Driven to distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of adhd. Edward hallowell a veteran pediatric psychiatric clinician, bestselling author, and himself a man with attention deficit disorder add teams up with peter s. An upbeat, positive, and constructive guide, it offers parents strategies that will assist them in the daytoday challenges of raising their add. With decades of experience working with add children, dr. If you address the following 10 topics, and get the guidance you need, youll teach your child to manage hisher adhdadhd effectively. Edward ned hallowell is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. This book is a mustread for parents, scientists, and physicians and it will obliterate once and for all a purely deficitbased model of understanding adhd.
Edward hallowella pediatric psychiatric clinician, father of two adhd children, and himself an adult with adhd understands how easily the gifts of this condition are lost on a child amid negative comments from doctors, teachers, and even loving but frustrated parents. I read this book by alternating bursts of reading with time to absorb. You may think you have read all the adhd books you need. Feb 23, 2010 this book is a mustread for parents, scientists, and physicians and it will obliterate once and for all a purely deficitbased model of understanding adhd. Hallowell and jensen, two gurus in the adhd community, have sensitively captured the world of a child living with the condition in this wonderful book, superparenting for add. In addition to the message of unconditional love and other important themes in this book for raising a distracted child, superparenting offers in chapter 9, concise and valuable information about treating add. Hallowell driven to distraction is one of the benchmark works on adhd. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. An innovative approach to raising your distracted child. An upbeat, positive, and constructive guide, it offers parents strategies that will assist them in the daytoday challenges of raising their add child and help him to reach his. Hallowell has long argued that adhd is too often misunderstood. An innovative approach to raising your distracted child by edward m. Hallowell understands how easily the gifts of this condition are lost on a child amid negative comments from doctors, teachers, and even loving but frustrated parents. An innovative approach to raising your distracted child by hallowell, edward m isbn.
Five books we trust when it comes to adhd connect the dots. In superparenting for add, he focuses on how to best raise children with add. Edward ned hallowell generally travels from boston, ma, usa and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote. Hallowells books have sold more than 2 million copies. Super parenting for kids with adhd boston parents paper. Edward ned hallowell speakers bureau and booking agent. The doctors outline a strengthbased model, which puts a positive spin on the traits that others often see.
What i like about hallowells books about add is how positive he is about the diagnosis and the fabulous qualities and traits in people with addadhd, without brushing aside the very real challenges that it carries, especially how frustrating it can be for school. Jan 28, 2002 i read this book by alternating bursts of reading with time to absorb. Edward hallowella pediatric psychiatric clinician, father of two add children, and. Hallowell, of arlington, details adhds gifts in his book, superparenting for. List of the best books for adoptive parents on add and learning differences. He has authored twenty books including the 1994 groundbreaking new york times. What they really need is more discipline and better parenting. This book is a mustread for parents, scientists, and physicians and it will.
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