Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder

The essential guide to helping children with ADHD get the best possible help and support.

Dr Christopher Green is one of Britain's best-known parenting authors. For more than 25 years he has helped parents with his advice on babies, toddlers and young children. His humorous, common sense approach has preserved the sanity of many mums and dads. A paediatrician and honorary consultant to the Children's Hospital, Sydney, Dr Green's legendary sleep technique is now used worldwide. His bestselling books include New Toddler Taming and Beyond Toddlerdom.

In his typically friendly and clear style, the ever-popular Dr Chris Green, with Dr Kit Chee, explains the treatments and causes of Attention Deficit Disorder, a condition that affects the learning and behaviour of up to 1 in 10 children in this country. 
 
Aimed at parents, teachers and health professionals, this book dispels the myths about ADHD and gives a clear overview of the condition: the causes, the behaviours and the treatments. 
 
Full of well-tried, practical strategies to help with common problems such as inattention, underachievement and impulsiveness, the book covers: 
 
- The causes, how to help improve behaviour at home and at school 
- Making the diagnosis, medication and alternative therapies 
- Hints to help reading, writing and language 
- Ways to boost self-esteem 
- ADHD in adults 
- The latest research and where to go for further help 
 
Understanding ADHD offers invaluable guidance to help parents work with teachers and health professionals to give their child the best possible chance of entering adulthood with self-confidence, life skills and secure family relationships.

Christopher Green

Kit Chee

Practical Tips for Parents

The Pocket Guide to Understanding A. D. H. D. offers authoritative but instant, practical and commonsense advice for parents, including the latest research on this distressing and misunderstood condition. 
 
In his typically friendly and direct style, Dr Chris Green, with Dr Kit Chee, explains the causes and effects of A. D. H. D. and provides quick, practical strategies to help cope with common problems such as inattention, impulsiveness and underachievement and includes advice on: 
- how to identify A. D. H. D. in your child 
- medication and alternative therapies 
- where to get support 
- improving behaviour at school and home 
And much more!

Kit Chee

The Pocket Guide To Understanding A.D.H.D.

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