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1 You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! : A Self-Help Book for Adults With Attention Deficit Disorder
Kate Kelly

Current:
9.6
Straightforward, practical advice for taking control of the symptoms, minimizing the disabilities, and maximizing the advantages of adult ADD. There is a great deal of literature about children with attention deficit disorder, ADD. ... [more] [Submit]
2 Ritalin Is Not the Answer : A Drug-Free, Practical Program for Children Diagnosed With Add or Adhd
David B. Stein Phd., David B. Stein

Current:
9.5
How parents, teachers, friends and family can rescue their children from the widespread and extremely dangerous use of an amphetamine (speed) called Ritalin to control "normal but inconvenient" behavior. Brief Description: Between a quar ... [more] [Submit]
3 Adhd : A Path to Success : A Revolutinary Theory and New Innovation in Drug-Free Therapy
Lawrence Weathers, Kelsey Loughlin (Illustrator)

Current:
9.5
ADHD: A Path to Success tells a gripping story of the author's own struggle with ADHD to become a successful child clinical psychologist. By combining his own personal experience with his professional experience he develops an innovative an ... [more] [Submit]
4 The Misunderstood Child : Understanding and Coping With Your Child's Learning Disabilities
Larry B. Silver

Current:
9.5
Completely revised, this edition of the bestselling guide for parents of children with learning disabilities--ten to twenty percent of all school-age children--gives parents a full understanding of positive, effective treatment strategies t ... [more] [Submit]
5 When You Worry About the Child You Love : Emotional and Learning Problems in Children
Edward Hallowell

Current:
9.4
There are a ton of books that offer child-rearing advice, and only a few less that describe research on childhood emotional and learning problems; this is one of the few books that combines the two. Edward Hallowell brings readers into his ... [more] [Submit]
6 Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults
Lynn Weiss, Kenneth A. Bonnet Ph. D.

Current:
9.4
The first book to address adult ADD, Dr. Lynn Weiss's bestselling Attention Deficit Disorder In Adults has sold over 125,000 copies since its publication in 1991. This updated volume still contains all the original information--how to tell ... [more] [Submit]
7 Steps to Independence : Teaching Everyday Skills to Children With Special Needs
Bruce L. Baker

Current:
9.3
Consumer health text for adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. Discusses how individuals with ADD can maintain an optimal work situation. Softcover. Read more ... [more] [Submit]
8 Add in the Workplace : Choices, Changes, and Challenges
Kathleen G. Nadeau

Current:
9.3
Consumer health text for adults with Attention Deficit Disorder. Discusses how individuals with ADD can maintain an optimal work situation. Softcover. Read more ... [more] [Submit]
9 The Added Dimension : Celebrating the Opportunities, Rewards, and Challenges of the Add Experience
Kate Kelly

Current:
9.3
The authors of the national bestseller You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! return with a book that celebrates the special skills, insights, and challenges of adults with attention deficit disorder -- ADD. With wise, clea ... [more] [Submit]
10 Driven to Distraction : Recognizing and Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey

Current:
9.3
This clear and valuable book dispels a variety of myths about Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Since both authors have ADD themselves, and both are successful medical professionals, perhaps there's no surprise that the two myths they attac ... [more] [Submit]
11 The Out-Of-Sync Child : Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Carol Stock Kranowitz, Larry B. Silver (Foreword)

Current:
9.2
Do you know a child who plays too rough, is uncoordinated, hates being touched, is ultra-sensitive (or unusually insensitive) to noise or sensations of heat and cold? Many pediatricians and other experts are beginning to recognize a link be ... [more] [Submit]
12 The Explosive Child : A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, 'Chronically Inflexible' Children
Ross W. Greene(Preface)

Current:
9.2
Flexibility and tolerance are learned skills, as any parent knows if they've seen an irascible 2-year-old grow into a pleasant, thoughtful, and considerate older child. Unfortunately, for reasons that are poorly understood, a few children d ... [more] [Submit]
13 The Child With Special Needs : Encouraging Intellectual and Emotional Growth
Stanley I., Md. Greenspan

Current:
9.1
Covering all kinds of disabilities--including cerebral palsy, autism, retardation, ADD, and language problems--this comprehensive guide offers parents specific ways of helping all special needs children reach their full intellectual and emo ... [more] [Submit]
14 Sign With Your Baby Complete Learning Kit (Book, Training Video & Quick Reference Guide combination)
Joseph Garcia

Current:
9.0
Sign with Your Baby Complete Learning Kit will enable you to communicate at new levels with your baby long before she can speak. This comprehensive package of book, video, and reference guide shows how simple gestures can communicate ... [more] [Submit]
15 The Challenging Child : Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five 'Difficult' Types of Children
Stanley I. Greenspan

Current:
8.9
Described by Publisher's Weekly as "a rope with a life preserver at the end," The Challenging Child offers calm, reassuring advice to parents. Stanley I. Greenspan is a practicing child psychiatrist and helps parents dealing with all types ... [more] [Submit]
16 The Myth of the A.D.D Child:50 Ways to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Attention Span Without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion
Thomas Armstrong

Current:
8.9
A psychologist challenges current diagnoses of Attention Deficit Disorder and shows how to deal with hyperactivity and short attention spans through practical strategies for making the most of a child's vitality and creativity. 25,000 first ... [more] [Submit]
17 Paula
Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)

Current:
8.9
"Listen, Paula. I am going to tell you a story so that when you wake up you will not feel so lost." So says Chilean writer Isabel Allende (The House of the Spiritsmore] [Submit]
18 Targeting Autism : What We Know, Don't Know, and Can Do to Help Young Children With Autism and Related Disorders
Shirley Cohen

Current:
8.9
Targeting Autism reaches out to everyone who lives with, cares about, or is trying to understand and help a young child who has or may have autism. This is an easy-to-follow road map to the world of autism for families, educators, students, ... [more] [Submit]
19 A Slant of Sun: One Child's Courage
Beth Kephart

Current:
8.9
The hardest part of being a parent is the certain knowledge that there are some things you can't control. When Beth Kephart's son Jeremy was labeled with the unsettlingly vague diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder (a behavioral dis ... [more] [Submit]
20 Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World : Unlocking the Potential of Your Add Child
Jeffrey Freed

Current:
8.8
Requiring only ten minutes a day, the program revealed in this groundbreaking book provides an effective, step-by-step method for helping children with Attention Deficit Disorder develop their special skills and individual learning styles a ... [more] [Submit]
21 The World of the Autistic Child : Understanding and Treating Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Bryna Siegel

Current:
8.7
By far the most complete and comprehensive book ever written for the parents of autistic children, and for the teachers, child specialists, and other professionals who care for them, "The World of the Autistic Child" guides readers through ... [more] [Submit]
22 Dreamers, Discoverers and Dynamos : How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored and Having Problems in School
Lucy Jo Palladino

Current:
8.7
Psychologist Lucy Jo Palladino claims that 20 percent of children have what she calls the Edison trait: "dazzling intelligence, an active imagination, a free-spirited approach to life, and the ability to drive everyone around them crazymore] [Submit]
23 Taking Charge of Adhd : The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents
Russell A. Barkley

Current:
8.7
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24 The Add Nutrition Solution : A Drug-Free Thirty-Day Plan
Marcia Zimmerman

Current:
8.7
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25 Eagle Eyes : A Child's Guide to Paying Attention
Jeanne M. A. Gehret, Susan Covert (Illustrator)

Current:
8.7
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26 Windows into the A.D.D. Mind : Understanding and Treating Attention Deficit Disorders in the Everyday Lives of Children, Adolescents and Adults
Daniel G., Md. Amen

Current:
8.7
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27 Learning Disabilities A to Z
Corinne Smith, Lisa Strick

Current:
8.7
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28 Helping Your Dyslexic Child : A Step-By-Step Program for Helping Your Child Improve Reading, Writing, Spelling, Comprehension, and Self-Esteem
Eileen M. Cronin

Current:
8.6
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29 Help for the Hopeless Child: A Guide for Families [UNABRIDGED]
Ronald S. Federici

Current:
8.6
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30 Answers to Distraction
Edward M. Hallowell(Preface), John J. Ratey

Current:
8.6
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31 Biological Treatments for Autism & PDD : What's Going On? What Can You Do About It?
William Shaw

Current:
8.6
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32 The A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Diet! : A Comprehensive Look at Contributing Factors and Natural Treatments for Symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder and hyp
Rachel Bell

Current:
8.6
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33 The Adhd Parenting Handbook : Practical Advice for Parents from Parents
Colleen Alexander-Roberts

Current:
8.4
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34 Learning Disabilities : A to Z : A Parent's Complete Guide to Learning Disabilities from Preschool to Adulthood
Corinne Smith, Lisa W. Strick

Current:
8.4
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35 Ritalin Nation : Rapid-fire Culture and the Transformation of Human Consciousness
Richard J. DeGrandpre

Current:
8.3
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36 Answers to Distraction [ABRIDGED]
Edward M., Md Hallowell, John J., MD Ratey

Current:
8.2
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37 Voices from Fatherhood : Fathers, Sons and Adhd
Patrick J. Kilcarr, Patricia O. Quinn

Current:
8.2
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38 The Defiant Child : A Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Douglas Riley

Current:
8.2
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39 Activity Schedules for Children With Autism : Teaching Independent Behavior (Topics in Autism)
Lynn E. McClannahan, Patricia J. Krantz

Current:
8.1
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40 Guiding the Gifted Child : A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers
James T. Webb

Current:
7.9
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41 Add/Adhd Behavior-Change Resource Kit : Ready-To-Use Strategies & Activities for Helping Children With Attention Deficit Disorder
Grad L. Flick, Grad L. Flick Ph.D.

Current:
7.8
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42 Amazing Grace : The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation
Jonathan Kozol

Current:
7.7
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43 Right from the Start : Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism : A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Topics in Autism)
Sandra L. Harris, Mary Jane Weiss

Current:
7.6
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44 The New Language of Toys : Teaching Communication Skills to Children With Special Needs : A Guide for Parents and Teachers
Joan E. Heller Miller

Current:
7.6
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45 Adopting the Hurt Child : Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids : A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Gregory C. Keck, Regina M. Kupecky

Current:
7.5
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46 ADD and the College Student : A Guide for High School and College Students With Attention Deficit Disorder
Patricia O. Quinn

Current:
7.4
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47 Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism : A Manual for Parents and Professionals
Catherine Maurice

Current:
7.2
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48 Teenagers With ADD: A Parents' Guide (The Special-Needs Collection)
Chris A. Zeigler Dendy, Chris A. Zeigler Dendy

Current:
7.1
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49 The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids : How to Understand, Live With, and Stick Up for Your Gifted Child
Sally Yahnke Walker, Susan K. Perry

Current:
7.0
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