Raising Boys With ADHD

by Mary Anne Richey

The second edition of the best-selling Raising Boys With ADHD features the latest information on research and treatment for boys with ADHD. This Filled with practical knowledge, a dynamic action planning guide, resources, and tools needed to help parents address the many strengths and challenges of boys with ADHD, this book provides parents with encouragement and hope for the future.

Genres: Adhd, Parenting

300 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2021

About the author

Mary Anne Richey, M.Ed., a Licensed School Psychologist, has a private practice in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. evaluating children for learning disabilities and gifted. She brings years of experience in working with children in many different capacities including as a middle school teacher, administrator, high school guidance counselor, and adjunct college instructor. In 2012, she was honored to be named Florida School Psychologist of the Year. One of her books, Stressed Out! Solutions to Help Your Child Manage and Overcoming Stress, was selected as the Book of the Year in the Parent Category by the National Association of Gifted Children. Mary Anne has assisted many students with ADHD, gifted and learning disabilities and their families over the years. She has co-authored five books on ADHD, Executive Functioning and stress in children. She is the sole author of second editions of Raising Girls with ADHD-Secrets to Parenting Healthy, Happy Daughters and Raising Boys with ADHD - Secrets to Parenting Healthy, Happy Sons. She is the proud parent of two adult children and six grandchildren.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in a LibraryThing giveaway in exchange for a review.

Every bit as useful as I hoped it would be. My son is in preschool and his teachers suggested he get therapy for social/emotional behavior. Two different therapists now have told us that he may have ADHD but that he's too young for a diagnosis. As frustrating as that uncertainty is, I wanted to read up on ADHD so I know what to expect and how to help my child as much as possible.

This book takes you through what ADHD is, common myths, and treatment options. Then there are chapters broken up into rough age groups, including preschool. I was glad that there was a separate chapter for preschool, as other materials I've looked at assume the kid in question is older (perhaps near the end of elementary school or in middle school). It helps you to recognize behaviors that may indicate ADHD and provides assistance in how to support your child. For older children, it also includes strategies for helping them to advocate for themselves.

I still don't know if my son has ADHD or not, but I feel more prepared for any eventual diagnosis with this information under my belt. I'd recommend this book to any parent or caregiver in a similar situation.

[Amerynth · Rating 4 out of 5]

In full disclosure, I received a free copy of Mary Anne Richey's book "Raising Boys with ADHD: Secrets for Parenting Successful Happy Sons" from LT's Early Reviewer's program.

I found the book to be an excellent primer on ADHD, the behaviors you might see in young boys, as well as some tips to help with parenting. I have to say that there wasn't a lot that was terribly new in the elementary years section (as we've been dealing with ADHD for a long time now) and many of the strategies she lists are ones that we've happened upon that work well (so I can attest that they work at least.)

We aren't there yet, so I haven't given a ton of thought to ADHD in the middle school and teen years (and parts of this book terrified me -- from teen pregnancy to driving) -- those section were very eye opening and I appreciated all of the tips and information she presents.

If your child was recently diagnosed or you are looking for new ideas to try, this book is a very good primer on ADHD.

[Lewie Dunn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This work is best used by parents as a guide for use with their sons, just as in the title, the work is set up in such a manner that guides parents from a overall meaning of what ADHD is to offering guides to deal with what can come up in life of a male.
The work is filled with case histories as examples of what has occurred in the lives of others who are dealing with ADHD. The chapters deal with all that is involved with determining that the male does in fact have ADHD and how parents need to learn how to deal with the condition. The work explains how to use the book to get the most out of it. It gives several management and treatment options for parents to use during the life of the male. It also covers issues and how to deal with them as the male starts their education and carries it on until the male reaches post secondary education.
This work has been revised in this second edition and has been updated with information from later research and trails of educators in the field. The work is filled with charts and grafts and check lists that will aid the parent in getting more for their male child thru this critical phase of life. This work can also be used by educators as a guide to assist the parents of their students who fall within the scope of the work.
So if you know a male that has been determined to or suspected of having ADHD then this work needs to be examined.

[Nina Cox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Provided a lot of good information, but left me feeling like I needed more.