ADD & ADHD Resources

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Here are some articles, papers and other references with helpful information about ADD and learning disabilities/disorders. We also have an extensive listing of books and tapes in our Book Store section. To go to the Book Store, click HERE.

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Articles, Papers & References

Adults

• Listing of Adult ADD Self-Help and Support Groups by state

Children

• CAN ADHD BE PREVENTED BY EARLY INTERVENTION? - David Rabiner, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, June 1999
  
  
• Children's Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorder

• Controversial Treatments for Children with ADHD - By S. Goldstein Ph.D. & B. Ingersoll Ph.D.

Diagnosis & Treatment

• American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistics Manual - (DSM-IV) criteria for Attention Deficit (ADHD)

• ASK Self-Help Group Medication Record - Keep a daily log on the medication you are taking.

• Assessment of Attention Deficit Disorders: A Team Approach - Harvey C. Parker, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist and author of The ADD Hyperactivity Workbook for Parents, Teachers, and Kids.

• Myth-Conceptions About ADD Medications

• Suggested Diagnostic Criteria for Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults - by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. and John J. Ratey, M.D.

Education

• Accommodations Help Students with Attention Deficit Disorders - Harvey C. Parker, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist and author of The ADD Hyperactivity Workbook for Parents, Teachers, and Kids.

• A.D.D and Success in School: Practical Advice for Surviving the End of the School Year: Educational therapist Judith Stubbs gives parents some good practical advice on surviving the end of the school year, analyzing what happens and preventing the same problems from happening next year.

• 2/15/95 Studies Show Students With Disorder/Studies, Videos Show Students With Attention Deficit Disorder Can Compete In Regular Classes

Learning Disabilities

• Learning Disabilities - National Institute of Mental Health Decade of the Brain NIH, Publication No. 93-3611, September 1993

• Learning Disabilities - Imagine having important needs and ideas to communicate, but being unable to express them.

• Regarding Learning Disorders - Information for Parents

Nutrition

• DIET AND ADHD REVISITED - David Rabiner, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, July 1999
  
  
• Magnesium supplementation as a treatment for ADHD - David Rabiner, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, June 1999

General & Other

• ADD and Hypersensitivity: Is There A Connection? - Follow Up Report by Mary Jane Johnson

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Decade of the Brain - Imagine living in a fast-moving kaleidoscope, where sounds, images, and thoughts are constantly shifting. Feeling easily bored, yet helpless to keep your mind on tasks you need to complete. Distracted by unimportant sights and sounds, your mind drives you from one thought or activity to the next.

• CH.A.D.D. Mid-Peninsula Bibliography/References List

• Facts About Attention Deficit Disorder - Harvey C. Parker, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist and author of The ADD Hyperactivity Workbook for Parents, Teachers, and Kids.

• What is it like to have ADD? - by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Frequently Asked Questions from the Net - Written, compiled and Copyrighted 1993 by Frank Kannemann.

• Frequently Asked Legal Questions about Attention Deficit Disorder - some questions commonly asked by parents when investigating the possibility of retaining an attorney when it appears that a child is not receiving appropriate special education services.

Newsletters

• The ADD/ADHD Online Newsletter - A Publication for helping children and adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

• MIND MATTERS - The Newsletter of Information and Opinion About Psychology and the Brain, by Edward Hallowell, M.D., author of Driven To Distraction.