MY DISABILITIES DEPOT - Learning To Slow Down & Pay Attention: A Book for Kids About Adhd

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.928589
EAN: 9781591471554
Feature: ISBN13: 9781591471554
ISBN: 1591471559
Label: Magination Press
Manufacturer: Magination Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: 2004-08-30
Publisher: Magination Press
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Studio: Magination Press

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ISBN13: 9781591471554 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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- An APA Bestseller-over 25,000 copies sold!

This book is designed as the perfect learning tool to help parents guide their child as he or she confronts the challenges of ADHD. Learning to Slow Down is unique because it is kid-centered, written from the child's point of view.

This updated edition includes easy-to-read text, fun cartoons, and activities, as well as loads of self-help tips for coping with friends, family, and schoolwork, getting organized, getting disciplined, and getting things done. Appropriate for ages 6-11. Full-color illustrations.

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Summary: Good Resource
Comment: This really helped my 11 y/o understand for herself what was ahppenign and it gives kids great coping skills. Love this & our behaviorist thought it was great for kiddy resource!

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Summary: A useful resource for counseling children with ADHD
Comment: We use this book with children and parents at our child and family counseling clinic.

There is a lot of information packed into this small book, more than most children can easily make use of. However, it has some very useful parts and overall can be a good guide to help a child and adult work together and find ways to manage ADHD-related difficulties.

The most appealing part for children is Part 1, "A Checklist About Me." It lists sixty-six behaviors, issues and feelings relevant to children with ADHD. By going over the list with the child, the counselor (or parent) can get a sense of how the child perceives the ADHD-related difficulties. This information can be helpful in mapping out a treatment plan.

Part 3, "Things I can do to Help Myself," can also help in treatment planning. There are more than a dozen sections and each section describes one problem (completing tasks, managing homework, etc) and then lists helpful interventions. This is more information than most kids can digest, but it is useful reading for parents: it can give the parent some food for thought and be a help in selecting priorities for a treatment plan.

Part 4 addresses the parent-child relationship: it explains to the child and parent how to work together to make changes. It's good, basic information and is followed by an excellent "Note to Parents."

Overall, this small volume would be a worthwhile addition to any counselor or therapist's ADHD library.

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Summary: Slow down :)
Comment: I got this book for my son who is 12 to hopefully get some ideas on how to help himself slow down. In his words he liked the book and it gave him some creative ideas to help himself. Ultimately we got exactly what we wanted for the book. My son is helping me review it and wanted to give it 4 stars b/c he felt there could've been some more practice activities in it. The reading level is low to mid-range but easy enough as a parent to go over with your children, easy for kids to comprehend, and interesting enough to hold my older child's attention and get him to want to try to apply some of the concepts.

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Summary: great book
Comment: Understanding your child's attentional challenges can help your child be the best they can be
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Summary: Learning to Slow Down....excellent
Comment: I enjoyed the book and found it to be useful. I loaned it to a client (a father) who read it with his 8 year old son (recently diagnosed ADHD) - the child liked it and it was very helpful. I will be recommending it to other clients with ADHD/ADD children.

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