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Good Books for Children about ADHD?

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Hi! Does anyone have suggestions for a good book about ADHD for children?
I’d appreciate any recommendations. Thanks for taking the time. Robin

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 02/02/2003 - 1:10 AM

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Hi Robin,
One of the best books I’ve read about ADHD is ‘Scattered Minds.’ I’m not even going to pretend to know how to spell the author’s last name. It is a really good foundation for anyone seeking knowledge about ADHD.
Lisa

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/08/2003 - 3:49 PM

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Regarding distractibility - short attention span - inattention…

There is a good ADHD - Inattentive autobiography paperback by C. Thomas Wild with Anita Uhl Brothers, M.D. with an usual title - How to Cure Hyperactivity (1981) - (better for parents vs children).

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.cfm

Another book (more for parents vs children) which reports how the right medicine can occasionally help neurological challenges.

http://www.remarkablemedicine.com/

Neurological disorders - overview:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/17/2003 - 10:17 PM

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It all depends on the age. My son read “Sometimes I drive my Mom crazy but I know she loves me” at least that is what I remember as the title. But now that he is older (11) he chose to read “Joey Pigza swallowed the key” and did a book report on it for school complete with telling the other students that he has ADHD himself. There are quite a few books out there-I know I searched Amazon.com several years ago and bought them from there. Unfortunately, I donated them to the school so I don’t have them to give you exact titles.

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