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Quick and Easy Guide to ADHD

As a parent of a child with ADHD, you can easily become overwhelmed by the information and choices facing you. In addition, you are dealing with a child who is constantly demanding your attention. You don't have a lot of time to spend learning what is necessary to help your child. Following your brief consultation with the doctor, you are likely to have many lingering questions. There is a need to have clear, supportive, up-to-date information and advice regarding ADHD. • What are the symptoms of ADHD? • What are the different types of ADHD? • What conditions can co-exist with ADHD and complicate evaluation and treatment? • How do you decide among the various treatments? • Are there some complementary treatments not discussed during your brief office visit? • How do I help my child control his behavior at home? • What do I do when she gets angry? • How do I get him to sleep? • How do I help my child in school? • Are there support groups and additional resources for further information about ADHD? ADHD: A Quick and Easy Guide for the Stressed Parent of a Child with ADHD will be helpful to those who wish to function as better role models for their children and to those who need the comfort of knowing that there are solutions to the multitude of problems facing them. This book eases your access to information about ADHD with extensive use of infographics. Use the special section on meditation and yoga to ease and nourish the mind and body of both you and your child.

In a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon by Bill Watterson, Calvin is sitting at his school desk, looks up at the clock on the wall and smiles. “Look, it’s almost 11 o’clock! Wow. The last two hours really flew by!” Then with a look of “uh-oh” on his face Calvin says, “I hope the teacher didn’t say anything important.”  In another Bill Watterson Calvin and Hobbes cartoon, Calvin is at home hammering nails into the coffee table. “WAP-WAP-WAP.” His mother comes screaming into the room, “Calvin! What are you doing to the coffee table?!?
” Calvin looks at his handy work, then says, “Is this some sort of trick question, or what?”

If these situations as described above sound familiar to you, then my book is for you. 

In presenting this book, I have tried to simplify this information in infographics so that you can quickly gain an understanding of your child and develop a plan with your healthcare provider.  So, if you are so inattentive or stressed or pressed for time and just want the meat of the story, check out the infographics and then decide if you need to read more to get a better understanding of the material.