Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents

Name: Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.13 (23 reviews)
Author: Russell A. Barkley
ISBN: 9781518900006

Author: Russell A. Barkley, PhD

Narrator: Abby Craden

Unabridged: 16 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Novel Audio

Published: 10/06/2015

Categories: Nonfiction, Education, Special Education, Family & Relationships, Health & Fitness, Children's Health, Psychology, Mental Health, Psychopathology

Synopsis

From distinguished researcher/clinician Russell A. Barkley, this treasured parent resource gives you the science-based information you need about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its treatment. It also presents a proven eight-step behavior management plan specifically designed for 6- to 18-year-olds with ADHD. Offering encouragement, guidance, and loads of practical tips, Dr. Barkley helps you:

*Make sense of your child's symptoms.

*Get an accurate diagnosis.

*Work with school and health care professionals to get needed support.

*Learn parenting techniques that promote better behavior.

*Strengthen your child's academic and social skills.

*Use rewards and incentives effectively.

*Restore harmony at home.

Updated throughout with current research and resources, this guide includes the latest facts about medications and about what causes (and doesn't cause) ADHD.

See also Dr. Barkley's bestselling Taking Charge of Adult ADHD.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Francesca Scolari on 2018-11-24 06:37:29

I highly recommend this book!! If your child has ADHD, this book identifies the scientific discoveries of ADHD and explains them. It is also empathetic to all those parents dealing with non-ADHD kids who "think" they have the answer to how to handle the child. Easy to audible very fast...

Goodreads review by Laura on October 28, 2019

Disclaimer: This is probably more a rant about my son’s ADHD than a review. You’ve been warned. Not too long ago, while reading a description of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, I was struck by its similarities to my child. Having been around for 100% of his fetal development, I know I ingested nothing worse......more

Goodreads review by Becky on August 19, 2022

Barkley is an often quoted expert in the field. In fact, he even quotes himself in this book. Regularly. While this may be a fourth edition, it’s very clear that this book’s views are mostly unchanged from the early 90s. The first half hardly mentions any studies later than the 70s and 80s, other th......more

Goodreads review by Shelby Gabello on December 31, 2023

DNF. Okay I read 20% of this and I gave up. It reads too much like a textbook and it doesn't have current research information.......more

Goodreads review by Josie on January 31, 2019

The first third of the book was pretty good: insightful, not too bogged down, explained multiple aspects well, information that is glossed over or not explained in other texts... then the book got really repetitive for a while. It picked back up a bit at the end in discussing the medications. A bit......more

Goodreads review by Katie on April 26, 2012

Although there are some good chapters in this book, I found that the author assumed all children with ADHD had oppositional defiance disorder (ODD) and a large portion of this book was dedicated to behavior modification and increasing compliance. This book sets out to educate parents about ADHD, but......more