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Understanding and Supporting Children with ADHD
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Understanding and Supporting Children with ADHD
Strategies for Teachers, Parents and Other Professionals


January 2007 | 112 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can be hard to include in a mainstream classroom, and managing their behavior is often a challenge. Drawing directly from classroom experience, this book shows how to use effective management strategies to improve behavior in the classroom and at home.

This interdisciplinary approach provides teachers with: 

  • Strategies to deal with disruptive behaviors 
  • Methods for channeling children's positive characteristics 
  • Advice on supporting and guiding parents 
  • Behavior management techniques to promote positive change 
  • Guidelines for collaborating and building partnerships with other professionals

 
Introduction: Rationale and Overview
 
UNDERSTANDING AD/HD
 
Perspectives about AD/HD
 
Experience of Living with AD/HD
 
SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH AD/HD
 
Collaborative Working: For Teachers, Parents and Other Professionals
 
Educational Interventions
 
The Way Forward: Support In and Out of the Classroom
 
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

"It there is a book that every teacher and parent should read, this is it! This is a superb manual for providing a positive experience at home and school for ADHA children."

The Effective School Report, February 2007

An excellent guide to understanding a common difficulty experienced children and a challenge for their teachers. Useful for both management of the behaviours associated with ADHD and also a reference tool for those wishing to extend their study of the condition.

Ms Amanda Barrie
School Of Education, University of Leicester
July 7, 2015

A very accessible book. Really helps in the understanding of ADHD

Miss Antoinette Unsworth
teaching and learning, Michaeljohn Training
August 4, 2014

A great book for any students completing ALN units in a variety of courses.

Miss KATY MEREDITH
AACATS, Ystrad Mynach College
June 24, 2013

This book will be brilliant for learners covering SEN units.
It is both factual and informative as well as making interesting reading.
Case studies were helpful for making links to own experiences.
I particularly liked the key points to remember section at the end of each chapter. I feel this really helps learners to summarise and revise the chapters.

Mrs Gwyneth Walsham
School of Teaching and Learning, Gateshead College
April 21, 2012

A useful book for those who do not have any experience in this field and therefore recommended for our Undergraduate courses

Dr Sue Faragher
Education, Liverpool John Moores University
December 22, 2011

Excellent case studies that can be used in class and good summaries at the end of each chapter. The students who are evaluating this subject as part of their module said they would buy the book.

Mrs Kat Culshaw
Education , East Lancashire Institute of Higher Education at Blackburn
November 18, 2009

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