ADHD Empowerment Guide : Identifying Your Child's Strengths and Unlocking Pot...

ADHD Empowerment Guide : Identifying Your Child's Strengths and Unlocking Potential, Paperback by Forgan, James W., Richey, Mary Anne, ISBN 1618218719, ISBN-13 9781618218711, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKThis guide helps parents empower children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by recognizing their strengths and unlocking their potential by identifying and developing top intelligences and strengthening weaknesses. The authors draw on their own parenting and work with other parents in their private practices, discussing background information on ADHD, characteristics that have enabled people with ADHD and learning disabilities to succeed, and the lives of successful people with ADHD, along with their advice; multiple intelligences theory as an approach to children with ADHD; keys to success, such as motivation, social skills, organization, resilience, appropriate school settings, and support systems; traditional and supplemental treatments; finding the right school fit; and writing a success plan. Forgan, a professor and school psychologist, and Richey, a school psychologist, work with children in school settings and private practice. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()