1000 Best Tips for ADHD: Expert Answers and Bright Advice to Help You and Your Child

by Susan Ashley

YOUR COMPLETE REFERENCE FOR PARENTING A CHILD WITH ADHD When you're struggling to help your child with homework, chores, or behavior, what you need are quick, easy, and effective tips you can use right away. Even getting through seemingly easy tasks can be a relentless challenge that never seems to get easier. As a child psychologist specializing in ADHD for more than twenty years, Dr. Ashley knows exactly what parents face every day. 1000 Best Tips for ADHD gives parents quick tips and easy-to-implement solutions that make even the toughest days go smoother. FIND TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Adhd

288 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2012

Reviews

[Darlene · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a teacher, I was hoping for something that had a little more meat on the bones, . Instead, it was more like one idea got broken down into multiple "steps", each counting towards the 1001, but only described very shallowly. The author states that it should be used as a resource for parents to come back to again and again, as ADHD children often have techniques no longer work. But what was provided here, I don't think was really something that could be used in that manner.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

If your kids have adhd this is a fantastic resource.

[Gretchen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been a good resource for me as a parent and a teacher. Many good ideas. This is a book I would recommend parents purchase.

[Kate]

I read this as an 30yo who's only been diagnosed with ADHD just over a year ago.
I don't have kids yet, but thought there may be some applicable tips that I can use for myself or when I do have kids.
There were definitely some good tips, especially regarding behaviour.
I skipped the sections on sibling rivalry and school.

I would say there are actually fewer than 1000 tips as many of the tips are the same.
For example in the section on "Tips for Cooperation"
The first three tips are:
"Set your focus on "What is she doing right?""
"Rejoice in the many little things your child does right."
"Make a list of all the things your child does right."

The constantly switching genders in this book is distracting.
I wish instead of switching each tip from saying him or her, it would just refer to child as they.

Overall, for a quick read, I think I did get something out of this book. And I'll probably reference it again in the future.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very educational and informed me about challenges that children with ADHD & ADD face as well as steps that parents can take to help support their kids. I learned that couples must work together as a team when it comes to parenting and that rewards are much better than punishment. If anything, this book taught me that children with ADHD need a lot of support whether in the home or by advocating for individualized educational plans.

Sections:
* ADHD Behavior
* Happy Home
* School
* Social Interactions
* Parenting

I guess the only thing I didn’t love was that a lot of these facts / tips are more experience based than research based. I would have enjoyed citations to relevant articles. Also each section was broken down by a ton of bullet points. I feel like it wouldn’t have taken too much effort to put it into a regular book format. Overall, it was good!

[Nathan Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t have any kids, but I do have a partner with ADHD and wanted to gauge how he was raised vs. the tips in this book (and to gain useful knowledge if I ever did have a child diagnosed with ADHD) and a lot of the tips and behaviors to look out for are spot on. The lists/needing things written down, the loss of time, poor working memory, one task at a time - these are all behaviors I’ve noticed in my partner and really helped me understand him and his ADHD a lot more.

So I didn’t really use this book as intended, but found it very helpful for the future and just interacting and understanding people with ADHD in general. Great read, great reference. Thank you!

[Chloe · Rating 1 out of 5]

Contrary to many people’s opinion I found this book completely useless. As someone who has ADHD, is married to someone with ADHD and has a child with ADHD I found the advice in this book to resemble “post-it note psychology”. Some of the tips provided were antiquated viewpoints and I honestly wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone looking for anything more than what you can find in Google articles and forums across the web with most of it being obvious common sense such as “if your child constantly forgets to grab their lunch in the morning just pack it in their school bag for them”… keep looking, there are way better books out there.

[Addie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is awesome for anyone who needs to understand quickly about ADHD! Flip to the category of interest, read the mini paragraph about what's going on in the head of the one with ADHD, & launch into the quick tips to find one that works for the issue at hand. I love the easy format that keeps understanding things about ADHD from becoming too complicated. Just flip & find. What a blessing for this mom of an ADHD child!

[Lane Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this front to back, which is a lot of tips to take on all at once, so I think it'll be most useful as a reference book for specific issues as they come up with my three ADHD kids.

Highly recommend having this around if you're a parent of a kid with ADHD. And definitely incorporate the rewards system with points of some kind. We'd already been doing it before I read this book, and it works well. It's the only way they'd ever brush their teeth!

[Erika · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very useful resource for parents just getting to know ADHD. It is full of practical suggestions, information and the do’s & don’ts of parenting kids with ADHD. I love the numbered-list format because it’s not overwhelming to read and it’s super easy to flip to whatever section you need on any given day. Also, many great tips for how to deal with school end related challenges.

[Pascale · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is it perfect? No. But for a parent who is overwhelmed with one or more honey badgers, a list of tips can be much more useful than a thick, well-written volume.

And if the parent also has ADHD and/or dyslexia, it’s an even better choice!

[Brooke Banks · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a swift read. Ranges from the helpful to the obvious. It's far more for when the kid is young than a teenager. I found some useful bits though. Mostly it made me wish I had this book when my daughter was little.

[Christina Brandal · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many great ideas!

I checked this ebook out from my library but I’m going to pick up my own copy now because it’s a great source to refer back to!

[Charli · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the formatting and found several helpful strategies.

[Mari Gomez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good guide for parents who are starting the ADHD parenting trip.

[Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read a number of parenting books now on Adhd. This one by far was the most helpful. Concise with lots of practical tips. Great for busy parents and teachers.

[Sammi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the quick tips and the way it was written. So many great take aways and I’m grateful for the resource.

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good tips but I feel like they could’ve been better. Some of the tips seemed repetitive.

[Aditya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit too rigid

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

good info but some is very dated

[Just · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's taken me a long time to accept the diagnosis of ADHD for my son as I always believed it was a junk science label given to kids who lacked parental discipline. The more I've read recently by respected professionals, I understand that it is a real condition that requires people in the general population to be educated on instead of listening to junk affairs media shows that indicate it's bad parenting. This book has some great tips for dealing with the behaviours that go with ADHD.

[Pamela Lowell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well organized great resource from Parenting with Pam

Well organized great resource from Parenting with Pam

Highly recommended for parents of ADHD children
but contains valuable tips for parents of all kinds of kids
Pamela Lowell LICSW www.pamelalowell.com
Author, therapist, parenting expert

[Colleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you read anything at all about ADHD, read this! Having it, living with it & patenting it is tough. This helps you start the covers stops about school, home, homework and every other conceivable venue and how to deal. Concise. Read it! You will not be sorry!

[Holli Keel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't know that I love the format of the book with just a whole series of tips, but they were easy to read and understand. And I've already tried a tip or two with good results, so it gets high marks for that.

[Kristina Hofacre · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hadn't read any books on ADHD & since I have 2 children with that DX. I found it very informative! I have not tried all of the tips/etc. But I'm sure glad I have this on my shelf!

[Manon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick go to guide.

[Rochelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource! I find a lot of tips I've highlighted and especially want to put into use the suggestions for the token/reward system.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

a list of tips written in sections, tips for
-homework
-organizing
-time management
-medications
-vacations
and my favourite...-tips for dealing with other people's opinions.
a good, quick read to get my feet wet after the new diagnosis in our household.