School success for kids with ADHD / Stephan M. Silverman, Jacqueline S. Iseman, and Sue Jeweler.

By: Silverman, Stephan, 1942- [author]
Contributor(s): Iseman, Jacqueline S, 1977- [author] | Jeweler, Sue, 1947- [author]
Publisher: Texas : Prufrock Press Inc., 2009Description: viii, 258 pages: illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781593633585 (pbk.); 1593633580 (pbk.)Subject(s): Attention-deficit-disordered children -- Education | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- TreatmentDDC classification: 371.94 LOC classification: LC4713.2 | .S55 2009
Contents:
The importance and impact of attention -- The history of ADHD -- The medical perspective -- What parents need to know -- The most effective treatment and management system for ADHD: multimodal management -- Strategies used by successful teachers of children with attentional issues -- The power and techniques of effective coaching -- College and beyond -- The part technology plays in dealing with ADHD -- A review of alternative treatments parents can consider.
Summary: "School Success for Kids With ADHD offers parents and teachers the support they need to ensure children with attention deficits build on their strengths, circumvent their weaknesses, and achieve to their fullest potential. Topics covered include recognizing the causes and types of attention deficits and how they appear in the school context, requesting school evaluations and diagnoses, understanding the laws regarding students with special needs, advocating for these students in the school environment, and coaching students with attention deficits to success
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-227).

The importance and impact of attention -- The history of ADHD -- The medical perspective -- What parents need to know -- The most effective treatment and management system for ADHD: multimodal management -- Strategies used by successful teachers of children with attentional issues -- The power and techniques of effective coaching -- College and beyond -- The part technology plays in dealing with ADHD -- A review of alternative treatments parents can consider.

"School Success for Kids With ADHD offers parents and teachers the support they need to ensure children with attention deficits build on their strengths, circumvent their weaknesses, and achieve to their fullest potential. Topics covered include recognizing the causes and types of attention deficits and how they appear in the school context, requesting school evaluations and diagnoses, understanding the laws regarding students with special needs, advocating for these students in the school environment, and coaching students with attention deficits to success

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