TOP PICKS on Attention Deficit Disorder for Parents, teachers, schools and practitioners:
1. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D., Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood through Adulthood, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN:0-684-80128-0 Available from book stores. For everyone. This book provides a broad and detailed discussion of ADD and may give parents some insight into the questions they're sometimes afraid to ask: "What about when he's grown?" Strongly recommended.
3. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John R. Ratey, M.D., Answers to Distraction, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster,1994. Available at book stores. For everyone.
4. Mary Fowler, Maybe You Know My Kid: Guide to Identifying, Understanding and Helping your Child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Birch Lane Press, New York, 1994. ISBN: 1-55972-209-6 Available at book stores. For parents.
5. Sandra Reif, How to Reach and Teach the ADD/ADHD Child: Practical Techniques, Strategies and Interventions for Helping Children with Attention Problems and Hyperactivity, The Center for Applied Research in Education. ISBN: 1993,0-87628-413-6. Available from book stores. For schools and parents.
6. Paul Wender, M.D., The Hyperactive Child, Adolescent and Adult: Attention Deficit Disorder through the Lifespan, Oxford University Press, New York, 1987. ISBN: 0-19-504952-7. Available from book stores. For everyone.
7. Susan Setley, M. Sp. E., Taming the Dragons: Real Help for Real School Problems, Starfish Publishing, St. Louis, MO, 1995. ISBN: 1-88643-04-2. Order from: 1-800-782-2490 (Bradburn). For parents, teachers and practitioners. This book is especially good at explaining learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder in easy-to-understand language. It has lots of concrete, practical tips for helping children with many learning challenges. Practitioners find it helpful too when providing support to a family in that it this book is a useful tool they can draw from to help.
8. Kathleen G. Nadeau, Ph.D., Survival Guide for College Students with ADD or LD, Magination Press, New York, 1994. ISBN: 0-945354-63-0. Order from: 1-800-825-3089. For students in high school or college, parents and schools.
9. Patricia O. Quinn, M.D. (editor), ADD and the College Student: A Guide for High School and College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder, Magination Press, New York, 1993. ISBN: 0-945354-58-4. Order from: 1-800-825-3089. For students in high school or college, parents and schools.
10. Priscilla Vail, Smart Kids with School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help, Plume/Penguin, New York, 1989. ISBN: 0-452-26242-9. Available at book stores. For schools and parents.
11. CTY Publications, The Gifted Learning Disabled Child, John Hopkins University, 1994. ISBN: 1-881622-10-X. Order from: 1-410-516-0245. For schools and parents.
12. Mary Fowler, et al, The CHADD Educators Manual, CHADD, 1992. ISBN: 0-9634875-0-7. Order from: 1-800-545-5583, Casat: CHADD's Distributors. For schools and parents. This manual explains everything you and your child's school need to know about the educational needs and rights of children with ADD. Buy two copies of this manual. Read yours carefully, and then make a gift of the second to your child's teacher.
13. Stephen B. McCarney, Ed.D., The Attention Deficit Disorders Intervention Manual, Hawthorne Educational Services, 1994. Order from: 1-800-542-1673. For schools and parents.
17. Mel Levine, M.D., Keeping A Head in School: A Student's book about Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders, Educators Publishing Service, Inc., Cambridge, MA. ISBN: 0-8388-2069-7. Order from: 1-800-223-9273, ADD WareHouse. For students, parents and schools.
18. James K. Semones, Effective Study Skills: A Step-By-Step System for Achieving Student Success, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Fort Worth. ISBN: 0-03-053793-2. Order from: 1-800-782-4479 or at book stores. For students in high school or college, parents and schools.
19. Harvey C. Parker, Ph.D., The ADD Hyperactivity Workbook for Parents, Teachers and Kids, Specialty Press, Plantation, FL, 1994. ISBN: 0-9621629-6-5. Order from: 1-800-233-9273, ADD Warehouse. For students, schools and parents - Elementary level.
20. Putting on the Brakes. Order from: 1-800-223-9273, ADD WareHouse. For children.
21. Shelly, the Hyperactive Turtle. Order from: 1-800-223-9273, ADD WareHouse. For children.
22. George J. DuPaul and Gary Stoner (Forward by Russell A. Barkley), Attention Deficit Disorder in the Schools: Assessment and Intervention Strategies, Guilford Press, 1994. ISBN: 0-89862-245-X. Order from: 1-800-365-7006. For school professionals, practitioners and parents.
23. Rick Lavoie, How Difficult Can This Be? FAT CITY! (Frustration, Anxiety, Tension), PBS Video Tape. Order from: CACLD 1-203-838-5010 (Marie Armstrong). For schools and parents. Rick Lavoie demonstrates what it's like to have a learning disability.
24. Thomas W. Phelam, Ph.D., 1-2-3 Magic, Child Management, Inc., Glen Elly, IL. Order from: 1-800-442-4453. For parents and teachers.
25. Lawrence L. Greenhill, M.D., and Betty B. Osman, Ph.D. (editors), Ritalin: Theory and Patient Management, Mary Ann Liebert Press, 1651 - 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10128, 1991. For practitioners, adults, and parents.
26. Priscilla Vail, Learning Styles: Food for Thought and 130 Practical Tips, Modern Learning Press, Rosemont, NJ, 1993. For schools and parents.
27. Priscilla Vail, Emotion: The On/Off Switch for Learning, Modern Learning Press, Rosemont, NJ, 1994. For schools and parents.
28. Russell A. Barkley & Associates, the ADHD Report ,The Guilford Press, New York. Order from: 1-800-365-7006 or 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012. For practitioners, parents and schools.
29. George J. DuPaul and Gary Stoner, ADHD in the Schools: Assessment and Intervention Strategies, The Guilford Press, New York, 1994. ISBN: 0-89862-245-X. Order from: 1-800-365-7006. For schools, practitioners and parents.
31. Russell A. Barkley, ADHD in the Classroom: Strategies for Teachers, The Guilford Press, 1994. Video tape and materials. Order from: 1-800-365- 7006. For schools, parents and practitioners.
32. Russell A. Barkley, ADHD--What Do We Know?, The Guilford Press, 1992. Video tape and materials. Order from: 1-800-365-7006. For parents, teachers and practitioners.
33 Russell A. Barkley, ADHD--What Can We Do?, The Guilford Press, 1992. Video tape and materials. Order from: 1-800-365-7006. For parents, teachers and practitioners.
34. Russell A. Barkley, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment, The Guilford Press, 1990. ISBN: 0-89862-443-6. Order from: 1-800-365-7006. For practitioners, parents and schools.
35. Russell A. Barkley, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Clinical Workbook, The Guilford Press, 1991. ISBN: 0-89862-603-X. Order from: 1-800-365-7006. For practitioners, parents and schools.
36. Sylvia Farnham-Diggory, The Learning Disabled Child, Harvard University Press, 1992. ISBN: 0-674-51924-8. For practitioners and parents. People who read professional journals easily will be most comfortable with this book. However, for those with the determination to work through the technical information, the book contains valuable insights about how we learn.
37. Kenneth Shore, Psy. D., The Special Education Handbook: How to Get the Best Education Possible for Your Learning Disabled Child, Warner books, 1988. For parents.
38. Elizabeth Weiss, Mothers Talk About Learning Disabilities: Personal Feelings, Practical Advice, Prentice-Hall, 1989. For Parents.
39. Lisa J. Bain, A Parent's Guide to Attention Deficit Disorder, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1991. For parents and teachers. See this book in particular for excellent explanation of behavior modification and other support therapies for ADD
40. Stephen Garber, Marianne Garber and Robin Spizman, If Your Child Is Hyperactive, Inattentive, Impulsive, Distractible..., Villard, 1990. For parents. This book may be out of print. However, its excellence makes it worth the trouble to find it at a library if bookstores no longer carry it.
41. Barbara Ingersoll, Your Hyperactive Child, Doubleday, 1991. Available from bookstores. For parents and teachers. This book provides an excellent overview of attentional problems in childhood and a particularly good explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of behavior modification.
42. Barbara Ingersoll and Sam Goldstein, Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities: Realities, Myths and Controversial Treatments, Doubleday, 1993. ISBN: 0-385-46931-4. Available from bookstores. For adults, parents and schools. Strongly recommended to any parent before considering a non-traditional treatment for either attentional or learning problems.
