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Myth Of The A D D Child
The first book to challenge the overdiagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder and provide simple, drug-free strategies for dealing with children's behavioral problems.
In this controversial and provocative book, Dr. Thomas Armstrong confronts America's obsession with Attention Deficit Disorder. With more than one million children diagnosed with ADD, the condition has gained n
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Published
September 1st 1997
by Plume
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This book was written in 1995 in reaction to, probably, too many children being prescribed medicine that didn't really need it. He sets out to prove why there is no such thing as ADD and then how to help people with rambunctious children. I imagine this would help if you truly didn't have a child with ADD. My son has ADD. Not the hyper kind either. He was always very well behaved in school but was not progressing in school like he should. With persistence, a fantastic teacher who helped us exhau...more
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I would recommend this book for anyone that may wonder if they're child has ADD. He makes a very strong argument that ADD is not an actual disease per se. One of his correlating points is that it would be more common among children worldwide, however for quite a while the US has the highest amount of children on behavioral medication. He also points out that the cases of children that have been diagnosed with ADD have correlated with advances in technology. Ex increased TV, computer, video game ...more
An excellent book for parents with children who learn in ways that are out of sync with today's standard educational system. If you believe ADD is a "real" disease, don't the let the title put you off. The author's point of view is simply that the ADD "diagnosis" has become too much of a catch-all for any number of conditions of children, many of which he sees as perfectly "normal" -- just different. And the book is chock full of ideas for helping children attend be...more
I thought this was a well - balanced view of how society has chosen to just label and then drug any child who is not conforming to classroom and societal expectations. He gives practical advice for helping very bright and energetic children learn to manage their behaviors.
So far, I have learned about the history of diagnoses regarding hyperactivity which culminated into the ADD/ADHD diagnosis. Environmental and societal factors are discussed, medication efficacy (but mostly inefficacy), and other ways to help deal with this problem.
As a teacher, it upsets me when I hear Kinder, 1st, and 2nd grade teachers say that a student has ADD/ADHD and should be medicated. Let's leave that decision to the doctors that spent 10yrs in school to get trained on it. Although, according to studies, America ranks the highest among children labeled/diagnose ADD and prescribe meds in the entire world. There is something to be said about this.
Thomas Armstrong isn't against medication, but he believes that it should always be th...more
Thomas Armstrong isn't against medication, but he believes that it should always be th...more
Interesting read. I agree with some of his suggestions re ADD not being a biological disease. I did not really appreciate the veiled suggestions that mothers are to blame for all the ADD- type behavior.
I really liked this book. I especially liked how the author was against labeling children and finding new ways to teach when they are not responding to traditional education. He gives some excellent ideas for families.
This author does not believe in ADD, and proposes several causes and solutions for the symptoms so labeled. Although I am not 100% sure that ADD doesn't exist, I am pretty certain my son does not have it, though he has all the symptoms, so I really appreciated all the alternative options he gave to deal instead of drugs.
I have a young guy in grade K. He definitely needs all the help he can get. I wanted to see if they had any good suggestions for ways to help him focus. Anyway it is a good compilation of lots of suggestions but not all of them are valid. Go figure ;)
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Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D. is the author of fourteen books including the forthcoming book Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences. His other books include, The Human Odyssey: Navigating the Twelve Stages of Life (www.thehumanodyssey.com), In Their Own Way, 7 Kinds of Smart, Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius, Multiple Intelligenc...more
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