Myth of the ADHD Child Revised Edition

<b>A fully revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking book on tackling the root causes of children's attention and behavior problems rather than masking the symptoms with medication.</b> <p/>More than twenty years after Dr. Thomas Armstrong's <i>Myth of the A.D.D. Child</i> first published he presents much needed updates and insights in this substantially revised edition. When <i>The Myth of the A.D.D. Child </i>was first published in 1995 Dr. Thomas Armstrong made the controversial argument that many behaviors labeled as ADD or ADHD are simply a child's active response to complex social emotional and educational influences. In this fully revised and updated edition Dr. Armstrong shows readers how to address the underlying causes of a child's attention and behavior problems in order to help their children implement positive changes in their lives.<br> The rate of ADHD diagnosis has increased sharply along with the prescription of medications to treat it. Now needed more than ever this book includes fifty-one new non-drug strategies to help children overcome attention and behavior problems as well as updates to the original fifty proven strategies.