ADHD : what every parent needs to know

Book 2019

"Fully updated with the latest AAP recommendations, this award-winning guide offers parents balanced, reassuring information to help them manage this condition. Topics include: evaluation and diagnosis, coexisting conditions, behavior therapy, ADHD and academics, the role of medication, and complementary and alternative treatments. Parents will also find inspirational and relatable stories from other caretakers"--Provided by publisher.

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Hyperactive children

Youth with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

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ISBN:

9781610022644

Edition:

Third edition

Description:

x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder : what every parent needs to know

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Please note
A note on gender
Introduction
Chapter 1. What is ADHD?
Chapter 2. Does my child have ADHD? Evaluation and diagnosis
Chapter 3. What should we do? Treatment options
Chapter 4. The role of medications
Chapter 5. Managing ADHD at home
Chapter 6. Parent training in behavior management: parenting techniques that work
Chapter 7. Your child at school
Chapter 8. Advocating for your child and others
Chapter 9. When is it not just ADHD: identifying coexisting conditions
Chapter 10. Complementary and alternative treatments for ADHD
Chapter 11. ADHD in adolescence
Chapter 12. A look at your child's future
Index

Control Number:

2795616

Other Authors:

American Academy of Pediatrics, publisher
Hagan, Joseph F., Jr., author

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