APA)  (2004-11)
ISBN: 1591471826
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This comprehensive guide to attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) offers parents balanced, reassuring, and authoritative information to help them understand and manage this challenging and often misunderstood condition. Based on the American Academy of Pediatrics' own clinical practice guidelines for ADHD and written in clear, accessible language, this book answers the common questions: How is ADHD diagnosed?, What are today's best treatment options, and Will my child outgrow ADHD? Accurate, up-to-date findings on evaluation and diagnosis, coexisting conditions, and unproven treatments are provided. Also addressed are behaviors associated with the teenage years and what schools can do to support children with the condition. ADHD management strategies that balance the roles of behavior therapy, medications, and parenting techniques are suggested.

Paperback:  355 pages
Company: American Academy Of Pediatrics  (2004-04-01)
ISBN: 158110121X
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Director:  James Grapek
DVD:  Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Company: Associated Producers, Inc.  (2004-06-15)
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Featuring renowned ADHD expert Dr. Russell Barkley, this video is a valuable resource for teachers, school counselors, and all mental health practitioners treating children for ADHD.

Todd, a 3rd grade student, has been diagnosed with ADHD by a treatment team at his school. As Todd s teacher follows through on a treatment plan to address Todd s difficulties in the classroom, leading ADHD expert Dr. Russell Barkley provides advice on creating successful interventions, and George J. DuPaul and Gary Stoner walk us through each step of the treatment approach. Watch as his teacher implements several simple changes in the classroom, leading to Todd getting along better with his classmates, scoring higher on quizzes and maintaining better focus throughout the day.

Comprehensive, informative and easy to follow, this video demonstrates a practical approach to treating ADHD within the schools.

From watching this video, you will:

• Learn several simple classroom techniques to address a child s problems with focus and concentration resulting from ADHD.
• Get real and practical information about ADHD, the keys to successful treatment, and the pros and cons of different approaches.
• See how to effectively collaborate with a treatment team, which may include family, teachers, school administrators, and mental health practitioners.

This video is licensed for individual private viewing only. For teaching, group, and institutional use, please purchase the Institutional/Instructor's version. A companion video, Assessing ADHD in the Schools, is also available.

Director:  George J. DuPaul and Gary Stoner
DVD:  NTSC
Company: Psychotherapy.net  (2008-05-16)
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Explosive and noncompliant children and adolescents present significant challenges to parents and cause distress to all family members. Such children tend to be quite misunderstood and their behavioral challenges are often poorly addressed by traditional discipline strategies which conceive such challenges as attention-seeking, willful, and manipulative. Research suggests that such children may actually lack cognitive skills essential to handling frustration, solving problems, and mastering situations requiring flexibility and adaptability. In other words, the difficulties of these children may be best understood as a learning disability. Naturally, if a child is lacking crucial cognitive skills, the goal for parents and other adults is to teach those skills. In this two-hour program, Dr. Ross Greene (author of The Explosive Child) and his colleague, Dr. Stuart Ablon, help parents understand the specific cognitive skill deficits that can impair a child's capacities for flexibility and frustration tolerance and provide step-by-step guidance on their approach -- known as Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) -- for teaching these skills. This video features live interviews with parents of behaviorally challenging children and provides answers to many of the common questions parents have about the CPS approach.

DVD:  Color, NTSC
Company: CustomFlix  (2004) (2004-11-01)
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Labeling: The Home provides a tour of the common rooms found in a home and items found in those rooms. Studies have shown videos to be an effective tool for teaching children with autism. This DVD, combined with out DVD Companion book, will help your children learn the common objects in a home as well as the functional use of those objects. Little Pilgrims' Object Isolation Method focuses your childon a particular object while other distractions are faded away. Expert commentary at the video's conclusion will aid parents in using these tools as well as provide handy, every day tips. Running time: Approx. 30 minutes/Color

DVD:  Object Isolation Method for Learning, Approved by Parents, Teachers, and Therapists, Expert Commentary from the Director of an Early Intervention Program
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Let's Go to the Restaurant models proper behavior and aids in labeling familiar items in a restaurant. Studies have shown videos to be an effective tool for teaching children with autism. This DVD, combined with our DVD Companion books, is intended to ease your child's transition into a restaurant atmosphere by introducing the sights and sounds of the environment and illustrating proper behavior modeling. Whether it is walking slowly in the parking lot, waiting patiently at the table, or speaking softly, we've captured all of the common events that occur during a trip to the restaurant. Little Pilgrims' Object Isolation Method focuses your child on a particular object while other distractions are faded away. Expert commentary at the video's conclusion will aid parents in using these tools as well as provide handy, every day tips. Running time: Approx. 30 minutes/Color

DVD:  Object Isolation Method for Learning, Approved by Parents, Teachers, and Therapists, expert Commentary from the Director of an Early Intervention Program
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