Understanding and Supporting Children with ADHD: Strategies for Teachers, Parents and Other Professionals

By Paul Cooper and Lesley Hughes

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can be hard to include in a mainstream classroom, and managing their behavior is often a challenge. Drawing directly from classroom experience, this book shows how to use effective management strategies to improve behavior in the classroom and at home.

This interdisciplinary approach provides teachers with:

Strategies to deal with disruptive behaviors Methods for channeling children′s positive characteristics Advice on supporting and guiding parents Behavior management techniques to promote positive change Guidelines for collaborating and building partnerships with other professionals

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412918618
• ISBN13: 9781412918619
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 11.2"