Written by a nationally known educator with two decades of experience in working with ADD/ADHD students. For fast, reliable information about attention deficit disorder, parents and teachers need only to refer to The ADD/ADHD Checklist. This unique resource is packed with up-to-date facts, findings, and proven strategies and techniques for understanding and helping children and adolescents with attention deficit problems and hyperactivity-- all in a handy list format.
Sandra Rief, M.A., is a leading author, speaker, and educational consultant on effective strategies and interventions for helping students with ADHD and Learning Disabilities achieve school success. She has written several books and presents numerous seminars, workshops and keynotes nationally and internationally on this topic. Sandra has trained thousands of teachers and other school professionals, as well as parents and clinicians throughout the U.S. and several countries around the world (China, Singapore, Israel, Philippines, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, South Africa, Colombia, Iceland, Sweden, and Canada). She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Illinois. Sandra is formerly an award-winning teacher (California Resource Specialist of the Year) with over twenty-three years teaching experience in public schools. Sandra retired from San Diego Unified School District, and is currently teaching distance learning/online courses she developed for Seattle Pacific University and California State University East Bay.
Sandra is the author of several popular books. A few of them include: How to Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD, 2nd Edition (2005), The ADHD Book of Lists: A Practical Guide for Helping Children and Teens with Attention Deficit Disorders (2003), How to Reach & Teach All Children in the Inclusive Classroom, 2nd Edition (2006, co-authored with Julie Heimburge), The ADD/ADHD Checklist: A Practical Reference for Parents & Teachers, 2nd Edition (2008), and The Dyslexia Checklist: A Practical Reference for Parents & Teachers (2010, co-authored with Judith Stern).
Sandra has also developed and presented the acclaimed educational DVDs:
ADHD & LD: Powerful Teaching Strategies & Accommodations, How to Help Your Child Succeed in School: Strategies & Guidance for Parents of Children with ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities, Successful Classrooms: Effective Teaching Strategies for Raising Achievement in Reading & Writing, and Successful Schools: How to Raise Achievement & Support At-Risk Students (with Linda Fisher and Nancy Fetzer).
In addition, Sandra has written laminated cards which are bifolds or trifolds packed with strategies and available through her website. The titles include: Section 504: Classroom Accommodations, ADHD & LD: Classroom Strategies at Your Fingertips, Dyslexia: Strategies, Supports & Interventions, and Executive Function: Practical Applications in the Classroom.
Visit Sandra's Web site at www.sandrarief.com for more information.
