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Fidget to Focus: Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD

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There are several super books on the subject of Attention Deficit Disorder and each has sections that stand out. However, "Fidget To Focus" is the one book that has it all. It explains the reasons why people with ADD do the things they do AND offers excellent suggestions and solutions, too. What I like best about the book is that it isn't trying to change anyone but instead encourages readers to use their unique (and natural) tendencies to their advantage. Finally, the workbook in the back is an excellent resource for people who are really serious about finding ways to make the most of their ADD.

This is a practicAL approach to helping us with ADD/ADHD. Dr Rotz uses many examples one can apply to keeping ones attention.
I still drink a glass of water before bedtime so that I can wake up on time. From his years of experience as a therapist, he cleverly gleaned practical ideas from those with ADD/ADHD.

Fidget to Focus held my attention and eloquently written but not boring

Once I started to read the book, I couldn't put it down! I kept underlying so much on every page ( one of the strategies I use to stay focused ) and found many insights.
The book reads easily and flows well with stories I can relate to, clear information and understanding of ADD, and best of all, many strategies for living with ADD including an extensive workbook section that has been very helpful. Also the review and the end of the chapters is great to go back to.
Highly educational and useful, I absolutely recommend this book!

A well-organized book, combining current scientific thinking with helpful suggestions and anecdotes. Plenty of meat in the text, but the time-challenged will find chapter reviews and appendices useful.

This book taught me that fidgeting is a good thing and procastinating is the norm!

I read this book very quickly, because the book is short but engaging and make an awful lot of sense if you have ADHD and you have hyperactivity.

Basically, this book gives you examples of how to capitalize on how an ADHD brain works rather than focusing on correcting what doesn't work. It's perfect for creative people such as musicians, painters, etc, but it can work for anybody being hyperactive.

At the end of the book, there is a list of resources and websites, and also an appendix that help you find out which strategies have worked best for you in the past and pair them to the tasks you still can't follow through on.

I've implemented many of these strategies and I can honestly say that this book is changing my life.

This has been one of the easiest and most to the point book I have read on the subject of ADHD so far.
The authors have explained the fundamentals of ADD/ADHD in the most simplest terms and given fidget a whole new meaning!
A wonderful read.

The moment I started reading this book, I knew my husband was ADD. It was not a surprise. Thanks to this book we found ways for him to concentrate and focus. Like, now he knows he can watch TV and read a book at the same time and focus and remember the reading better than ever. I will recommend this book to every parent that think they have a child with ADD or any adult, including themselves that may have ADD... Read it and enjoy it. There is good information in this book.

This is a book for parents and adults who deal with children with ADHD, as well as for those who need to manage their own ADD issues. I have already passed my first copy on and need more!

Very good suggestions for those who have ADD. Wish there had been more information about kids with ADD, but would definitely recommend the book.