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Diagnoses of AD/HD are exploding in the student population.
As a teacher, administrator, staff developer or counselor,
it is ultimately your responsibility to meet the needs of
these students. This remarkable book gives educators and
parents hope as it examines the positive attributes of
AD/HD and builds strengths, and embraces rather than resists
differences in AD/HD students.
A New View of AD/HD reviews the most current research and
offers practical insight into how to get the best out of
these distracted students with a common-sense approach
that includes concise and workable action steps. Your
frustration will be dramatically reduced and your
effectiveness increased when you understand how to identify and teach to strengths instead of focusing on areas of weakness. Expect to see marked results in learners when you incorporate these concise action steps that really work.
By world-renowned author Eric Jensen.
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The title is significant. Instead of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), it follows Diagnostic and Statistics Manual IV's revised terms, AD/HD. It is a "New View". In 71 pages, Jensen and team (Karen Markowitz, Michael Dabney, Karen Selsor and Jennifer Decker Arevalo--regular contributors to The Learning Brain Newsletter) have packed an up-to-date, research-based, succinct, informative, and practical coverage of the topic. (Of course there is no scope for in-depth treatment like Daniel G. Amen's Healing ADD, dealing with 6 different types.) The book helps parents, teachers, doctors and professional helpers to adopt a much more humane approach with the new understanding.
AD/HD is not a disease. "AD/HD is a constellation of context-dependent behaviors most disruptive in restricted environments. But in the right environment, it is no more a disability than being blind in the dark or being dyslexic on the soccer field." (Insisde cover page) It can even be considered a gift in right contexts. There is no single known cause.
"AD/HD is diagnosed in 7%-17% of children in the United States and accounts for half of all visits to child psychiatric clinics." (p.21, quote from Barbaresi) It is important to seek professional diagnosis and define the severity of the conditions. Brain scans may become a better diagnostic tool.
Throughout the book, the emphasis is on accommodation rather than rampant medication without the know-how and support for positive behavioral change. (For severe conditions, a non-stimulant medication called Atomoxetine, which reduces inattention and impulsivity, is on the horizon.)
Numerous tips, suggestions, solutions, strategies and checklists for school preparedness and teacher success are provided for parents and teachers. For further studies, and possible co-existing or confusing conditions, I recommend Jensen's Different Brains, Different Learners, or you can just follow the website-links given in the book. Jensen, with his unique gifts in translating research and synthesizing extensive readings into practical, interesting and easy-to-digest steps for understanding and action, has again done a good service to education!
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