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ISBN# 0-9660366-5-4
Publication Date: 1999
Paperback, 293pp
Summary
This ground- breaking book is for parents, teachers, and other professionals who want to learn how to recognize and help girls with AD/HD. Checklists for preschool, elementary, middle, and high school levels are provided to help identify girls with AD/HD Special diagnostic issues are highlighted; why girls may not show signs of AD/HD in early childhood, why bright girls with AD/HD go undetected, and why girls’ symptoms often increase at puberty. Educational and treatment needs of girls are discussed in a practical, solution- orientated fashion.
Contents
Chapter 1: What I Wish They Had Understood When I Was a Girl
Chapter 2: What’s Different About Girls with AD/HD?
Chapter 3:Brain Development and Biological Factors
Chapter 4: Girls with AD/HD- Far More Than Meets the Eye
Chapter 5: The Preschool Years
Chapter 6: The Elementary School Years
Chapter 7: The Middle School Years
Chapter 8: The High School Years
Chapter 9: Educational Issues
Chapter 10: Treatment Approaches
Chapter 11: Medication- Finding What Works
Chapter 12: Putting Our Understanding Into Action
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