The ADHD Workbook for Kids: Helping Children Gain Self-Confidence, Social Skills, and Self-Control

by Lawrence E. Shapiro

All kids with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) want to manage their symptoms in order to get along better with others, build confidence, and succeed in school, but most don't have the skills they need to get their impulsive behavior under control. The ADHD Workbook for Kids offers a simple way to help children with ADHD learn these critical skills in just ten minutes a day. This workbook includes more than forty activities for kids developed by child psychologist Lawrence Shapiro that can help your child with ADHD handle everyday tasks, make friends, and build self-esteem while he or she learns to overcome the most challenging aspects of the disorder. Alone or with your help, your child can complete one ten-minute activity each day to learn how to make good decisions and discover easy techniques for staying focused when it's time to pay attention.

Includes activities to help your •Become a good listener and a good friend
•Make school easier and more fun
•Recognize his or her special gifts and build self-esteem
•Practice planning ahead and learn responsibility

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

184 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2010

Reviews

[Stacy · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are so many ADHD books available but finding one that is designed to help kids is rare. Some try but most simply discuss therapy options or 'parenting ADHD' philosophies. This book, however, includes detailed plans for more than 40 activities. Each one has a story that kids can relate to and uses them as teaching moments. I can sit down with my son, read and discuss the story, talk about the activities and feel like we have accomplished something. NOTE: the activities include writing work and worksheets, we only avoided them because of my son's dysgraphia and dyslexia.

[Erika Smith · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a DNF for us. The entire approach is based on the belief that children with adhd misbehave because they haven't learned how to and current research (and common sense/experience with an adhd child) shows this to be false. This book will not help your adhd child overcome the things they struggle with but just make you both frustrated that they still aren't getting it when they clearly "know" how to properly behave. Strongly recommend against it. It's way more harmful than helpful.

[Anna Elissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good and very easy to understand. I used it with my patients.