The A.D.D. Book

by William Sears, Lynda Thompson PhD

One of America's most trusted pediatricians outlines an effective, drug-free approach to treating children with Attention Deficit Disorder. Your child with A.D.D. can flourish-without drug therapy. That's the revolutionary and reassuring message that Dr. William Sears delivers in The A.D.D. Book. Dr. Sears, whose bestselling books, including The Baby Book and The Discipline Book, have established him as one of the country's most reliable authorities on parenting, joins forces with child psychologist Lynda Thompson, Ph.D., to provide all the information that you as a parent need to help your child with A.D.D. thrive. In The A.D.D. Book you'll learn what A.D.D. is and what it is not, how to tell whether your child has A.D.D., and how to increase your child's learning ability both at home and at school. Dr. Sears and Dr. Thompson outline effective behavior modification strategies that reach beyond the widely prescribed drug therapy to improve your child's cognitive abilities while reducing hyperactivity. Using real-life case studies and the results of the most recent scientific research, they offer guidelines for living with and helping your child with A.D.D., including: * Ways to improve your child's attention and motivation in the classroom * Tips for helping your child learn to handle frustration * Ways to increase parent-child communication and develop time-management techniques for the entire family * Advice on selecting the right professional help * How neurofeedback (using computers to increase attention skills) can help your child learn * How to know if your child needs medication and how to make the right decisions about using it Dr. Sears and Dr. Thompson take a positive approach to A.D.D. They believe that A.D.D. is a difference rather than a disorder, and they explain how you can make some of the behavioral and personality traits that are characteristic of A.D.D. work to your child's advantage. Their book is a clear, comforting, and uniquely comprehensive parents' guide to A.D.D.

Genres: Psychology, Parenting, Reference, Nonfiction, Self Help

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 1998

About the author

Dr. Sears, or Dr. Bill as his "little patients" call him, is the father of eight children as well as the author of over 30 books on childcare. Dr. Bill is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine. Dr. Bill received his pediatric training at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital in Boston and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto -- the largest children’s hospital in the world, where he served as associate ward chief of the newborn nursery and associate professor of pediatrics. Dr. Sears is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and a fellow of the Royal College of Pediatricians (RCP).Dr. Bill is also a medical and parenting consultant for BabyTalk and Parenting magazines and the pediatrician on the website Parenting.com.

Reviews

[Annette]

I can't really give this book a fair and honest rating because I didn't finish reading it. I got about a third of the way through it and it was a struggle for me because it's not written in a user-friendly format. I was bound and determined that I was going to finish it though because I really wanted to learn more about ADD in children. I showed it to a friend of mine who is a professional psychologist and she said "Why are reading that? That's like a text book!" She gave me a couple of suggestions of other books that I could read with the same helpful information except better because a) they were more updated and b) they were more reader friendly. I read the books that she suggested and decided not to finish this one.
I thought that I would like book because I have read other books written by Dr. Sears that I really liked, but this one just didn't work out for me.

[Prairieknitwit · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was loaned to me by an Occupational Therapist who was working with my son. I couldn't finish it. I did not find it at all helpful for learning anything about ADHD.

I skimmed a lot of the book as I found it was full of anecdotes that led nowhere and there was a whole chapter on pregnancy that I felt was very unnecessary as my child is 7. I can't think of anyone who would be anticipating an ADD diagnosis for their child before they are even born and who would start reading up on it then. My son is even at the low end of the appropriate age for definitive diagnosis so I feel like it was just padding to include a chapter on pregnancy to toddlerhood.

The rest of the book was split between common-sense stuff that I have been doing already and outlining interventions that have already been started in our family by our school system.

I didn't like the slightly sexist, patronizing tone of Dr Sears' writing and it made it hard to want to keep reading, which is another reason I ended up abandoning the book.

I really couldn't find any useful information among the filler.

[Ghizlane Eddiba · Rating 1 out of 5]

bought it meanly for my son's difficulties at school! I started it in 2012, and I am still not able to finish it, as it is a little bit boring and including a lot of medical details. The way it was wrote does not attract mothers or members of family, but professionals like teachers, specialists... I guess it was not warm and close enough to a mother like me!

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book because they suggest neurofeedback as a treatment option for ADD.

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably because I'm a little ADD myself, I found this to be a little too rigid. But it's Sears, so probably really helpful for others.

[Nadya]

Jenis buku yang nggak akan saya baca kalau bukan karena kerjaan. Ternyata bermanfaat juga buat nambah2 pengetahuan. :D