with consultant Marjorie Hogan, MD
2 stars
I didn’t like this one as much as some of the other book in the series.
This book covers “common” symptoms of ADHD, how it’s diagnosed, and how it’s managed. The content is simplified for a young audience.
The information is fine, but it focuses exclusively on ADHD symptoms that more often present in boys. It does not touch on perfectionism, shyness, daydreaming, difficulty maintaining friendships, or other ways ADHD can effect girls. Instead it focuses on commonly associated symptoms such as trouble listening and attending, hyperactivity, forgetfulness, talking a lot, and how not sharing and difficulty taking turns makes it harder to make friends. It also oversimplifies attention issues down to trouble paying attention rather than difficultly controlling attention. It exclusively focuses on attention deficit and doesn’t touch on hyperfocus at all.
The book is formatted with short breakout sections to highlight information, charts, bolded terms found in the glossary, and different scenarios of kids with ADHD (both boys). There are stock photos throughout. Backmatter contains an activity for meditating, a glossary, and recommended websites and books for learning more.
Okay presentation of information, but for such a recent publication, it doesn’t incorporate new information such as gender differences, difficulties controlling attention (rather than just attention deficit), or the underdiagnosis of ADHD in girls.