Beyond Ritalin:Facts About Medication and Strategies for Helping Children,

by Robyn Freedman Spizman

• ISBN13: 9780679450184
• ISBN10: 0679450181
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2014-06-25
• Publisher: Random House Digital Inc.

Summary

In Beyond Ritalin the team that wrote Is Your Child Hyperactive? takes a close look at what medication can and cannot do for those with ADHD, and explains in full detail the behavioral and other strategies that have been developed in the past 15 years to successfully cope with this complex and confusing disorder.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Eye of the Storm: Confusion and Controversy Abound	p. 3
Medication Myths: Facts and Fallacies About Medication	p. 12
Why Ritalin Doesn't Diagnose ADHD: How to Get an Accurate Diagnosis	p. 27
What to Try Before You Try Medication: Alternatives at School, Home, and Work	p. 56
When Medication is Needed: Finding the Best Fit	p. 85
Why On-task in the Classroom is not Enough: Improving Learning and Achievement	p. 103
The Miscue Dilemma: Solving Social Problems	p. 121
Rechanneling the ADHD Mind: Learning Self-Control	p. 138
Routines Medication Doesn't Teach: Building Organization Skills for Life	p. 156
Taming the Tiger Within: Cultivating Inner Calmness	p. 176
Alternative Treatments: Fads, Fallacies, and Facts	p. 187
ADHD Grown Up: From Disc Jockeys to Doctors	p. 198
Organizations and Support Groups that Can Help	p. 221
Books, Tapes, and Other Materials	p. 227
Afterword	p. 232
References	p. 233
Index	p. 243
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