ADD and the College Student: A Guide for High School and College Students With Attention Deficit Disorder [Paperback]

Patricia O. Quinn (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1994

At once reassuring and brimming with practical information and advice, this concise handbook will help students with ADD to effectively navi gate the difficult transition to college life.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Useful for addressing the existence of attention deficit disorder beyond the hyperactivity of childhood, this reassuring book frankly covers the realities and logistics of having ADD. It serves as a helpful guide to selecting and entering college and to succeeding there. Various professionals (physicians, psychologists, educators, and lawyers) and "real life" experts (college students and parents) describe the challenge of ADD and its impact on the college experience in short, lucid chapters. Throughout, the underlying message is that students should recognize the limitations that ADD presents and seek help in finding remedies for their particular problems. Individual sections address the manifestations of ADD, cover various treatments, outline college programs, consider learning accommodations that students might utilize, and review ADD students' legal rights. Good for students (still in high school or new to college), for parents (who are coping with the angst of an adolescent as well as an ADD student), and for high-school and college faculty and administrators in need of some straight talk about ADD. This guidebook is practical, realistic, optimistic, and reassuring for both teens and adults. Irene Wood

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Praise for the first edition: "…serves as a helpful guide to selecting and entering college and succeeding there…This guidebook is practical, realistic, optimistic, and reassuring for both teens and adults." —Booklist "…A resource to empower young people on their way to achieving their potentials and making it to adulthood." —Mary McDonald Richard Student Disability Services, University Of Iowa --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Magination Pr; 2nd print edition (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0945354584
• ISBN-13: 978-0945354581
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,429,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY HELPFUL RESOURCE for STUDENTS!, November 8, 1999

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This review is from: ADD and the College Student: A Guide for High School and College Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

Patricia Quinn, MD has put together a helpful, concise, easy-to-read book that addresses the problems which may develop for students in high school and college. Each chapter is written by a different specialist who offers information on their specific topic. I recommend this book to all my ADD teenaged clients whether or not they want to go on to college. It is an extremely helpful resource.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful for student and parent, March 2, 1999

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This review is from: ADD and the College Student: A Guide for High School and College Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

This book helped identify gifted students with ADD who were not doing well in college. The checklist included was helpful for the student in his consultation with the physician who was treating his ADD. The physician liked the checklist so much that he asked to copy it for his files!

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Profoundly Disappointing, December 7, 2004

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This review is from: Add and the College Student: A Guide for High School and College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder (Paperback)

This book is, at best, an intro to ADHD.I bought it hoping that there would be some specific "how to study" tips for highschool and college students with AD/HD, but there is nothing of the sort. In fact, there is very little in this book that isn't found in other books written for children or adults. The chapter, "Legal rights of students with ADD" is useful and relevant, but that is 10 pages out of a 150.

There are two other annoying things about this book. First, Quinn uses the term 'ADD', which has been scientifically obsolete since the 1980s. Second, Quinn's writing style is somewhat condescending.

I would recommend that a person new to their diagnosis, or even somebody who is old hand, read "You Mean I'm not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?" as opposed to this book.