Give Your Add Teen a Chance: A
Guide for Parents of Teenagers With
Attention Deficit Disorder
by Lynn,
Phd Weiss
PRACTICAL
HELP FOR PARENTS OF ADD TEENS.
Parenting
teenagers is never easy-especially if
your teen suffers from Attention Deficit
Disorder (ADD). ADD adds complications
and challenges to adolescence that
parents must understand in order to help
their teens succeed in high school and
into adulthood.
Give Your ADD
Teen a Chance provides parents with
expert help by showing them how to
determine which issues are caused by
"normal" teenage development,
and which are caused by ADD. It also
looks specifically at the academic
challenges ADD teens face, offering tips
for academic success. Finally, the book
enables parents to look objectively at
their ADD teen, giving guidelines for
discipline, guidance, and responsibility.
"This
book is especially valuable because very
little help has been available for
parents of teens with ADD. Dr. Weiss'
information and presentations are
practical and easy to read. Frustrated
parents and their equally frustrated ADD
teens have been waiting for this
book!"-Angie Rose, Ph.D.
"Dr.
Lynn Weiss empowers us to listen to the
cries of fear, frustration, and failure
that today's teens and parents experience
in their trek to understand and work
through ADD. Lynn's ability to share her
own experiences with ADD invites her
readers to believe and trust their
observations and intuition while honoring
the needs of the growing adolescent with
ADD. Because of one woman's courage to
speak, parents and teachers will gain
understanding and acceptance of a
'problem' society has
hidden."-Margaret Arnett, M.Ed.,
program coordinator for the Colorado
Corrections Alternative Program, Colorado
Department of Corrections
"This
excellent book, written for parents with
ADD adolescents, offers warmth, insight,
information, and strategies on how to
understand, approach, and support their
children. Dr. Weiss examines the
variables that intensify the complexity
of development for these teens
transitioning into adulthood. Most
important, she offers hope and guidance
to parents who are faced with the task of
raising an ADD teen in an ever-changing
society."-Charles J. Karulak, Ed.D.,
headmaster, The Winston School, San
Antonio
Ingram
Providing parents with expert help by
showing parents how to determine which
issues are caused by "normal"
teenage development, and which are caused
by ADD, this book also looks specifically
at the academic challenges ADD teens
face, offering tips for academic success.
Finally it enables parents to look
objectively at their ADD teen, giving
guidelines for discipline, guidance, and
responsibility.
About the
Author
LYNN WEISS, Ph.D., is one of the
country's leading experts on ADD. She is
the co-founder of The Dr. Lynn Weiss ADD
Center for Adults and Teens, which offers
both assessment and treatment of ADD. Dr.
Weiss is the author of several books,
including Attention Deficit Disorder in
Adults and ADD on the Job. A widely
requested speaker, Dr. Weiss teaches
workshops on ADD across the country.
An excellent guide to
parenting an ADD teen. , April 9, 1997
Recently two of my four children were
diagnosed with ADD. I began reading
everything I could on the subject. Often
the information was confusing, or
presented in such a technical way as to
be of little help. Giving Your ADD Teen a
Chance is presented clearly and with
great warmth. I felt good about my
children's life. Ms. Weiss gives helpful,
relevant advice, loaded with common
sense. I have recommended this book to
anyone I can find, including several
mental health professionals. If your
child is diagnosed with ADD, whether or
not they have reached their teenage
years, this is a MUST read.