Understanding Girls With AD/HD
by Ellen B. Littman, Kathleen G. Nadeau, Patricia O. Quinn
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Author: Ellen B. Littman, Kathleen G. Nadeau, Patricia O. QuinnEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-12-01
ISBN: 0966036654
Number of pages: 293
Publisher: Advantage Books
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Book Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
Thank you Nadeau, Littman and Quinn for this book! It is written by women, for women, about girls who will grow up to be women, which I loved. After all, whether or not you have a liberated husband or partner, here in South Africa it's usually mum who actually sits and oversees daughter's homework each day, shleps her to occupational therapy, speech therapy, remedial, physio or whatever and bears the brunt of the classroom problems and emotional follow-up. This book also covers the dreamy or distractible AD/HD girl quite thoroughly, which I personally was looking for information on. I found the chapter on brain development was a bit technical, but I presume professionals would appreciate it. Overall the clinical tone is a bit sobering, as the authors don't hold back with all the bad things that can happen to a child suffering with AD/HD. It's scary to think what the teenage years of my AD/HD seven-year-old may throw up (drug and/or alcohol abuse, promiscuity, eating disorders, teen sulks and temper tantrums de luxe), but also reassuring to hear that others have walked that path and survived. It's also fascinating to think my child's tactile defensiveness may be linked to AD/HD, and not a separate issue as we had thought. Similarly, the link to learning disabilities, all of which goes towards building up a better understanding and more appropriate interventions. What was so weird was that I could see parts of my daugher and myself in so many of the case histories, aspects which I'd never really noticed in other readings on AD/HD. My only problem with this book is that it was very expensive for a South African customer to order - the postage alone cost more than $22, which is about R200, and import tax a further R56. It would have been cheaper to order from the authors' addvance.com website, but I only realised this after getting the book. However, it's a reference I'll use for years to come and will lend to other parents of AD/HD girls (and our paediatrician, our occupational therapist, school psychologist and whoever else!).
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A ground-breaking book on the needs and issues of girls with attentional problems: why they are often undiagnosed, how they are different from boys, and what their special needs are in school, in their social world and at home. Age-related checklists from pre-school to high school help parents and professionals better identify and help girls with AD/HD.Learning Disorders Books
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