ADHD Books/Videos

Books/Videos

Family Resource Centre ADHD booklist

BooksAvailable AtDescription
ADHD in the Schools, Third Edition
Assessment and Intervention Strategies
Guildford PressProvides state-of-the-art tools for supporting the academic and behavioral success of PreK-12 students
Coping – Attention Deficit
Disorder - A Guide for Parents
and Teachers

M.E. Beugin
Detselig Enterprises LTD., Calgary.
Emily’s Window

Parent’s Services

Alberta Children’s Hospital
Written by a local teacher and parent of a child with ADD.

Chapters on strategies particularly helpful.
Putting On The Brakes
P. Quinn and J. Stern
Magination Press, New York.
Emily’s Window

Parent’s Services

Alberta Children’s Hospital
Child’s book with excellent chapter on techniques for helping those who don’t focus so well to become more organized.
Adolescents and ADD
P. Quinn
Learning to Slow
Down and Pay Attention

K. Nadeau and E. Dixon
Chesapeake
Psychological Services, 1991
Self Connection Books NW
Tel. 403-284-1486
Good advice for upper elementary ADD children. Sections like “things other people can do to help me” and “things I can do to help myself”.
ABC’s for Success
D.M. Souveny and
D. Souveny
Children’s Services Center
Children’s Services Centre
#401 5000 Gaetz Ave. , Red Deer, AB., T4N 6C2

Self Connection Books NW
Tel. 403-284-1486
Well done book on management strategies. Easy to read.
Driven to Distraction
& Answers to Distraction

E. Hallowell and J. Ratey
Pantheon, New York.
Self Connection Books NW
Tel. 403-284-1486
Easy to read book written by two psychiatrists with ADD.

Excellent descriptions of what it is like to have or to live with someone who has ADD.
 

VideosLocationDescription
All About ADD Part 1&2
Dr. Phelan
Calgary Public Library

Mount Royal College Library
ADD Diagnosis and Management.
Good reviews from families who have seen it.
ADHDtips on YoutubeYoutubeExcellent videos by Dr Russel Barkely on ADHD

 

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