Download or read book Hyperactive written by Matthew Smith and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, doctors diagnose an average of nine percent of children between the ages of five and seventeen with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. One of the most common childhood disorders, it is also one of the most controversial—since first identified in the late 1950s, everyone from medical professionals to politicians have debated its causes, its treatment, and its implications for children. Today, physicians believe it is an inherited neurological disorder best treated with stimulants. Hyperactive provides the first history of ADHD, addressing why children were first diagnosed with the disorder, why biological explanations became predominant, how powerful drugs became the preferred treatment, and why alternative explanations have failed to achieve any legitimacy. Contending that hyperactive children are also a product of their social, cultural, and educational environment, Matthew Smith demonstrates how knowledge about the history of ADHD can lead to better choices about its diagnosis and treatment. A revealing and accessible study of this controversial subject, Hyperactive is an essential book for psychologists, teachers, policymakers, and parents.
Download or read book The Hyperactive Child Book written by Patricia Kennedy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1994-08-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every parent of a child with ADHD (Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder) needs to know: How can I help my child, myself and my whole family not only cope but thrive? The Hyperactive Child Book has the answers. Hailed by Child magazine as one of the ten best parenting books of 1993, this is the only book that offers the invaluable advice of an entire team of experts--a monther and the pediatrician and child psychologist she turned to when her son was diagnosed with ADHD--on every aspect of raising a hyperactive child, including: Why it is essential to have your child evaluated by an expert diagnostic team--and how to go about finding more How to be sure your child is receiving the best possible medical care How to be your child's adocate in the school bureaucracy How to help your child acquire the specific study skills that will help him or her learn most effectively How to deal with day-to-day issues from homework to housework to relationships with siblings and peers Detailed compassionate and endlessly useful, here at last is a book that goes beyond the myths and fads about hyperactivity to help your entire family live happily with an ADHD child.
Download or read book Helping Hyperactive Kids A Sensory Integration Approach written by Lynn J. Horowitz and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sensory integration has provided help to children with behavior, learning, and motor skills problems for over 40 years. A treatment based on play, it helps children absorb, process, and respond to information in an appropriate manner. This book provides a complete overview and explanation of the therapy, as well as practical sensory integration–based techniques that can be used by teachers and parents to help the hyperactive child. This non-medical approach can be used in conjunction with, or as a substitute for, traditional drug treatments.
Download or read book Hyperactive written by Scott Christian Sava and published by Blue Dream Studio. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 12 year old Joey Caram's metabolism goes haywire one day. Everything seems to be moving at a snails pace. Time seems to stand still - or maybe he's moving faster! Joey soon discovers that he's capable of running 100 mph, able to clean his room in 4 seconds, and do all of his chores before a commercial finishes on TV. His parents are baffled, as are the doctors. But Mr. Itchez of Burnz and Itchez Pharmaceutical Corporation believes he can market Joey's new found gift, and will go to ANY lengths to acquire Joey's DNA!
Download or read book Is Your Child Hyperactive Inattentive Impulsive Distractable written by Stephen W. Garber, Ph.D. and published by Villard. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evan, five years old, hardly stands, much less sits, still for more than a few moments. Jessie is eight -- she's adorable...she never finishes anything on time...she's a dreamer. Cal is fifteen -- he is so impulsive that his parents worry he'll try drugs on a whim. What do these kids have in common? Do they remind you of your own children? The most talked-about childhood syndrome of the eighties and nineties is ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). This developmental disorder disrupts a child's life and often results in low self-esteem, poor grades and even social and emotional problems. These problems usually are not outgrown -- without help. But does your child have ADHD? ADHD is characterized by the following groups of behaviors: Inattention -- making careless mistakes -- difficulty sustaining attention -- problems with listening -- failure to finish schoolwork or chores -- difficulties organizing -- trouble sustaining mental efforts -- losing things -- being easily distracted -- forgetfulness Hyperactivity/Impulsivity -- fidgeting/squirming -- trouble staying seated -- inappropriate running/climbing -- difficulty playing quietly -- being on the go/driven -- talking excessively -- blurting out answers -- difficulty awaiting turn -- often interrupting All children display many of these behaviors at some point. But-according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, Fourth Edition, for a child to be diagnosed with ADHD, six or more of these symptoms of inattention and/or hyperactivity/impulsivity must have persisted for at least six months. Is Your Child Hyperactive? Inattentive? Impulsive? Distractible? offers an invaluable step-by-step program already used by thousands of parents to help you change these behaviors at home. Don't just watch it happen; help your child help himself.
Download or read book Shelley the Hyperactive Turtle written by Deborah M. Moss and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After getting into trouble by not paying attention, Shelley the turtle is diagnosed with AD/HD and his behavior improves."--Title page verso.
Download or read book Helping Hyperactive Kids a Sensory Integration Approach written by Lynn Horowitz and published by Hunter House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sensory integration has provided help to children with behavior, learning, and motor skills problems for over 40 years. A treatment based on play, it helps children absorb, process, and respond to information in an appropriate manner. This book provides a complete overview and explanation of the therapy, as well as practical sensory integration–based techniques that can be used by teachers and parents to help the hyperactive child. This non-medical approach can be used in conjunction with, or as a substitute for, traditional drug treatments.
Download or read book Healing the Hyperactive Brain written by Michael Robert Lyon and published by St. Albert, Alta. : Focus Pub.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Your Hyperactive Child written by Barbara Ingersoll and published by Main Street Books. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative handbook provides a wealth of urgently needed information to help parents of a hyperactive child understand and cope with their child's baffling behavior.
Download or read book The Feingold Cookbook for Hyperactive Children and Others with Problems Associated with Food Additives and Salicylates written by Ben F. Feingold and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1979 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Feingold cookbook is for children and others who are hyperactive because of association with food additives and salicylates.
Download or read book The Young Hyperactive Child written by Mary Frank and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1987-06-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading clinicians and researchers answer crucial questions about the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of the school-aged hyperactive child in this comprehensive and informative volume. Research findings and clinical insights are illustrated with case examples, giving practical and scientifically sound information to clinical and education professionals, such as teachers, school psychologists, pediatricians, general and family practitioners, child psychiatrists and psychologists, as well as to parents.
Download or read book The Clinical Symptomatology and Comorbidity of Attention deficit hyperactive Disorder in a Healthy School Population written by Sabine Tremmery and published by Maklu. This book was released on 2007 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Why Your Child Is Hyperactive written by Ben Feingold and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1985-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains detailed information by the doctor who first reported that hyperactivity in children is often caused by artificial food coloring and food flavoring. Includes the Feingold diet and how it should be applied.
Download or read book Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder written by Lily Trokenberg Hechtman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive description of adult outcome in educational, occupational, emotional, social, substance use, legal, antisocial functioning is described via the best well-controlled prospective follow-up studies of children with ADHD into adulthood. Predictors of outcome, e.g., medication and psychosocial treatment, IQ, severity of ADHD, comorbidity, SES, parental pathology and family functioning are all explored. Prognosis and issues that need to be addressed to promote more positive outcome are thus addressed.
Download or read book Identifying Hyperactive Children written by Peter Conrad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new and expanded edition of a classic case-study in the medicalization of ADHD, originally published in 1976. The book centres on an empirical study of the process of identifying hyperactive children, providing a perceptive and accessible introduction to the concepts and issues involved. In this revised edition, Peter Conrad sets the original study in context, demonstrating the continuing relevance of his research. He highlights the issues at stake, outlining recent changes in our understanding of ADHD and reviewing recent sociological research. Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University, USA. He has written extensively in the area of medical sociology, publishing nine books and over eighty articles and chapters.
Download or read book How We Raised A Hyperactive Child and Lived to Tell about It and YOU Can Too written by Beverly Lowry and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beverly Lowry has lived, struggled and prayed through the 17 years of raising a very hyperactive child. The stories in this book are true. The hyperactive child in this book says, "Humor is tragedy plus time." He is the adult who wrote the song, "Mary did you know?" My prayer is that this book will help those with a hyperactive child and help him/her find their niche to use their God given talent.
Download or read book Ryan a Mother s Story of Her Hyperactive Tourette Syndrome Child written by Susan Hughes and published by Hope Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Hughes tells of her struggle with understanding Ryan's unusual behaviors, of getting a diagnosis, and of struggling with her own feelings of guilt. Her message is written in the ultimately understandable language of parent to parent. Written so others need not feel so alone or struggle through so many years of uncertainty.
