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This website is the online home of Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. CHADD is a national non-profit organization founded in 1987 in response to the frustration and sense of isolation experienced by parents and their children with AD/HD. Many individuals and families dealing with AD/HD turn to CHADD, the national organization representing individuals with AD/HD, for education, advocacy and support. The organization is composed of dedicated volunteers from around the country who play an integral part in the as...
http://www.chadd.org/
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The directory provides free referral for a liscenced eye doctor who provides vision therapy. This directory also offers advice for people who have questions about ADHD/ADD and how it relates to vision problems.
http://www.visiontherapydirectory.com/
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This website features the Alert Program -- a tool for young people to learn to choose appropriate strategies to change or maintain states of alertness. The products available are "A Leader's Guide to the Alert Program for Self-Regulation", and introductory booklet, audiotape and a new book "Take Five! Staying Alert at Home and School". Although the Alert Program initially was intended for children with attention and learning difficulties, ages 8-12, it has been adapted for preschool through adult and for a variety of disabilities. If children ...
http://www.alertprogram.com/
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This website provides you with hundreds of school classroom interventions for students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Founder Dr. Cowan, is retired as a therapist, and now serves full time as a Pastor of Family and Student Ministries at a church in central California.
http://www.addinschool.com
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This web page contains a listing of helpful links that contain information connecting ADD/ADHD to eye problems.
http://www.add-adhd.org/
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This web page provides links to information for helping students at school and at home with ADHD/ADD behavior. Find tips for giving instructions, behavior reinforcement, behavior modification techniques and more.
http://school.familyeducation.com/add-and-adhd/behavioral-problems/36078.html
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The ADHDSupportCompany.com site is "the site filled with timely, relevant information for everyone whose life is touched by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: parents, patients, teachers, doctors, nurses, family and friends."
http://www.adhdsupportcompany.com
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This article is two excerpts from gifted and talented resources. The first excerpt is from an interview with Stephanie S. Tolan who "writes about giftedness for Advanced Development Journal and Roeper Review, and is a consultant on highly gifted children." The second excerpt is from "ADHD and Children Who Are Gifted", ERIC Digest #522.
http://talentdevelop.com/articles/Page76.html
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This link is a list of general characteristics of giftedness. Individuals that are gifted may not show all of the characteristics. Additionally, in recent years, more studies have been completed on giftedness.
http://add.about.com/od/basicsofaddadhd/l/blcharactgifted.htm
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Dr. Armstrong is an educator and psychogist in the fieds of multiple intelligences, the myth of ADD/ADHD, and the natural genius of kids. Armstrong's website is packed with useful information through books for purchase, articles and his own lectures.
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com
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This article thoroughly discusses the issue of ADD and how it relates to giftedness. It goes into detail about key characteristics of gifted children, how "gifted" is defined, and offers advice for parents.
http://borntoexplore.org/gifted.htm
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This web page hosted by LD Online provides articles, book recommendations, and a Q&A section specific to the topic of ADHD.
http://www.ldonline.org/indepth/adhd
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This website is a valuable resource for those who either parent or teach children with learning difficulties. In addition to the blog support and podcasts, is an extensive page of ADHD information, resources and links.
http://www.ldpodcast.com
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This board game teaches children with ADD/ADHD behaviors that are critical in adjusting to the demands of the classroom and school-related areas. The game starts at home, followed by a bus ride to school with focus on several classrooms, the playground, lunch and special situations. It ends with a bus ride home to finish. Rules in each situation are emphasized with special consideration given to deal with transitions. A cognitive behavior therapy approach is used to teach children the appropriate self-talk in dealing with each situation. This...
http://www.the-add-clinic.com/games1.asp
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This is a unique school that offers self-paced learning for fast learners who have a high energy level. Students range from 2-11th grade. Their specialty is an approach that accommodates those learners who would be labeled ADD/ADHD in public school with high IQ's. They have had remarkable results using mentors and directors who monitor computer based curriculum.
http://www.resultsproject.net/subdomains/academy/index.html
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In this sequel to "Driven to Distraction," Edward Hallowell and John Ratay provide practical solutions to the struggles of people with ADD. Each chapter is devoted to one aspect of the disorder: ADD in women, ADD and aggression, ADD and addiction and more.
http://www.drhallowell.com/store/answers.html
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An expert on ADD, Stephen Garber provides a guide for coping with this disorder by helping to answer the questions: Do I have a correct diagnosis of ADHD? What kind of medication might be helpful? What else can and should I do to help myself or my child deal with this problem? In addition, this book includes a complete checklist of ADHD symptoms, charts, work sheets and a comprehensive list of valuable resources and support groups.
http://www.addwarehouse.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/product100.html
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This book by Deirdre Lovecky is provides an insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with attention difficulties. Explaining why certain children are gifted and how giftedness is manifested, each chapter on a specific topic addresses the relevance for children with AD/HD, autism and Asperger Syndrome. Lovecky guides parents and professionals through methods of diagnosis and advises on how best to nurture individual needs, positive behavior and relationships at home and at school.
http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book.php/isbn/9781853029646
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Written by a psychologist, this book offers advice for parents struggling to raise children who are clearly bright but who are also maddeningly unfocused. The author calls such children "Edison-trait" who exhibit divergent thinking, focusing on many ideas simultaneously.
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As two successful medical professionals with ADD, authors Edward M. Hallowell and John J. Ratey help dispel a vairety of myths about the disorder - i.e. "ADD is an issue only for children." The book goes on to cite stories and case studies of many who have dealt successfully with their diagnosis.
http://www.drhallowell.com/store/driven.html
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Winner of the National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) Honors recipient for ages 6+, this book by Janet S. Fox and Pamela Espeland, is full of you-can-do-it ways for your child to manage his desk, locker, backpack and other major messes. Find out how your son/daughter can be organized with less stress and more success.
http://www.freespirit.com/catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=421
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This book outlines a proven step-by-step program to help change your child's behavior at home. Stephen Garber discusses the characteristics of inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679759454
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This book shows us how, with an understandable ten step program for home and an equally straightforward program for school, children with attention or behavior problems can succeed with the help of firm, loving parents and teachers. Jim Fay, Foster Cline and Robert Sornson have been sharing the skills of parenting through Love and Logic for over 20 years.
http://www.socialsciencesweb.com/Meeting_the_Challenge_Using_Love_and_Logic_to_Help_Children_Develop_Attention_and_Behavior_Skills_1930429029.html
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Written by six experts in the field, this award winning book (2006 recipient of the ForeWord Magazine's Gold Medal Best Book of the Year Award in Psychology) discusses the importance of identifying giftedness and understanding how the characteristics of being gifted are often similar to those used to diagnosis disorders such as ADHD, ODD, Bipolar, OCD, Autism, or Asperser’s. This book outlines steps for successfully identifying the differences between giftedness and disorders.
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Helpful for parents, this book explains what ADHD is, that others have the same problems and how it effects one's home and school lives. Find practical and clearly described suggestions.
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This publication is designed to serve as comprehensive resources for information on AD/HD.
http://www.additudemag.com/
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This college is one of the only accredited colleges in the United States designed exclusively for students with dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), or other specific learning disabilities. Landmark offers Associate's Degree Programs, Study Abroad Programs, College Skills Summer Sessions, High School Summer Sessions and Summer Transition to College Sessions for Recent High School Graduates. Landmark also offers workshops and seminars for educators seeking professional development in the fields of learning disabilities a...
http://www.landmarkcollege.org/admissions/high_school_summer.html
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