This guide helps parents empower children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by recognizing their strengths and unlocking their potential by identifying and developing top intelligences and strengthening weaknesses. The authors draw on their own parenting and work with other parents in their private practices, discussing background information on ADHD, characteristics that have enabled people with ADHD and learning disabilities to succeed, and the lives of successful people with ADHD, along with their advice; multiple intelligences theory as an approach to children with ADHD; keys to success, such as motivation, social skills, organization, resilience, appropriate school settings, and support systems; traditional and supplemental treatments; finding the right school fit; and writing a success plan. Forgan, a professor and school psychologist, and Richey, a school psychologist, work with children in school settings and private practice. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
The ADHD Empowerment Guide is different from other parenting ADHD books because it helps parents identify their child's strengths to develop a specific plan to unlock their child's potential. Parents will complete two easy-to-follow questionnaires to identify their child's natural abilities, as well as determine key characteristics in their child that research has shown to help children with ADHD succeed in life. These characteristics include emotional control, integrity, grit, resiliency, resourcefulness, organization, motivation, school fit, support systems, and productive use of technology. Using the practical strategies presented, strength-building activities, and the information learned from the questionnaires, parents will create a success plan that will unlock their child's potential and build a positive outlook on the journey of raising a child with ADHD. The authors, two professionals who have "been there and done that" with their own children with ADHD, illustrate their strategies and content by highlighting successful people with ADHD who excelled in various areas and share some of their success secrets to raising a successful child with ADHD.
