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Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention: A Book for Kids About ADD

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This book is awesome! It is a self help book for kids that they find interesting. This book allowed me to get inside my childrens' minds and into their hearts without them realizing what was happening. A great way to examine how your child is really handling their ADD/ADHD, and the tools they can use to get the most out of themselves using simple steps. A great way to get the ADD'er to begin to compensate/ and adapt by learning to go through steps daily to improve their success in every task they endeavor. You have to get this one-It's small, practical, and full of common sense...my daughter reads it at night and keeps it by her bed. She is in 4th grade!

I have a child with ADD and have built up a large collection of books about the subject but this is absolutely the BEST book I've found which is specifically written FOR children. There are other books for children out there but they all far short of this one. Why?
First of all, this book truly seems to have been written with an understanding of how to reach an ADD kid. The text is clear, easily understood and to the point. For kids who don't want to read long, detailed paragraphs, there are checklists and other tools to maintain attention. Secondly, this book packs a lot of information on a wide variety of subjects that can be difficult for kids with ADD, from sports to friendships to schoolwork. Finally, there are practical and realistic suggestions for dealing with challenges - everything from making friends to learning how to pay attention and get work done at school. The author clearly knows about ADD and I've read this one with my child again and again (plus he's taken it to his room and read it alone numerous times).

You know that ADD/ADHD kids need to learn to slow down and pay attention but just telling that doesn't work. This book helps them learn HOW to slow down, pay attention, and learn. My son and I like this book very much.

I love this book and so does my ADHD son! I like how it doesn't label the child and involves him in the process of self-evaluation. It was a delight for him when he read "this book is written just for you!" My son was engaged from the first page. I recommend this for every parent that wants to help their child learn more about themselves while maintaining self-worth. A must have!

My daughter was thrilled to get this book. She felt like the book spoke to her. She excitedly began reading it the minute I brought it home. HIGHLY RECOMMEDED!

My 12 year old son has ADD. I work with him frequently on organization. I did like the checklists, but on the whole I found the book to be condesending. I feel that they were projecting feelings onto the child reader, making assumptions on when they were getting tired or feeling overwhelmed. I would have prefered a more factual, logical approach, as children with ADD need the bottom line.

I bought the updated book (2004) [...]. It is a positive book that helps you and your child understand his behavior better.

Kids with ADHD are constantly being told to "slow down" and "pay attention." Most kids want to, but don't know how. This is an ideal book for teaching kids step-by-step exactly how to slow down and pay attention. Part one of this book involves children in a process of self-evaluation through the use of checklists that help them identify the problem areas that they most need to work on. Part two identifies what other people (i.e. parents, teachers, counselors) can do to help. Part three, "Things I Can Do To Help Myself," gives children lists of the necessary steps to take to work on each problem area. This concise, easy to understand book does a super job of helping kids to take responsibility for improving their behavior.

While I did think the child-friendly checklists were generally a good idea, I found myself wanting to edit them. The questions were "leading questions", not open-ended. The checklists lead to a negative sense of self (i.e. "ADD is Bad"), no positive outcome possible.

A side note, "school" and "homework" are an integral part of the book. We homeschool, so this additional point made the book unuseable for our family.

I Think this Book is real good, my son and I live in new zealand and he want to get it so I did and he love it . he use's it all the time . he has Takeing it to his school so the kid's there can look at it . I think new zealand need a lot more of these Book for the kids over here that have ADD/and ADHD My son is ADHD and he want to no all about it so this is why we got this Book and it has help him a lot we all so have putting on the brakes . I think your Book's are real great please keep up all the good work you are doing Because it help us to understand Better about ADHD and ADD from us new zealand thankyou very much