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  "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela

 


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Sarah's Book
My book, Fidget to Focus -Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory 
Strategies for Living with ADD
, with co-author Roland Rotz, Ph.D.,
is available in online bookstores everywhere.
This book is full 
of practical information on ADHD, and techniques to help you both concentrate better and more easily accomplish all those boring tasks our lives are filled with.
Visit the Fidget To Focus web site to learn more. Click on the book cover to see for yourself!

Useful Links
These are links for those wanting to learn more about ADHD. There are many sites on the web about ADHD, but many are promoting products or specific agendas. The links listed here are all to organizations whose primary goal is to provide the best possible information on ADHD and related topics.

ADDA: Attention Deficit Disorder Association add.org
CHADD: Children and Adults with ADD chadd.org
National Resource Center on ADHD help4adhd.org
The Natl Center for Gender Issues and ADD NCGIADD.org
ADD Resources addresources.org
Born to Explore! The other side of ADD borntoexplore.org
National Institute of Mental Health nimh.nih.gov
Learning Disabilities Association of America ldanatl.org

There are a number of great magazines and email newsletters for people with ADHD. The following are home sites for some of them, all of which are helpful and informative Web sites in their own right.

ADDitude Magazine

ADDitudeMag.com

ADDitional News, Email Newsletter ADDConsults.com

ADHDnews, Email Newsletter

ADHDnews.com

All Kinds of Minds, E-mail Newsletter

allkindsofminds.org

Attention! Magazine, with membership to CHADD

chadd.org

Attention Research Update, E-mail Newsletter helpforadd.com

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Sarah's Recommended Reading List
This is my recommended ADHD reading list. These books cover a range of topics, are good introductions to the subjects, and are by a variety of the best and best-known authors. Some are also available as audio books on casette tape or CD, which may make them more accessible.

Overviews:
Driven to Distraction by Edward Hallowell and John Ratey
(also on audio cassette and CD)

You mean I'm not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo
(also on audio cassette)

Thom Hartmann's Complete Guide to ADHD by Thom Hartmann
Attention Deficit Disorder by Thomas E. Brown

For Parents:
Taking Charge of AD/HD by Russell Barkley
Understanding Girls With ADHD by Kathleen Nadeau, Ellen Littman, and Patricia Quinn
Teenagers With ADD: A Parents' Guide by Chris A. Zeigler Dendy
Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcina (also on audio cassette)
A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine (also on audio cassette and CD)
123 Magic by Thomas Phelan (also on audio cassette)

For ADDults:
Journeys Through ADDulthood by Sari Solden
Women with Attention Deficit Disorder by Sari Solden
A.D.D. and Romance by Jonathan Scott Halverstadt
10 Simple Solutions to Adult ADD by Stephanie Sarkis
Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD by Ari Tuckman

Other:
A.D.D. & Addiction by Wendy Richardson
ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau
Attention Deficit Disorder and the Law by P.S. Latham and P.H. Latham
Survival Guide For College Students with ADD or LD by Kathleen Nadeau
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey

Quotes:
The source of the quotes used on this website, if not otherwise specified, is www.wisdomquotes.com.

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