Your Hyperactive Child A Parent's Guide to Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

Name: Your Hyperactive Child A Parent's Guide to Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
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ISBN: 9780385240703

ISBN-10: 0385240708

ISBN-13: 9780385240703

Edition: N/A

Authors: Barbara Ingersoll, Judith L. Rapoport, Alan J. Zametkin

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The authoritative and up-to-date handbook provides a wealth of urgently needed information to help parents of a hyperactive child understand and cope with their child's baffling behavior.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Broadway Books
Publication date: 5/1/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Ingersoll has treated hyperactive children and counseled their families for 18 years. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Pennsylvania State University and is on the clinical faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at West Virginia University Medical School.



List of Figures


Foreword


Author's Note



What Is Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?


Diagnostic Guidelines


Through the Years: The Hyperactive Child from Infancy to Adulthood



Is My Child Hyperactive?


Diagnosing and Evaluating the Hyperactive Child


How Does a Doctor Make the Diagnosis?


Coping with a Diagnosis of ADHD



What Causes Hyperactivity?


Are Parents to Blame?


Was My Child Born This Way?


Is It Something in His Environment?


Is It Hereditary?


Is It Caused by Disturbances in the Brain?



What Can We Do About It?


Medical Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder


Stimulant Medication


Other Medications Used to Treat ADHD


Other Physical Approaches to Treatment



What Else Can We Do?


Psychological Methods of Treatment


Psychotherapy


Cognitive Training


Behavior Modification



How Can the Family Help?


Daily Life with the Hyperactive Child


The Problems Parents Face


Coping with the Problems


How Do Other Parents Cope?



Special Problems of the Hyperactive Child


Wetting and Soiling


Lying and Stealing


"Nobody Likes Me!"



How Can We Reach Him to Teach Him?


The Hyperactive Child in School


The School's Role in Diagnosis


Guidelines for Teachers


Underachievement and Learning Disabilities


Home-School Cooperation


Winning the Battle of the Homework



Behavior Management Programs for Classroom Use


Models of Management


Using the Models Successfully


Discipline and Control


Notes


Index