This fun and interactive workbook is aimed at actively engaging young people with ADHD and supporting them as they negotiate the pitfalls of growing-up, and the transition to secondary or high school. Each chapter focuses on a different key issue affecting children with ADHD around the time of school transition.
This fun and interactive workbook is aimed at actively engaging young people with ADHD and supporting them as they negotiate the pitfalls of growing-up, and the transition to secondary or high school. Each chapter focuses on a different key issue affecting children with ADHD around the time of school transition.
Joanne Steer is a chartered clinical psychologist in The Family Advice and Support Service, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK. She has worked with young people with mental health difficulties for eight years, and has a special interest in working with children diagnosed with ADHD and their families. Kate Horstmann is an occupational therapist working in the Evolve Behaviour Support Team, Disability Services Queensland, Australia. She has over ten years' experience of working with children and adolescents with a range of difficulties including ADHD, autism and developmental disorders. She currently lives in Townsville, Australia.
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Acknowledgements. Chapter 1. Welcome. Chapter 2. Getting Started. Chapter 3. Feeling Great! Self Esteem. Chapter 4. Don't Miss a Thing! Chapter 5. Attention and Concentration. Chapter 6. Keeping Cool and Calm. Chapter 7. Getting Sorted: Organisation. Chapter 8. Friends and Mates. Chapter 9. Surviving Homework. Chapter 10. The Future and Beyond. References. Index.
