Your Hyperactive Child A Parent's Guide to Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Ingersoll, Barbara; Rapoport, Judith L.

• ISBN13: 9780385240703
• ISBN10: 0385240708
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-05-01
• Publisher: Main Street Books

Summary

The authoritative and up-to-date handbook provides a wealth of urgently needed information to help parents of a hyperactive child understand and cope with their child's baffling behavior.

Author Biography

Barbara Ingersoll has treated hyperactive children and counseled their families for eighteen years. She holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Pennsylvania State University and is currently on the clinical faculty in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at West Virginia University Medical School. She lives and practices in Bethesda, Maryland

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Author's Note	p. xv
What Is Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?	p. 1
Diagnostic Guidelines	p. 5
Through the Years: The Hyperactive Child from Infancy to Adulthood	p. 8
Is My Child Hyperactive?	p. 27
Diagnosing and Evaluating the Hyperactive Child	p. 27
How Does a Doctor Make the Diagnosis?	p. 27
Coping with a Diagnosis of ADHD	p. 46
What Causes Hyperactivity?	p. 49
Are Parents to Blame?	p. 50
Was My Child Born This Way?	p. 54
Is It Something in His Environment?	p. 55
Is It Hereditary?	p. 57
Is It Caused by Disturbances in the Brain?	p. 59
What Can We Do About It?	p. 65
Medical Treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	p. 65
Stimulant Medication	p. 66
Other Medications Used to Treat ADHD	p. 84
Other Physical Approaches to Treatment	p. 87
What Else Can We Do?	p. 91
Psychological Methods of Treatment	p. 91
Psychotherapy	p. 91
Cognitive Training	p. 93
Behavior Modification	p. 96
How Can the Family Help?	p. 114
Daily Life with the Hyperactive Child	p. 114
The Problems Parents Face	p. 114
Coping with the Problems	p. 119
How Do Other Parents Cope?	p. 131
Special Problems of the Hyperactive Child	p. 135
Wetting and Soiling	p. 135
Lying and Stealing	p. 144
"Nobody Likes Me!"	p. 150
How Can We Reach Him to Teach Him?	p. 157
The Hyperactive Child in School	p. 157
The School's Role in Diagnosis	p. 157
Guidelines for Teachers	p. 159
Underachievement and Learning Disabilities	p. 173
Home-School Cooperation	p. 181
Winning the Battle of the Homework	p. 184
Behavior Management Programs for Classroom Use	p. 193
Models of Management	p. 194
Using the Models Successfully	p. 201
Discipline and Control	p. 203
Notes	p. 207
Index	p. 211
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