Nowhere to Hide Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It

by Schultz, Jerome J.; Hallowell, Edward M.

• ISBN13: 9780470902981
• ISBN10: 0470902981
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-08-09
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A new approach to help kids with ADHD and LD succeed in and outside the classroom This groundbreaking book addresses the consequences of the unabated stress associated with Learning disabilities and ADHD and the toxic, deleterious impact of this stress on kids academic learning, social skills, behavior, and efficient brain functioning. Schultz draws upon three decades of work as a neuropsychologist, teacher educator, and school consultant to address this gap. This book can help change the way parents and teachers think about why kids with LD and ADHD find school and homework so toxic. It will also offer an abundant supply of practical, understandable strategies that have been shown to reduce stress at school and at home. Offers a new way to look at why kids with ADHD/LD struggle at school Provides effective strategies to reduce stress in kids with ADHD and LD Includes helpful rating scales, checklists, and printable charts to use at school and home This important resource is written a faculty member of Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry and former classroom teacher.

Author Biography

Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D., a clinical neuropsychologist for over thirty years, is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and consults to schools in the United States and abroad. A former middle school teacher, Schultz specializes in the neuropsychological assessment and treatment of youth with learning disabilities and ADHD. For more information visit his website at www.jeromeschultz.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Neurobiology Of Stress

Stayin' Alive: Understanding the Human Brain and How It Responds to Stress

Stress Goes to School

Making Sense Of Ld And Adhd

What's in a Name? Clearing Up Misperceptions About Learning Disabilities

Pay Attention! Demystifying ADHD

Decoding Stress with Neuropsychological Evaluations

How Kids âÇ£Save FaseâÇ  And De-Stress

Nowhere to Hide: How Negative Behaviors Help Kids âÇ£Save FASEâÇ 

From Distress to DE-STRESS: Breaking the FASE Cycle and Putting Kids on the Path to Competence

Special Messages For Teachers And Parents

Making Schools Stress-Less and Success-Full for Students with LD and ADHD

Parents and Families: Home Is Where the Heart (and Heartache) Is

Conclusion: All's Well That Ends . . . Well . .

Resources for Families and Teachers

Forms and Activities

References

About the Author

Index

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