Raising an ADHD Child: A Handbook for Parents of Distractible, Dreamy and Defiant Children

by Fintan O'Regan

How can I support my child's executive functions?
Where do I start with medication?
What can I do to start planning my child's future?

This guide is a comprehensive and practical look at everything you need to know when parenting a child with ADHD. Beginning with the basics, you'll get to grips with terminology, have popular myths debunked, and learn how to effectively communicate with your child, as well as understand how to work in tandem with schools, medical professionals, partners and your extended family.

Exploring everything from how to harness hyperfocus to supporting and nourishing your child's executive functions, this is the ADHD parenting guide to always keep in your back pocket.

Genres: Adhd, Nonfiction, Self Help, Parenting, Mental Health

183 pages, Paperback

Published September 21, 2023

Reviews

[❋ Booked Out Today ❋ · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️ 3 ⭐️

Raising An ADHD Child

Summary:
This guide has useful tips and strategies to understanding a child with ADHD. Book used simple terms and focused on the positives and strengths of a child with ADHD.

My Thoughts:
-loved the positive spin on viewing ADHD as a developmental delay rather than a disorder.
-I liked how it went on to explaining ADHD in teenagers and than adulthood.
-often linked to ADHD in adulthood
-I liked how the book was organised.
-I didn’t find any tips or strategies super useful as I was already aware of most things mentioned.
-overall liked the information and made me feel positive as a mother rather than creating blame.

[Books_the_Magical_Fruit · Rating 4 out of 5]

This contains extensive information on ADHD, as well as helpful tips on how to help a child or teenager with ADHD. The appendices contain a Q &A section and quite a few websites for further research. It should be noted that this book is UK-based, but almost all of the content therein is universal.

Also, I discovered that Brits spell the word “instill” as “instil”, and it kind of broke my proofreading brain. (I, too, have ADHD!)

My only complaints are that:
1. The recommended strategies to help your progeny are precisely those that are extremely difficult if you are an adult with ADHD, which, due to the genetic component, is likely to be the case.
2. The content does get a tad repetitive, and I found myself thinking, “You just said that!!” more than a few times.

My overall view is that this is a solid book for parents, and it’s worth a read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for the free ebook in exchange for my honest review.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

A welcome addition to books in this area of neurodiversity. This is a comprehensive guide to understanding ADHD, and giving skills to carers to support children with the multitude of symptoms and issues they might have. I read the book not as a parent but as a teacher trying to improve my interactions with ADHD children in my classes. The book is presented by knowledgeable professionals. It is quite dense and is not a book you can zoom through. Thought is needed to the information given, and time to reflect and implement is also required. I have found this worthwhile. Thank you to Jessica Kingsley Publishers and Singing Dragon and NetGalley for the ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

[jaylen gavie · Rating 4 out of 5]

For parents searching for an easy to understand read, this book is it. The author demonstrates knowledge of this area and presents it in a way that is digestible and informed. While not a comprehensive book on parenting, I believe this will give parents, caregivers, clinicians insight to help build the bases of what it means to raise a neurodivergent child with ADHD. It provides a quick glance of the implications of ADHD on the lifespan and provides caveats amongst questions many parents may have in regards to working with schools, treatment options, executive functioning and even screen time. As a therapist, this is a book that I would recommend to parents.

[RainyDayReader]

Didn't read this one word for word but I got the bulk of the info. Definitely a starter book for parents, teachers, or other adults who love/care for children with ADHD. As someone who has ADHD, is a sped teacher, and has read books about it before this one, there wasn't anything new in this one. But again, I think those who are looking for a starter book will find some helpful information.

(Thank you to the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.)

[Ashlee Stingel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was very insightful. Our child is only 3, but as a teacher and trained in the world of ADHD, I already can identify signs that he may have this neurodivergence. I wanted to have insight in the best way to help with his impulsivity and this book gave excellent tips and tricks.

[Kellie King · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was an interesting read!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gentle, thoughtful and extensive. I found a lot to savor here.

[Carrie O'Maley Voliva · Rating 3 out of 5]

Concise advice from compassionate authors. Written and published in the UK so some of the education suggestions don't completely translate to the U.S.

[Carol Y · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't really finish. Went through very roughly. Was at a state where I felt there are too much rules and requirements for parents who are not understood or pampered enough. But was useful to learn that ADHD kids have a slower development of prefrontal cortex that regulates self control.