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. With the growing number of children diagnosed with attention problems, parents and teachers need practical advice for helping these children succeed in school.

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.

The authors also include a brief overview of research and medical perspectives on attention deficits, strategies used by teachers of children with ADHD, and helpful tools for parents and teachers to employ.

Reviews

For all adults who are concerned and confused about ADHD, School Success for Kids with ADHD will provide the necessary tools to help them become supportive and skilled in helping these children not just survive, but thrive! My advice? Buy it, read it, and use it!
-Peter S. Jensen, MD, is founder/CEO of The REACH Institute. He was lead investigator on the NIMH landmark study, the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children With ADHD (MTA)

School Success for Kids with ADHD is a refreshingly clear and concise book for parents and educators... The authors have succeeded in their intention to take an approach to writing about ADHD that is mindful of the science behind each topic and does so in a way that is easy to understand,
-Jack A. Naglieri, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at George Mason University and Senior Researcher at the Devereux Foundation's Institute of Clinical Training and Research, and he is the author of numerous psychological tests, books, and articles.

This book is a wonderful one-stop resource for parents of children with ADHD. Every aspect of diagnosing and treating the child at home and in school is covered in a very comprehensive and readable way.
-Larry B. Silver, MD, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center and author of the groundbreaking book, The Misunderstood Child