Recommend some good books for a mom and dad of a newly-diagnosed ADHD son...

[Anonymous]

So far I've picked up on "Smart Parenting for Smart Kids" and "Helping Your Anxious Child" (I believe that was the title?) Any other great recommendations? I'll be doing ALOT of reading! Also, any good recommendations on positive discipline? My DH (who is also ADHD) is very negative when it comes to discipline, and his patience is unacceptably short with our DS. We're all getting ready to start meeting with a family psychologist that specializes in ADHD, but I'm hoping there's a good book or two out there that I can put in from of him (and me, too) to begin reading. TIA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So far I've picked up on "Smart Parenting for Smart Kids" and "Helping Your Anxious Child" (I believe that was the title?) Any other great recommendations? I'll be doing ALOT of reading! Also, any good recommendations on positive discipline? My DH (who is also ADHD) is very negative when it comes to discipline, and his patience is unacceptably short with our DS. We're all getting ready to start meeting with a family psychologist that specializes in ADHD, but I'm hoping there's a good book or two out there that I can put in from of him (and me, too) to begin reading. TIA!

We are also just starting this journey and would love the name of your therapist. CHAAD is also a great resource as in online ATTITUDE magazine (pretty sure that is the title). We have 3 folks out of 4 with ADD and could really use an experienced family therapist. Best to you!

[Anonymous]

I just read "Making the System Work for your Child with ADHD". A lot of useful information. I also just got "Smart but Scattered" but haven't started it yet.

[Anonymous]

Our Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician recommended "ADHD: What every Parent Needs to Know", Russell Barkley and "Taking Charge of ADHD" for our son.

[Anonymous]

Our neuropsych recommended ADD Success Stories by Hartmann, The ADHD Book of Lists, and Taking Charge
of ADHD by Russell Barkley, Ph.D., A Mind at a Time by
Mel Levine, Late, Lost, and Unprepared by Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Laurie Dietzel, and Learning Outside the Lines by Jonathan Mooney and David Cole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So far I've picked up on "Smart Parenting for Smart Kids" and "Helping Your Anxious Child" (I believe that was the title?) Any other great recommendations? I'll be doing ALOT of reading! Also, any good recommendations on positive discipline? My DH (who is also ADHD) is very negative when it comes to discipline, and his patience is unacceptably short with our DS. We're all getting ready to start meeting with a family psychologist that specializes in ADHD, but I'm hoping there's a good book or two out there that I can put in from of him (and me, too) to begin reading. TIA!

Not a book, but in general I've found PEP classes to be great. Parent Encouragement Program in Kensington. The discipline approach isn't for ADD kids per se, but it's very appropriate. Maybe your DH just doesn't have a better tool and is only doing what was done to him? Also, it's helpful to go to a class and have someone else tell both of you what to do, rather than get in the position where you are telling him how to parent.

[Anonymous]

Russell Barkley is great. I heard him speak last year and was very impressed. I think he has a new book out on executive function but I haven't read it yet. There is a book School Success for Children with ADHD (or something similar -- it starts with School Success). Late Lost and Unprepared by Laurie Dietzel (who is local in MD). Ann Dolin has a great book that discusses tips for homework.

[Anonymous]

I am getting ready to read "Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood "

[Anonymous]

The chapter on ADHD in "The Mislabeled Child" is very good. It's by Brock Eide and Fernette Eide.

[Anonymous]

Buzz A Year of Paying Attention- both mom and son have ADHD and she does a great job in examining the range of options from medication to meditation. Also her son is older and has some real issues but she really humanizes all the times when we really struggle with our children.

Another classic is Driven to Distraction and Delivered From Distraction. These are older but they give a longer range thinking about how ADHD reflects in adults and management issues. What I appreciated in these books was seeing the line of ADHD within my family.

[Anonymous]

healing the epidemic of 4-A disorders by Kenneth Bock, MD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:healing the epidemic of 4-A disorders by Kenneth Bock, MD

+1 As someone with food and chemical sensitivities I can relate to how additives in our food supply can negatively affect the brain. I "healed" myself just by identifying those foods and ingredients and eliminating them from my life.