Help at Home for Kids with ADHD

An especially good program for helping high-activity, low-concentration kids to become more reflective, attentive, and self-managed is the "Total Focus" program. It is a multi-media package that demonstrates effective, real-life ways to guide ADHD kids in the home environment. For more information, click on the image below.

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Games & Other Materials to Help with Concentration and the Making of Good Choices at:

Internet
For tips on working with children with ADD, log onto:

www.chadd.org/50 class.htm

www.viahealth.org/rgh/behavpeds/

www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/add.html

www.addwarehouse.com

www.mediconsult.com/add/shareware/decad_brain/cope.html

http://www.isc.rit.edu/~easi/pubs/ldnoelbw.htm  (Lists organizations and resources for children and adults with ADD)
 
 
 

Telephone
For information on adult ADD, call 313/540-6335   or   305/587-3700
 
 
 

Books
Parent's guide to attention deficit disorders. Available from Hawthorne Educational Services at 1- 800-542-1673.

What teachers and parents should know about Ritalin.  Available from www.cec.sped.org

Jumping Jake settles down: A workbook to help impulsive children learn to think before they act.  [Illustrated story with 50 activities for ADHD kids ages 5-10].  Call 1-800-962-1141

Putting on the brakes: Young people's guide to understanding ADHD. [For ages 8-13].  Call 1-800-962-1141

ADHD: A teenager's guide. [Book or tape] Call 1-800-962-1141

Michael Asher & Steven Gordon. The AD/HD forms book: Identification, measurement, and intervention.  [Contains 30 forms and checklists for children and adolescents with ADD/ADHD] Available from www.researchpress.com

Grad Flick (1998) ADD/ADHD behavior-change resource kit: Ready to use strategies and activities.
West Nyack, NY: Center for Applied Research in Education.  Available at www.phdirect.com

Grad Flick (1996) Power parenting for children with ADD/ADHD.  West Nyack, NY: Center for Applied Research in Education.  Available at www.phdirect.com

Matthew Galvin. Otto learns about his medicine: A story about medication for children with ADHD. Available at www.MaginationPress.com

Steven Gordon & Michael Asher. Meeting the ADD challenge: A practical guide for teachers.  Available from www.researchpress.com

Gregory Greenberg & Wade Horn. ADHD: Questions and answers for parents.  Available at www.research press.com

Geraldine Markel & Judith Greenbaum.  Performance breakthroughs for adolescents with LD or ADD: How to help studetns succeed in the regular educaton classroom. [Covers program planning, assessment, self-management strategies, etc.]  Available at www.researchpress.com

Janet Morris.  Facing AD/HD: A survival guide for parents. Available at www.researchpress.com

Deborah Moss (1989). Shelley the hyperactive turtle. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House.  This book explains ADHD to students in preschool and primary grades. Call 1-800-843-7323.
            (Interesting title.  What's next?  "Baggy the anorexic elephant"?)

Kathleen Nedeau & Ellen Dixon. Learning to slow down and pay attention: A book for kids about ADD. Available from www. MaginationPress.com

Kathleen Nadeau. Survival guide for college students with ADD or LD. Available from www.MaginationPress.com

Mark Nemiroff & Jane Annunziata. Help is on the way: A child's book about ADD. Available from www.MaginationPress.com

Harvey Parker.  The ADD hyperactivity workbook for parents, teachers, and kids. [Chapters on medication, behavior management, common problems that frustrate parents, etc. and many worksheets and forms. For those who work with kids ages 6-12]  Call 1-800-962-1141

Patricia Quinn. Adolescents and ADD: Gaining the advantage. Available from www.MaginationPress.com

Patricia Quinn. ADD and the college student. Available from www.MaginationPress.com

Sandra Rief. (1993). How to reach and teach ADD/ADHD children. [Contains practical strategies, interventions and techniques for teachers of students with ADD/ADHD]  West Nyack, NY: Center for Applied Research in Education.  Available at www.phdirect.com

Sandra Rief (1998). The ADD/ADHD checklist.  [Covers definition, diagnosis, causes, strategies for parents and teachers.  Also has checklists of things to do to help.]  West Nyack, NY: Center for Applied Research in Education.  Available at www.phdirect.com

David & Myra Sosin (1996). Professional's guide to ADD.  [Small and quick guide to all aspects of teaching students with ADD] Available from www.teachercreated.com
 

Book companies with plenty of books FOR kids with ADD:
    -www.FreeSpirit.com (pick up Dr. Mac's book while you're there!)
    -www.maginationpress.com
 
 
 

Assessment Instruments
Stephan McCarney. Hawthorne Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scale. Columbia, Missouri: Hawthorne Education Services.   Call 314/874-1710

Connors' Rating Scales - Revised.  North Tonawanda, NY: Multi-Health Systems.
 
 

Computer Software
"Play attention" is an interactive (between computer and person) devise that includes a helmet that conveys direction of sight to the computer.  The person plays videogames, not with a mouse or joy stick, but rather, by maintaining attention and eye contact.  Games focus on concentration, time on task, and memory for multi-step directions.  Based on NASA technology.  Cost: $1800 (2005).   For more information: www.playattention.com, or 1-800-788-6786.
 
 

Videos
What every parent should know about ADD.  Available at www.researchpress.com

What every teacher should know about ADD.  Available at www.researchpress.com

Why won't my child pay attention?  Practical help for parents of ADHD children.  Call 1-800-962-1141
 
 

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