The first edition of Teenagers with ADD, ADHD & Executive Function Deficits 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, ADHD & Executive Function Deficits 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. In 2006 the second edition was updated with the latest scientific facts and information about ADHD and executive function deficits. Now, in 2017, we have released the third edition with even more updates.

Russell Barkley says….

“While there are certainly other books for parents struggling to raise children with ADHD, none of them focus exclusively own teens with ADHD, none of them are by a parent expert and a long-term advocate for children and adults with ADHD, and and none of them come with the invaluable personal insights about raising teens with ADHD that this book does.

It is a rarity that will richly reward the reader with its science-based information on the disorder, its coverage of the available evidence-based treatment, and especially its sage wisdom and personal advice from a parent of an ADHD teenager who has been in the trenches of family life with ADHD. From that vast experience Chris has extracted unique advice and numerous insights that can benefit other parents trying to raise well-adjusted teenss with ADHD."

-Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Medical University of South Carolina

This 3rd edition of Chris Dendy's guide for parents of teenagers with ADHD provides a wealth of down-to-earth, practical information about how to recognize, understand and deal sensibly with ADHD/executive function impairments in teens. Based on real-life experiences, it provides compassionate, useful advice about medications, negotiating with school staff, resolving parent-teen conflicts, and much more. It also includes "words of wisdom" from 15 teens with ADHD looking back on their struggles and successes with ADHD after they reach age 30 and beyond. Very worthwhile reading for professionals and parents!

-Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D., Director of Brown Clinics for Attention & Related Disorders Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Keck Medical School of University of Southern California author of Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children & Adults

TWA was my Bible when my sons were struggling during their teenage years. In fact, it may be the only reason we all survived those years! I still recommend to parents of every teen with ADHD that I come across and I'm thrilled with this updated edition which provides even more information for parents and educators alike.

-Evelyn Polk Green, MS.Ed. Immediate Past President Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)

"Teenagers with ADD, ADHD & Executive Function Deficits is easy to follow and understand, and powerfully intuitive. Reading it felt like having my best friend, favorite teacher, and personal champion all sitting next to me at the kitchen table! Parents of ADHD teenagers need to know they're not alone; Dendy's third edition understands the hopes, fears, and frustrations we face, and can actually help!"

-Jeremy Didier CHADD Coordinator of ADHDKC, and Parent Coach of ImpactADHD

Chris Dendy is the author of four highly acclaimed books and two videos. Over the last 40 years, she has worked as an educator, school psychologist, and children's mental health professional. She is the mother of three grown children and five grandchildren who also have ADHD.

In popular demand as a speaker, she presents nationally and internationally on ADHD, learning disabilities, and executive function deficits. Chris served on the executive committee of the national CHADD Board from 2001-2005. She and her late husband have both been members of CHADD's President Council since its inception. They have also served on ADDA-SR's Advisory Board. She was inducted into CHADD's Hall of Fame (2006), awarded CHADD's prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award (2015), and, along with her husband, selected as recipient of ADDA-SR's Eisenberg Award (2006).