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© Martin L. Kutscher 2002
Internet Resources on ADHD
An amazing resource for ADHD and related topics.
Great educational programs and on-line learning.
See their newsletter below.
http://www.pediatricneurology.com
Accurate information, and selected links for other sites and books.
Leads patients to everything they need on all out-patient pediatric neurology topics.
Website of the author’s group.
Features wonderful and practical information on ADHD.
Organizational techniques.
Fantastic store for products to help with ADHD.
CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders)
Excellent, all-inclusive support group with local chapters.
800-233-4050
www.ADD.org has extensive information, particularly on Adult ADHD. Important site!
AD(H)D Sanctuary has excellent links. In particular, see the Resource Page.
on-line booklet from National Institutes of Health on ADHD
Specializes particularly in girls and women with ADHD. They offer a wide range of excellent books. In particular, see their books UNDERSTANDING GIRLS WITH ADHD, Putting on the Brakes, ADD and the College Student, and Raise Your Child's Social IQ (A social skills program to
help parents help their kids).Electronic version of excellent print magazine on ADHD.
ADDed Support Group message board and ConductDisorders.com message boards
has excellent information.Active parent to parent message boards.
www.chrisdendy.com provides a concise summary to help cope with teens with ADHD
Behavioral Treatment of ADHD: An Overview by Dr. David Rabiner.
The Highway Patrol Officer Approach to Discipline helps you realize your child's reaction to your discipline techniques by way of analogy of different ways of getting a speeding ticket!
Links on developing an IEP (Individual Educational Plan).
Internet e-mail Newsletters on ADHD (an excellent way to keep reminding yourself of ADHD principles of care)
Newsletter offers practical information on the spectrum of dis-inhibited ADHD behaviors.
Empathically maintained and useful newsletter on ADHD!
David Rabiner, Ph.D. writes a very useful and scientifically sound e-mail newsletter.
ADHD newsletter and extensive source of further links.
Sign up for an upbeat monthly newsletter on ADHD.
Print Books on ADHD
(the paperback version of this ADHD e-BOOK)
With additional chapters, including Medications and Chapter for Kids
Taking Charge of ADHD; Russell Barkley; Guilford Press.
Ground-breaking material on the nature of ADHD and executive functions, from the true thinker in ADHD.
Particularly for associated behavioral, executive problems.
Harder, less optimistic reading. Click to order Taking Charge of ADHD
ADHD and the Nature of Self Control; Russell Barkley; Guilford Press.
More on the theory of ADHD, with some excellent practical advice.
Fairly advanced reading for the average parent.
Hyperactive Children: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment; Russell Barkley; Guilford Press.
The scientific and unbelievably extensive literature review of ADHD, underlying Dr. Barkley's concepts.
Quite advanced reading. Like most medical "handbooks," it barely fits in your hand.
Dr. Thomas Phelan has written a series of truly excellent books on childhood behavior. They are actually fun to read, and extremely useful. Click on a title to order it:
All about Attention Deficit Disorder is all about ADHD for parents and teachers.
Surviving Your Adolescents: How to Manage and Let Go of Your 13-18 Year Olds is particularly useful for ADHD adolescents, who have a double dose of foresight blindness. Especially encouraging for ADHDer parents, because this book describes how many families of typical teenagers experience difficulty similar to your ADHD teen--and most of them seem to turn into normal adults.
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 is not about ADHD per se, but is an excellent way to learn about "Act, don't yak" discipline for younger children.
Understanding ADHD; Christopher Green and Kit Chee; Fawcett/Columbine.
Addresses serious issues in an upbeat, even funny, style.
A great place to start reading. Click to order Understanding ADHD
Dr. Larry Silver’s Advice to Parents with ADHD; Larry Silver; American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
Particularly for associated learning disabilities.
Easy reading. Click here to directly order from Amazon.com.
Teenagers with ADD: A Parent’s Guide; Chris A. Ziegler Dendy, Woodbine House.
Optimistic and practical advise for teenagers and others.
Extensive sections on specific problems such as waking up and organization.
Extensive lists of school (and home) accommodations. Click to order
Teaching Kids with ADD and ADHD site and book by Chris Dendy.
Driven to Distraction; Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey, Simon and Schuster.
An excellent book about ADD in adults and children.
Many parents might find themselves in this book.
Click here to directly order from Amazon.com.
Child Psychiatry Topics
William Gladden Foundation has excellent free articles on topics including ADHD, OCD, and anxiety.
Pediatric Psychiatry Pamphlets by Dr. Jim Chandler provides concise, responsible information on a large variety of conditions including ADHD, ODD, OCD, Tics, Panic, and Bipolar Disorders.
Bigs Place contains excellent links to most all major child neuropsychology topics
Tourette’s Syndrome
Tourette Syndrome Association: Lists their local chapters at http://www.tsa-usa.org
Tourette Syndrome--Plus [www.tourettesyndrome.net]
An awesome and practical site on Tourette's OCD, Rage, etc.
www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/Psych/Tourette/Modifications.html has specific school modifications for children with Tourette's.
"Taming the Tiger" is an entire book of accommodations for Tourette’s students, many of which apply to ADHD and LD students as well.
Learning Disabilities
There are many related sites and support groups. Try:
LD on Line [www.ldonline.org] is a superb resource including fair, full text, useful articles. Spend an evening there!
Includes ADD, writing, learning, speech, and social difficulties.
In particlar, see their corner for kids. Bookmark this site!
National Center for Learning Disabilities [ww.ld.org]
Mail: 4156 Library Rd., Pittsburg, PA 1523
Phone: (412) 341-1515
Mail: Chester Bldg, Suite 382, Baltimore, MD 21286
Phone (800) 222-3123
Valuable brief articles covering a wide range of LD and associated problems.
Specific school modifications for children with LD, ADD can be found at www.vh.org/Patients/IHB/Psych/Tourette/Modifications.html
Bipolar Depression
http://www.bpkids.org is a great site on Bipolar Depression.
The Bipolar Child; Demitri and Janice Papolos; Broadway Books.
Excellent diagnostic and treatment resource.
Definitive book on the subject. Click to order The Bipolar Child
The Bipolar Child website at http://www.bipolarchild.com/index.html has excellent information and newsletter.
Asperger's Syndrome
Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents. By Tony Attwood.
Excellent (brief) diagnostic and treatment resource.
Click here to order this book from Amazon.com.
See also his website at www.TonyAttwood.com which includes numerous excellent articles and an Asperger's rating scale
Click to order: Asperger Syndrome (The OASIS Guide); Patricia Bashe and Barbara Kirby; Crown Publishers.
Another excellent and complete resource (lengthy), written empathically and fairly.
See also their comprehensive OASIS website/support group which formed the basis for the book.
Books/Links on Other Co-existing Disorders
ADHD with Comorbid Disorders; Steven Pliszka, Caryn Carlson, James Swanson; Guilford Press.
Encyclopedic review of the literature on drug and behavioral treatments.
Intended for professional use.
Your Defiant Child; Russell Barkley; Guilford Press.
For Oppositional/Defiant children by a careful researcher and thinker. Click to order Your Defiant Child.
The Explosive Child; Ross W. Greene; Harper Collins.
A must read for parents of inflexible-explosive children who do not respond well to typical reward systems.
Wonderfully and empathically written. Click to order The Explosive Child.
The Out-of-Sync Child; Carol Stock Kranowitz; Skylight Press.
Diagnosis and treatment of Sensory Integration disorders.
Makes sense out of a very diffuse topic. Click to order The Out-of-Sync Child.
Sensory Integration Dysfunction information is understandable and completely described at this site.
Shadow Syndromes; John Ratey and Catherine Johnson; Bantam Books.
Explains that many symptoms such as ADHD, obsessions, rage, autism, etc. can occur at "subsyndromal" levels. Although these quirks--which are biologically based--may not meet standard diagnostic levels, they still need to be addressed.
Empathic writing focuses largely on understanding the problems.
NeuroPsychology Central has excellent links on neuropsychology topics.
Mental Health Links and topics are succinctly covered as part of a great psychiatry site produced by Northern County Psychiatric Associates.
Simulations
Links to simulations of the auditory experience of ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, OCD, and tics can be found at www.pediatricneurology.com.
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