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Wild Child: How You Can Help Your Child with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Other Behavioral Disorders [Paperback]

Don Mordasini (Author)
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March 25, 2001 0789011026 978-0789011022 1
How can you help the ADD child in your life?

Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is one of the most discussed yet least understood childhood disorders today. Here is a book that delivers the answers people are looking for!

Wild Child explains the symptoms, thinking patterns, and behavior of children and adolescents with ADD in terms that are understandable by parents and grandparents, yet relevant to the professionals who deal with these children. It outlines specific strategies that you can use to cope with the vast array of behavior, hyperactivity, and inattention problems experienced by children with ADD.

The concepts outlined in Wild Child will show you how to bond more closely with children who tend to alienate them, and help children feel better about themselves, aiding them in their quest to master their specific challenges. Because this book is written from the inside, explaining what the symptoms feel like from the perspective of someone with ADD as well as from the perspective of someone with an ADD child, readers will easily identify with the author.

This valuable book will help you and the ADD child in your life by helping you to:
  • build your personal confidence in dealing with ADD children and teens through knowledge and understanding
  • deal with specific problems in your family or patients
  • build esteem and sound emotional infrastructures in ADD children and empower them to take control of their lives
Wild Child features:
  • tables and motivational charts that illustrate how to work with an ADD child
  • checklists that adults can use if the suggested interventions fail with a particular child
ADD is truly a hidden disability, and the children suffering with it are usually labeled wild, crazy, or stupid. This, of course, leads to low self-esteem and underachievement, but Wild Child stresses that new learning can and does take place when proper motivators are applied. This book provides concrete advice regarding what those motivators are and how and when to use them. Teaching adults to empower the children in their care is an important part of Wild Child. Without appropriate intervention, children with ADD frequently end up chemically addicted or in trouble with the law. This book can help prevent these things from occurring. This is a valuable resource for everyone who knows a child with ADD.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 260 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (March 25, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0789011026
  • ISBN-13: 978-0789011022
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,056,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide to helping a child, August 10, 2001
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Parents of children with attention and behavioral disorders will find Wild Child an excellent guide to helping a child, from building an understanding of such disorders to handling problems with family members and helping kids take control of their lives. Checklists, charts and keys to understanding make for an excellent self-help guide.
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5.0 out of 5 stars ADD in the Classroom, a teachers perspective, June 15, 2001
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I was extremely excited when a teacher collegue of mine introduced me to this book. I have had many ADD and ADHD children in my class and have always struggled with them. I read this book with much enthusiasm looking for help all the way. I realized that my behavior towards these children was hindering them from growing, I have learned I need to be a better communicator with the parents and child about my expectation and set up a program that will help the child to meet our goals. Most importantly I have learned I need to be CALM with these children and model the behavior I expect from them. I have learned so much from this book. I look forward to trying these techniques in my classroom next year.

First Grade Teacher Brookvale El. School, Fremont, California

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I've poured over the books about ADD and ADHD. It's such a hard thing to go through. This one was good enough I wanted a copy for myself. Highly recommended!
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