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About the Author |
| Lynn Weiss , Ph.D., is one of the country's leading experts on ADD. She is the cofounder of The Dr. Lynn Weiss ADD Center for Adults and Teens, which offers both assessment and treatment of ADD. Dr. Weiss is the author of several books, including Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults and ADD on the Job . A widely requested speaker, Dr. Weiss teaches workshops on ADD across the country.
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Summary
Parenting teenagers is never easy—especially if your teen suffers from Attention-Deficit Disorder. ADD adds complications and challenges to adolescence that parents must understand in order to help their teens succeed in high school and into adulthood.
Give Your ADD Teen a Chance provides parents with expert help by showing them how to determine which issues are caused by "normal" teenage development and which are caused by ADD. It also looks specifically at the academic challenges ADD teens face, offering tips for success in school. Finally, the book enables parents to look objectively at their ADD teen, giving guidelines for discipline, guidance, and responsibility.
Contents
- ADD Is Something You Are
- What It’s Like to be the Parent of an ADD Teen
- This Creature Called a Teen
- The ADD Teen
- Identifying and Building on Your Teen’s Strengths
- Reducing the Stress of ADD in Your Family
- Guiding and Disciplining Your ADD Teen
- Teaching Your Teen to be Responsible
- Making the Grade
- Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol
- Medication for ADD Teens
- When Your Add Teen Becomes An Adult
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