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If Your Adolescent Has ADHD: An Essential Resource for Parents
Contributor(s): Power, Thomas J. (Author), Andrews, Linda Wasmer (Author)
ISBN: 0190494638     ISBN-13: 9780190494636
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE:   $13.46  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
- Psychology | Clinical Psychology
- Medical | Pediatrics
Dewey: 616.858
LCCN: 2017037994
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.60 lbs) 232 pages
 
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Adolescents (ages 12-20) with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at risk for academic problems, strained relationships, peer rejection and unsafe behavior -- and parents are often at a loss for how to handle these challenges. If Your Adolescent Has ADHD: An Essential Resource
for Parents provides the up-to-date information and down-to-earth support that parents need. It offers an in-depth look at causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and parenting strategies.

Contrary to what was once believed, ADHD that starts earlier in childhood usually persists into the teen years. Yet even experienced parents are often caught unawares by the fresh challenges that adolescence brings. This book is one of the few to address ADHD in the context of teen friendships,
dating, curfews and sports and extracurricular activities. It also offers practical advice from a leading psychologist on determining readiness to drive and instilling good homework and study habits.

This book is a readable, reliable guide to evidence-based treatments for ADHD including behavioral therapy, medications, and educational interventions. Some approaches, such as school-based mentoring, have been little discussed in other parenting books. The authors also offer effective behavioral
strategies that can be used at home, including communication and negotiation, problem solving, rewards, strategic punishments and behavioral contracts; and advice for older adolescents on dealing with college, work, and moving away from home.