Books

• Do you find yourself pacing while you are on the telephone or playing with paperclips while talking with someone? If so, Fidget to Focus by Roland Rotz, Ph.D. and Sarah D. Wright, M.S., A.C.T. might be a good resource for you. The subtitle, Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD, describes the benefit of reading this book. After discussing a paradigm shift, the current concept of ADD, and a new view of ADD, Rotz and Wright discuss reasons and approaches for implementing “fidget strategies” into different facets of life.

• Women who have AD/HD will find Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD by Terry Matlen, M.S. W. to be a great resource. Matlen collected tried and true tips from women around the world with AD/HD. The book is divided into chapters by areas in the home, workplace, and relationships. The reader can read brief tips which will assist them in every facet of daily life. This reader-friendly book will help many women develop better strategies for handling daily tasks.

• Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau, PhD. collaborate to write a wonderful book to address the needs of people who deal with ADD. In ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life , the common obstacles that people with ADD encounter when they take on a project are identified. Kolberg and Nadeau give specific suggestions for how to organize things, time, and paper in ways that will allow people with ADD to experience success.

• Journeys Through ADDulthood: Discover a New Sense of Identity and Meaning While Living with Attention Deficit Disorder by Sari Solden, discusses the journey a person takes from feeling they are a little "different" from everyone else to learning to successfully navigate their world as a person who has AD/HD. Solden gives practical advice and real life stories to illustrate her points. This practical book provides great insight for all who have AD/HD.

• Daniel G. Amen's extensive research and client base give him lots of information to include in his book Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD . He covers the myths and facts about ADD. Amen reveals that there are six types of ADD and discusses each type in-depth. He identifies a variety of inventions that have been successful in helping people who have ADD. He includes family and school interactions when talking about these interventions. Daniel Amen's book will be helpful to those who have ADD and those who live with someone who has ADD.

Internet Resources For AD/HD

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association
• ADD Resources
• CHADD
• National Center for Gender Issues and AD/HD
• Graphic Organizers
• ADDvance
• ADD Consults
• My ADD Store
• National Resource Center for AD/HD