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Helping Children with ADHD

A CBT Guide for Practitioners, Parents and Teachers
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Helping Children with ADHD by Susan Young and Jade Smith offers practical guidance for supporting children diagnosed with ADHD. The book explores strategies to enhance attention, reduce impulsivity, and manage behaviours effectively. Aimed at parents, teachers, and caregivers, it provides insights grounded in psychology to help children thrive in various environments.
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You might enjoy this book if you're seeking insightful strategies and practical advice on supporting children with ADHD. It blends psychological expertise with a compassionate approach, offering tangible methods to enhance the development and well-being of children facing these challenges. Perfect for parents, educators, or anyone eager to deepen their understanding of ADHD in a thoughtful and informed manner.

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Helping Children with ADHD

Combining the latest research evidence with the authors practical expertise, Helping Children with ADHD offers a complete intervention programme for flexibly delivering behavioural and cognitive interventions to children aged 6-12 with ADHD and associated conditions.

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Combining the latest research evidence with the authors’ practical expertise, Helping Children with ADHD offers a complete intervention programme for flexibly delivering behavioural and cognitive interventions to children aged 6-12 with ADHD and associated conditions.

Redefines and develops best practice in the application of cognitive and behavioural techniques to help children aged 6-12 with ADHD and associated comorbid conditions, including learning difficulties.

Offers a range of engaging resources within a pragmatic and practically-focused approach; modular structure allows the interventions to be selected and tailored according to the particular age, ability, and needs of the individual child.

An appendix of entertaining stories about Buzz, a boy with ADHD, provides structural narrative while also teaching core skills in areas such as keeping calm, planning, managing impulsivity, and dealing with anxiety.

Straightforward, accessible language allows the techniques to be used by those without expert clinical training; dedicated sections provide advice for using the approach in school, home, and group contexts.

A companion website provides downloadable materials including illustrated patient worksheets to accompany the narrative stories.

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Helping Children with ADHD by Susan Young and Jade Smith has been well-received as a comprehensive resource for professionals working with children affected by ADHD. The book offers practical cognitive-behavioural therapy schemes and strategies, praised for promoting resilience and addressing co-occurring problems comprehensively. It is considered valuable for clinicians, teachers, and caregivers, emphasising the importance of placing the child at the centre of the treatment process to enhance their potential and outcomes.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781118903186

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 June 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 408g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Susan Young is a clinical academic working at the Centre for Mental Health, Imperial College London, UK, and Visiting Professor at Reykjavik University, Iceland. She was previously employed as a Clinical Neuropsychologist at the Maudsley Hospital, where she set up and developed the psychology service at the first adult ADHD service in the UK. She is the author of over 100 publications in peer reviewed journals, four books and three manualised CBT programmes that are in use internationally; numerous chapters, and the ADHD Child Evaluation [ACE]. 

Jade Smith is a Cinical Psychologist who has worked in a range of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Neurodevelopmental and Paediatric Services providing assessment and treatment for young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders and associated emotional, behavioural and mental health needs. She designed and implemented an ADHD pathway as well as contributing to ADHD assessments in National & Specialist children’s Services in London. She currently works with children with learning disabilities and long term conditions.

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