Background: Teenagers with ADD took over
seven years to write and two additional years to edit and publish. During our
sons' turbulent teenage years, I began collecting materials that were helpful
with our boys. Initially, I wrote simply as therapy for myself as I struggled
with parenting our challenging teenage sons. Some of the strategies that I had
used effectively as a former teacher, school psychologist, and therapist were
not particularly effective with our boys. I agonized through periods of guilt,
inadequacy, embarrassment, and grief. Obviously, if a "so-called
expert" like me was struggling, I could only imagine what other poor
unsuspecting parents with less training must be feeling. After our humbling
education, my husband and I wanted to share the lessons we learned to help other
parents avoid some of the mistakes we made. Thus, Teenagers with ADD was born with input from over a hundred
professionals in a variety of fields, many of whom were also parents of
children with attention deficits.
Book Summary: Attention Deficit
Disorders and their hallmark characteristics of impulsivity and inattentiveness
can compromise a child's ability to reach his potential. When coupled with the
adolescent's struggle for control and independence, Attention Deficit Disorder
can present these teens, their families, educators, and treatment professionals
with special issues and challenges that, left untreated, can negatively impact
home and school life.
Teenagers with ADD, unique in its expanded focus on adolescents and its comprehensive
coverage of ADD and ADHD, describes the three main types of the disorder, the
diagnostic process, and treatment strategies. Although the title specifically
names teenagers, this book is also an excellent resource for all school age
students. It examines typically occurring behaviors and offers guidance for
dealing with:
- Reframing
and building upon the student's strengths
- Learning
problems and academic failure
- Poor
self-esteem
- Critical
coexisting conditions such as Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder,
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder, and Substance Abuse
- Troubled
interpersonal relationships
- Truancy
& school suspensions
- Sleep
disturbances
- Impaired
sense of time (tardiness, losing track of time)
- Defiance
- Speeding
tickets
- Suicide
risk
- Brushes
with law enforcement
Based upon the most current diagnostic criteria available (DSM-IV) and
incorporating ADD/ADHD literature and research, Teenagers with ADD is written by an educator and
mental health professional, and mother who has raised two teenage sons with
attention deficits.
Parents and professionals alike will find a wealth of intervention
suggestions in tables and appendices that can be reproduced and shared. These
include
- Specific
treatment strategies
- Common
learning problems, behaviors observed, and classroom accommodations
- Federal
laws governing ADD and ADHD
- US DOE
9/91 policy memo re: services and classroom accommodations for students
with ADD
- Memo
for teachers re: impact of ADD/ADHD on school performance
- Sample
IEPs and accommodations included in Section 504 Plans
- Documenting
eligibility for Other Health Impaired (OHI) services
- Medication
impact on school work, effectiveness, timing and doses
Featured in ADD Warehouse as one of their top ten best sellers, Teenagers
with ADD is
recommended reading for parents and families, educators, and administrators,
treatment professionals, and anyone interested in helping children and teens
overcome their difficulties to become well-adjusted and productive young
adults.
Book Reviews and Reader Comments
ADHD Reports (Russell Barkley &
Associates 6/96) "This useful and comprehensive book offers a detailed
discussion on all the relevant issues facing teenagers with ADD. Parents will
find this book invaluable in assisting them in better understanding and coping
with their teenager's behavior and struggles with ADHD."
Bob Friedman, Ph.D., Chairperson, Department of Child and Family Studies,
University of South Florida. "Written by one of our nation's most
outstanding advocates or mental health services for children, Teenagers with
ADD does a superb of providing information to help parents and professionals in
their efforts to support young people."
Mark B. Goor, Ph.D. Intervention in School and Clinic: "Offers all the
basic information necessary to understand the condition, get help, and provide
appropriate guidance for adolescents with ADD. Teenagers with ADD has something for everyone associated with this
population...alive with quotes an photographs."
Bonnie Fell, nationally recognized child and family advocate: "A
wonderful tribute to the strength of adolescents and their families."
Barbara Ingersol, Ph.D. in Daredevils and Daydreamers: New Perspectives
on AD/HD . Regarding educating oneself to
become an effective advocate and knowledgeable about the child's rights:
"A good starting point is the highly readable and detailed explanation of
federal laws and how they apply to your child provided in Chris Dendy's book,
Teenagers with ADD."
Lucy Lockley, Library Journal 1/99: Teenagers
with ADD is recommended with a star, which
indicates that it is of particular interest for all collections. "Dendy
discusses the condition in relation to teenage activities, such as sports,
school, driving, getting along with parents. Her guide offers parents a
teenager's perspective on ADD, an angle not often seen in similar titles."
Harvey Parker, Ph.D., A.D.D. WareHouse: "Finally, we have a book that
deals exclusively with issues of ADD in the teenagers years. I highly recommend
it."
Reader Comments
on the Internet:
www.amazon.com.www.amazon.com.: Twenty
five-star reviews are provided; a few highlights are provided below. You may
wish to visit their website and read all the detailed reviews.
- Canada
"Excellent, informative, comforting, realistic, helpful"
- SC
" What a resource!!!"
- MI
"This book is the best resource yet for ADHD and your teen.
- NJ
"Comprehensive. A must read if our child has ADHD."
- NY
"A life saver; you help me to love my son with ADHD."
- MA
"The best resource I have seen for parenting teens with ADD."
- VA
"Great book."
- GA
"Excellent suggestions"
- NJ "The
best book on ADHD ever!"
- OR
"WONDERFUL!! WONDERFUL!!"
- AZ
"This book is changing my attitude about my son."
- CO
"This is a wonderful book!"
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