Book details

  • Genre:psychology
  • Sub-genre:Psychopathology / Attention-Deficit Disorder
  • Language:English
  • Pages:64
  • eBook ISBN:9780998301440
  • Paperback ISBN:9780998301457

How My Parents Helped Me With My A.D.D.

The Middle School Chronicles

By Victoria Bloom and Ron Bloom

Overview

"How My Parents Helped Me with My A.D.D.: The Middle School Chronicles" is the sequel to "How My Parents Helped Me with My A.D.D.", which portrays a young boy who has grown from elementary to middle school. Now aware of his diagnosis with Attention Deficit Disorder, the preteen now must grapple with social skills, advocating for himself, and learning to work together with his peers. His parents help him develop strategies that improve his emotional and mental stability. This book shows people how to help children cope and successfully manage A.D.D. It also teaches parents how to approach parenting children with A.D.D. through patience, planning, and consistency.
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Description

"How My Parents Helped Me with My A.D.D.: The Middle School Chronicles" is the sequel to "How My Parents Helped Me with My A.D.D.", which portrays a young boy who has grown from elementary to middle school. Now aware of his diagnosis with Attention Deficit Disorder, the preteen now must grapple with social skills, advocating for himself, and learning to work together with his peers. His parents help him develop strategies that improve his emotional and mental stability. This book shows people how to help children cope and successfully manage A.D.D. It also teaches parents how to approach parenting children with A.D.D. 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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