Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It

by Jerome J. Schultz, Edward M. Hallowell (Foreword)

A new approach to help kids with ADHD and LD succeed in and outside the classroom This groundbreaking book addresses the consequences of the unabated stress associated with Learning disabilities and ADHD and the toxic, deleterious impact of this stress on kids' academic learning, social skills, behavior, and efficient brain functioning. Schultz draws upon three decades of work as a neuropsychologist, teacher educator, and school consultant to address this gap. This book can help change the way parents and teachers think about why kids with LD and ADHD find school and homework so toxic. It will also offer an abundant supply of practical, understandable strategies that have been shown to reduce stress at school and at home. This important resource is written by a faculty member of Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry and former classroom teacher.

Genres: Parenting, Education, Nonfiction, Adhd

336 pages, Hardcover

First published June 24, 2011

Reviews

[Randi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is probably the best book I have read about how ADHD and LD manifests in an academic setting. The light bulb moment was seeing that some behaviors are not the inability to focus, but rather an avoidance of difficult to navigate situations and assignments. Took lots of notes and may need to buy eventually and refer back to it. Good for both teachers and parents.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This educator and neuropsychologist offers a new approach to dealing with children with ADHD and learning disabilities. He argues that ADHD symptoms or learning disabilities aren’t creating the issues with academic learning, social skills, and behavior that many children with these conditions experience. Rather, it is debilitating stress stemming from not knowing how to maintain self-control, not being able to live up to the expectations of parents and teachers, feeling demoralized and insecure, and not having the academics presented in a way they can understand, that leads to problems in the classroom and a hatred or fear of school.

In an accessible and understandable style, Dr. Schultz offers a de-stress model with useful strategies for helping these children. It is a must read for parents of children with ADHD or LDs, but also for educators, because many of these strategies will need the support of the teachers for there to be any kind of success in the school environment.

[Heather Doolittle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a worthwhile read for educators and parents whose students struggle to do their schoolwork. I think it complements F.A.T. City Workshop well.

[Sherri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful for strategies to engage my son in school more.