As a psychologist and consultant in learning and human development, Armstrong believes that many behaviors that are labeled as part of ADD are in fact a child's active response to complex social, emotional, and educational influences. This book provides practical help to any parent or professional who wants to tackle a child's behavior by addressing its fundamental cause. Henry Helps strongly recommends this book for anyone who is seeking alternitive treatments for, or extensive information on, A.D.D.

Millions of children take the drug Ritalin for Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder. The drug’s manufacturer, Novartis, claims that Ritalin is the "solution" to this widespread problem. But hidden behind the well-oiled public relations machine is a potentially devastating reality: children are being given a drug that can drastically impair their minds and brains.

Dr. Mary Ann Block is a licensed osteopathic physician who started this extraordinary journey as an ordinary mother trying to cure her sick child. When established medical techniques failed, she decided to make her daughter well without drugs.

'Running on Ritalin describes in vivid detail the performance pressures on America's children, their parents and teachers that result too often in a prescription for ritalin and nothing else.'

The Ritalin-Free Child is filled with helpful thoughts and insights into dealing with this disorder. Written in plain English and not technical jargon, so anyone can grasp these useful suggestions and use them in their day to day struggles dealing with this disorder without medication.

A Comprehensive resource that addresses the whole child, as well as the team approach to meeting the needs of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Includes management techniques that promote on-task behavior and language arts, whole language, and multi- senory instruction strategies that maintain student attention and keep students involved.

Essential information that parents can implement immediately to help children with ADD/ADHD at home and at school. Includes an array of charts, forms, checklists, letters, activities, and games.

This comprehensive guidebook on Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)--an organic condition that affects between three and ten percent of all school-aged children and causes unpredictable and inappropriate behavior, poor performance and isolation from peers--is designed to help increase the victim’s self-esteem, boost their grades, and help them cope with its frustration.

Providing parents with expert help by showing parents how to determine which issues are caused by "normal" teenage development, which are caused by ADD. This book also looks specifically at the academic challenges ADD teens face, offering tips for academic success. Finally it enables parents to look objectively at their ADD teen, giving guidelines for discipline, guidance, and responsibility.

Now available in paperback, the New York Times bestseller which reveals that common allergies may be the cause of many health and behavioral problems. This work offers a simple yet effective approach to handling many children who are hyperactive, slow learners, cranky, or always sick. The remedies recommended here have been tested and proven effective.

A vital warning for every parent, teacher and concerned caregiver. This book explains how children are exposed to environments daily which leave them physically, mentally and psychologically at risk and tells what can be done to prevent it.