Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities: Reality, Myths, and Controversial Treatments

by Barbara D. Ingersoll and Sam Goldstein

Book Overview

Two experts on these much-misunderstood,??debilitating problems explain how parents can spot??telltale symptoms and select the best treatment for their??children -- a practical handbook for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385469314
• ISBN13: 9780385469319
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Main Street Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent info, effectively cautions against pseudoscience

Ingersoll and Goldstein give an excellent overview regarding what is known, and what is not known regarding Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder. For me, the most important part of this book is the way in which the authors show how wild claims for untested treatments should be analyzed. Too much pseudoscience pretends to be real science, and parents waste time and money that could be spent on proven treatments. An essential book for everyone involved with AD(H)D.

Excellent guide to understanding ADD/Learning Disabilities

This is an easy-to-understand book on all aspects of understanding, diagnosing and treating those with ADD and other learning disabilities. I am going to order three copies of this book to pass out to our local schools with instructions that all teachers read it. If our teachers knew more about these disorders I'm sure my son would have received help BEFORE he was 16 years old and my questions to them would not have been so easily dismissed.

This book put things in perspective for me.

I was so confused when my child was first diagnosed with Learning Disorders. This book helped me to break things down and understand the components of my child's disorders. It is an excellent guide to understanding Learning Disorders and how to reach out for additional assistance - suggestions and ideas.