A.D.D. on the Job: Making Your A.D.D. Work for You

by Lynn Weiss

Book Overview

Here is practical, sensitive advice for the employee, boss, coworkers, and friends. A.D.D. on the Job suggests advantages that the A.D.D. worker possesses, how to find the right job, and how to keep... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878339175
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 0.6" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

Positive Approach to ADD At Work

The author, a psychologist with ADD, recommends ways to handle ADD at work. Describes how ADD affects the employee, how to get organized, how to get along with peers and the boss, and options such as self-employment. Is also helpful for people who are not ADD and must work with ADD people. Describes three types of ADD: Outwardly Expressive, Inwardly Directed, and Highly Structured. This book does an excellent job of covering the emotional reactions to having ADD and how to handle them. Takes a positive approach. Adapted from Annotated Bibliography of Learning A Living; A guide to Planning Your Career and Finding A Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia by Dale S. Brown

Practical sense

This is a good manual for making a job more comfortable. I wasn't there yet. I didn't know WHICH job to choose with my ADD, or how to go about making that decision. Another good book to help with THAT is Finding a career that works for you, by W. Fellman. It really helped me think about how to choose in the first place.

Very helpful

This book contains some excellent, practical advice for managing attention deficit disorder in the workplace. The format is nonjudgemental enough (she manages to find positive aspects to otherwise negative traits) that I was able to lend this book to a former manager. Also, her division of ADD into "Outwardly Expressive," "Inwardly Directed," and "Highly Structured" worked much better for me than the traditional split over hyperactivity (ADHD vs. ADD). This was an early book after Adult ADD diagnoses first became public, so there may be more recent books out there, but the advice here still works.

Outstanding!

I think Dr. Weiss' book is great. Being ADD myself, there were many ideas in this book that I found useful. However, the best thing about this book is the section for Non-ADDers who work with an ADDdult. I passed the book on to my colleagues to read. They now have a whole new understanding of why I behave in certain ways, and why I react to things differently. I love it!

Good Perspective and Advice

I am a Business Coach and Professional Organizer who has worked with non-ADD and ADD clients for years, and I still reference this book. Strengths in this book include: a. an excellent chapter on getting organized (which is a good read for non-ADD'ers who need organized); b. relevant advice on communication, stress and interpersonal relationships on the job; c. descriptions of various types of ADD, including the "Highly Structured Type" or what I call high functioning (these types are usually very organized). Ultimately, by giving examples for various types of ADD'ers throughout the book, Dr. Weiss gives a much needed perspective.