Book details

  • Genre:psychology
  • Sub-genre:Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder
  • Language:English
  • Pages:44
  • eBook ISBN:9780998301433
  • Paperback ISBN:9780998301426

How My Parents Helped Me With My Add

By Victoria Bloom and Ron Bloom

Overview

“How My Parents Helped Me with My ADD” portrays a young boy who is having challenges with learning, social interaction, and organization but doesn’t understand why. His parents help him understand that he has a mental disease called Attention Deficit Disorder, which is why he struggles with various aspects of his life. His parents help him develop strategies and procedures that improve his mental and physical stability. This book shows people how to help young children cope and successfully manage ADD. It also teaches parents how to approach parenting children with ADD through patience, planning, and consistency.
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Description

“How My Parents Helped Me with My ADD” portrays a young boy who is having challenges with learning, social interaction, and organization but doesn’t understand why. His parents help him understand that he has a mental disease called Attention Deficit Disorder, which is why he struggles with various aspects of his life. His parents help him develop strategies and procedures that improve his mental and physical stability. This book shows people how to help young children cope and successfully manage ADD. It also teaches parents how to approach parenting children with ADD through patience, planning, and consistency.
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About The Author

Victoria Bloom is a licensed physical therapist who graduated from Temple University with her Master’s Degree and from the University of Pennsylvania with her Bachelor’s in Biological Basis of Behavior. She grappled with organization, time management, and “running on the hamster wheel” throughout much of her childhood and adult life. She was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in her late 30’s with the support of her husband Ron Bloom. Now, Victoria understands the nature of the disease and has developed strategies related to parenting children with ADHD and being a mother with ADHD who is parenting young children. She wrote this book to show others that despite the stigma of the mental challenges of this disease, people with ADHD can still be successful and have a fruitful life.
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