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Understanding Girls with ADHD: How they feel and why they do what they do Paperback – May 7, 2015

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First written in 1999, the new edition of Understanding Girls with ADHD is better than ever. In this expanded and updated book, Kathleen Nadeau, Ellen Littman, and Patricia Quinn rise to the occasion and deliver a comprehensive, up-to-date, and readable book that illuminates the complexity of ADHD in girls and women, both across the lifespan and across multiple domains of life (e.g., home, school, the workplace, close relationships). Blending clinical examples, case material, and a masterful synthesis of research findings around the world, the authors reveal the roots of ADHD in females during the preschool years, also summarizing relevant causal factors, and display the highly individualized journeys through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood that these girls and women face. The book's latter chapters make use of the information on ADHD and development and provide a synthesis of the kinds of treatment strategies needed to intervene with the complex issues faced by girls and families who struggle with ADHD. The authors' working through the executive functioning deficits experienced by so many girls with ADHD―and their deployment of vivid examples of right vs. wrong ways of approaching such problems―will be of great importance for large numbers of families. Even more, the authors emphasize that ADHD rarely exists in a vacuum and that understanding and treating co-morbid disorders is essential. Understanding Girls with ADHD does not shy away from key areas of controversy. How, for example, can a family know whether it's ADHD or another set of problems that's the primary issue? How does one deal with the potential use of medication, which is plagued by bad press and abundant myths but which can, as part of a multi-faceted treatment plan, provide great benefit if the right dose is found and if the doctor works with the family to monitor positive effects and side effects carefully? What about longterm risk for eating pathology, substance abuse, and other difficult areas of impairment of salience for girls? How can girls and their families break through the thicket of negative expectations and sometimes-toxic family interactions to pave the way for a different set of outcomes? Clearly, ADHD does not look the same across different individuals, especially girls. Understanding Girls with ADHD emphasizes the multiple ways in which ADHD can manifest itself across different people, families, and ages. Always sensitive, and without hesitation in providing an authoritative tone, this book will empower girls and their families in ways that are sorely needed. Its emphasis on gender-specific manifestations of ADHD and its inclusion of practical means of attacking the executive-function deficits that plague girls and women with ADHD will ensure its continued status as core guidebook. Written with compassion and sensitivity, and full of the clinical wisdom that accompanies years of experience on the front lines, Understanding Girls with ADHD is the go-to book for those needing guidance, support, and knowledge about female manifestations of ADHD.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Advantage Books, LLC; Second edition (May 7, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0971460973
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0971460973
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.83 x 9 inches
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Patricia O. Quinn, MD, is the author of the award-winning Attention, Girls! A Guide to Learning about Your ADHD and 100 Questions and Answers about ADHD in Women and Girls. She cofounded the National Center for Girls and Women with ADHD in 1997, and is currently the director.

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Customers find the book informative and helpful, particularly in understanding girls with ADHD, with one customer noting it provides practical knowledge for parents and teachers.

"...My child will improve socially as well as scholastically with time, patience, and unconditional love...." Read more

"...clinical research, cutting edge information, and practical knowledge for parents and teachers, this book is a must read for all who work with girls..." Read more

"...It is sobering and a little scary, but helps you see ADHD and the social problems and emotional scars that come with it for girls, and explains some..." Read more

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  • Stacy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Aha moments
    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2015
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    This is the second one of these books I have purchased. One for me, and one for the grandparents. I've always known from a very young age that my little one was different. She's had food and speech issues, she stopped napping at 2, she's aways been defiant. She's take risks and has done things other little girls were and are afraid of. And at first it was funny. It still kind of is. But school has been challenging and her relationships with her peers are also difficult at times. Now at 8 years old and after a battery of testing her results have come back with ADHD and anxiety. Of course I cried because like any mom we want to think our baby is fine. But she's not. She's incredibly bright, funny, imaginative and I wouldn't want it any other way. But this book has helped me understand what is going on in that beautiful head of hers. This book has opened my eyes to what is happing, what's been happening, and what's going to happen. They use a number of different case studies. Because just like fingerprints no two girls are the same.

    Now that I know what's going on I can take the proper steps to help her through speech and socialization. Occupational therapy, and the list goes on. What I have learned from this book as that it's not the end of the world, and it's not a race. My child will improve socially as well as scholastically with time, patience, and unconditional love. If you think your daughter may have ADHD, or if she has already been diagnosed, I highly recommend this book. It has given me a LOT of aha moments. "So that's what that was." Most importantly as a parent keep your sense of humor and don't lose faith. Because as I tell my daughter, it's not our labels that define us, but how we break through them that defines our character. THAT is what makes us who we are. And my little risk taker is going to grow up to be one hell of a woman.

    I don’t know why my review has been hidden. Over 60 people have found this helpful.
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  • KittyKateDC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2024
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    Filled with clinical research, cutting edge information, and practical knowledge for parents and teachers, this book is a must read for all who work with girls in any capacity.
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  • Amy
    5.0 out of 5 stars It’s a must read for parents of girls with inattentive ADHD
    Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2022
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    My daughter is currently in 7th grade with inattentive ADHD. We didn’t even know what inattentive ADHD was until one of her teachers brought it to our attention in 4th grade, and we have been trying to help her ever since.

    This book would have helped us a lot had we had it 3 years ago, because there is very little out there that focuses on girls and how ADHD is different for them, but this one does. It is sobering and a little scary, but helps you see ADHD and the social problems and emotional scars that come with it for girls, and explains some of the comorbidities that come with ADHD. It offers concrete suggestions, being clear that there is no silver bullet.

    If I had this book 3 years ago, it would have helped us even more.
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  • Samantha McManus
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative
    Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2016
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    Very informative and easy to read book. You can get a bit bogged down in the discussion of treatments, but that is because the author is very through. Excellent information plus a guide to more resources. I have recommended it to others.
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  • Danielle m stephan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book to understand girls with adhd
    Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2023
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    All of the reviews were right this is an excellent book if you’re trying to understand your daughter or girl in your life with ADHD.
    So many of the other books are geared toward the “typical” ADHD seen in boys. My daughters ADHD is very different from my sons and this book is helping me understand why. I highly recommend it for anybody trying to understand their daughters.
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  • Felissa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024
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    This book I originally bought to help myself parent my daughter better who I think has ADHD traits and to find I too checked off every single trait and explains so many challenges I dealt with as a child into teen years. Quite sad my dad never took the time to get me help. I am going to advocate for myself and my daughter to getting professional guidance so we can both continue to succeed in life.
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  • F Will
    5.0 out of 5 stars very excellent condition
    Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2024
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    Arrived in a timely manner & looked nearly new
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    5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for parents of kids with ADHD!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2021
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    I bought this book upon the recommendation of my college grad ADHD daughter. I wish I had it 15 years ago! It is very well done, reporting research without using scientific terms. It was extremely useful to me this year as I hosted a ADHD 3rd grader for remote school. It helps me understand how she thinks and learns. She has advanced 2 grade levels in both reading and math!
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  • Jetage
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great strategies for managing the introverted nuanced side to ADHD
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2018
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    Loving reading this book, and letting it guide my behaviour and reactions. ADHD in girls isn't the same as boys. It's can be more introverted, nuanced behaviour that is cast aside as character traits like dreamy, quietly flightly, or fickle. But they can be just as difficult to live with as the screaming around disrupting boy traits. So this book helps greatly in spotting, managing and working up strategies to help children and parents.

    As a side note, I haven't found the advice that says hold them upside down yet, but there's still a few pages to go!
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  • Lozza
    3.0 out of 5 stars Very informative but can be quite dry and scientific
    Reviewed in Australia on February 16, 2022
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    This is an informative book which explains a lot of the issues of girls with ADHD but is a bit dense for those of us who aren’t scientists!
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  • A. Regis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Need to read for all parents of girls
    Reviewed in Canada on July 13, 2020
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    This book changed when I knew about my own ADHD and helped my daughter on her ADHD journey to success.
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  • Shawn & Agata
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent information
    Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2019
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    Amazing book!
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  • Carla
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Important Informative Book for Anyone Who Wants and Needs To Understand Children With ADHD
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2016
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    I have been looking for books on ADHD since my 11 year old daughter was diagnosed with it four years ago. Finally I find one with a mindful of essential, helpful and enlightening information and help. It's a book for reference, help, guidance and most of all information I didn't realise or didn't know. Yes I would highly recommend this book to anyone parenting, living, teaching, caring or just know of a child with ADHD. Children with ADHD are so very much misunderstood by their peers, parents, teachers, family, friends and strangers. I am so pleased I found and purchased this book.
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