A Dad's Nuts and Bolts Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder [Plastic Comb]

Mark M. Jacob (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0967546109 | ISBN-13: 978-0967546100 | Publication Date: January 1, 2000

A Dad's Nuts and Bolts Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder is the Road Map that provides the most direct and scenic route to successfully fathering your ADD kid. It is funny...informative...and educational. Dad's need to keep this book on their bedside table to help cushion the stress and difficult times that are a natural part of fathering a child with Attention Deficit Disorder.

Editorial Reviews

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It's not easy getting dads involved when a child has ADD. This book is short, easy to read, and most of all, engaging! The combination of personal experience, humor, and sound facts is one that should get even the most obstinate Dat interested! -- Thomas W. Phelan, Ph.D, Author "1-2-3 Magic"

Jacob's book is short and unsophisticated1 yet it achieves its aim of helping parents to understand that ADD is real. -- Russell Hanford & John R. Snarey,

Mark Jacob has written a funny, stylish and drop-dead serious book...Finally a book for real people with real kids with real ADHD problems that communicates with a humor and a genuine knowing of the pain of parenting ADHD kids. What a blessing for parents and professionals alike! I fit both those categories and wish he had written this book twenty years ago! -- Barbara J. Townsend, L.C.S.W., Therapist and Consultant

The presentation is informal and humorous...one can sense the frustration, anger and hopelessness of the author. -- Journal of Moral Education, Vol 30, No. 3, 2001

This is the "tool box" that dads have been looking for...imparting basic information on ADD and parenting. It gets the job done with great insight and humor. Mark Jacob leaves his heart and soul on every page. Dads will relate to his honest portrayal of the difficulties with raising a child with ADD and benefit from his warm advice and wisdom. -- Patricia O. Quinn, MD, Author "Putting on the Brakes: Young People's Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder"

About the Author

Mark M. Jacob is the executive Director and Founder of PADDA, People With Attentional and Developmental Disabilities Association. PADDA was originally founded in 1988 as an ADD support group for parents and interested professionals. Mark works primarily as an educational advocate and trainer for parents of children with the full range of disabilities. He has written several articles and regularly presents workshops on ADD as well as Special Education and Section 504. He is certified as a Family Mediator with the Virginia Supreme Court and is the proud father of a son who was diagnosed with severe Attention Deficit Disorder in 1986

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 50 pages
• Publisher: D D Clearinghouse (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967546109
• ISBN-13: 978-0967546100
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,180,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for fathers, March 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Dad's Nuts and Bolts Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder (Plastic Comb)

Most books that deal with ADD almost always exclude the concept of what dads go through in trying to come to terms with their ADD child. All too often books on ADD are more apt to put dads to sleep than to really give them a basis to understand what is going on with "that childhood terrorist" which roams the hallways of the homestead in search of dad's last good nerve.

I found this book to be entertaining, informative, and a book that you'll want to reread and to share with friends.

It isn't often you'll find a book in color for this price, but this one is a hoot to read and to look at.

I recommend it highly!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute, but not much meat, November 9, 2006

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James W. Allen (Augusta, Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Dad's Nuts and Bolts Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder (Plastic Comb)

This ia cute book but seems aimed more at children than at fathers. I am not sure what the target demographic may be but I did not find it particularly useful either in understanding or adapting to the issues I face in having taken in a nephew with this condition.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNDERSTANDING ADD, June 10, 2000

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Ron Grossberg - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Dad's Nuts and Bolts Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Disorder (Plastic Comb)

Having been personally touched by this dissorder, I was pleasantly surprised to find this book by Mark Jacob. I have a nephew and a friend both suffering from this condition for many years. I enjoyed the frankness and the flow of this book that gave me a better understanding of what I have been witnessing for the last 15 years. Recalling back all the situations I have witnessed over this time literally brought me to tears. These children when calm, are wonderful and bright. They deserve more than the system seems to be dishing them out. This book gave me greater insight into the problems of the people I love and hope that Mr. Jacob succeeds with his quest to help us understand ADD better. Thank you Mark for helping us. I look forward to the next addition.