Resources and Recommendations

Resources and Links

Resources

ADD in Adults

Women, Girls, and Moms

Organizing Your Life

Catalogs, Magazines, and Newsletters

Other Books of Interest and Importance

For Connection

Links

Resources

ADD In Adults

Journeys Through ADDulthood, Sari Solden, MS Walker & Company, NY, NY 2002

 

Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults , Thomas Brown, Ph.D, Yale University Press, 2005 www.drthomasebrown.com

          

Finding a Career That Works for You , 2 nd Edition Wilma R. Fellman, M.Ed.   Specialty Press Inc., Plantation, FL   2006

 

On Their Own:   Creating an Independent Future for your Adult Child with Learning Disabilities and ADHD:   A Family Guide by Anne Ford & John Richard Thompson Newmarket, May 2007

 

Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save & How You Can Stop   by Fugen Neziroglu, Jerome, Ph.D. Bubrick, and Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias Jul 2004

 

Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey   Ballantine Books   (January 4, 2005)

 

Driven to Distraction , Edward Hallowell, M.D. and John Ratey M.D.   Pantheon Books, New York, NY, 1994

 

Answers to Distraction , Edward Hallowell, M.D. and John Ratey M.D.   Pantheon Books, New York, NY, 1995

 

Attention Deficit Disorder: A Different Perception by Thom Hartmann, Edward M. Hallowell, Michael Popkin Underwood Books;   Grass Valley, CA Revised edition October 1997

 

ADD Success Stories: A Guide to Fulfillment for Families With Attention Deficit-Disorder: Maps, Guidebooks, and Travelogues for Hunters in This Farmer's World by Thom Hartmann, John J. Ratey Underwood Books, Grass Valley, CA December, 1995

 

ADD & Romance: Finding Fulfillment in Love, Sex, & Relationships , Jonathan Scott Halverstadt, M.S.   Taylor Trade Publishing, Dallas, TX, 1999

 

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?!, Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo. Scribner, Cincinnati, OH, Updated Revised edition April 2006

 

The ADDed dimension:   Everyday Advice for Adults with ADD.   Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo New York, NY:   Scribner, 1997

 

Different Minds: Gifted Children With AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and other Learning Deficits (Paperback) by Deirdre V. Lovecky February 2004 Jessica Kingsley Publishers Philadelphia, PA

 

Out of the Fog: Treatment Options and Coping Strategies for Adult Attention Deficit Disorder , Kevin R. Murphy, Ph.D and Suzanne Levert.   Hyperion/Skylight Press, New York, NY, 1995

Finding Your Focus, Judith Greenbaum, Ph.D. and Geraldine Markel, Ph.D.   McGraw Hill,2005

 

ADD in the Workplace:   Choices, Changes, & Challenges , Kathleen G. Nadeau, PhD.   Brunner/Mazel, New York, NY,   1996

 

Adventures in Fast Forward:   Life, Love and Work for the ADD Adult , Kathleen G. Nadeau.   Brunner/ Mazel Trade, New York, NY 1996

A Comprehensive Guide To Attention Deficit Disorder In Adults, edited by Kathleen Nadeau, Brunner/Mazel, New York, NY, 1995

 

Copy This! by Paul Orfalea & Ann Marsh Workman Publishing, New York, NY 2005

 

What does everybody else know that I don't? Michele Novotni Ph.D. with Randy Petersen.Speciality Press Inc., Plantation, FL, 1999

 

The Link Between ADD and Addiction:   Getting the Help You Deserve , Wendy Richardson, MA.   Pinon Press, Colorado Springs, CO 1997

 

When Too Much Isn't Enough: Ending the Destructive Cycle of AD/HD and Addictive Behavior -- by Wendy Richardson   Pinon Press   (February 4, 2005)

 

Coaching College Students with AD/HD : Issues and Answers by Patricia O. Quinn, Nancy A. Ratey, Theresa L. Maitland, Theresa Maitland Advantage Books, Silver Springs, MD, April 2000

 

Fidget to Focus: Outwit Your Boredom: Sensory Strategies for Living with ADD , Roland Rotz, Ph.D. and Sarah Wright, MS, ACT iUniverse, Inc. 2005 www.fidgettofocus.com

 

ADD and Creativity:   Taping Your Inner Muse , Lynn Weiss, Ph.D., Taylor Publishing, Dallas, TX, 1996

ADD on the Job , Lynn Weiss, Ph.D.   Taylor Publishing, Dallas, TX, 1996

View from a Cliff: A Course in Achieving Daily Focus, Lynn Weiss , Taylor Publishing, Dallas,TX,   2001

Women, Girls and Moms

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder Revised , Sari Solden, M.S.    Underwood Books,GrassValley, CA, 2005

Moms with ADD:   A Self-Help Manual , Christine A. Adamec.   Taylor Trade Publishing,Dallas, Texas, 2000

Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD:   Beyond Piles, Palms and Post-its, Terry Matlen MSW, ACSW Specialty Press, Plantation, FL   2004

Understanding Girls with AD/HD, Kathleen Nadeau, Ellen Littman, Patricia Quinn, Advantage Books, Silver Springs, MD   1999

Understanding Women with AD/HD , edited by Kathleen Nadeau, PhD. and Patricia Quinn, MD, Advantage Books, Silver Springs, MD   2002

Gender Issues and ADHD , edited by Kathleen Nadeau Ph.D. and Patricia Quinn, MDAdvantage Books, Silver Springs, MD   2002

 

Organizing Your Life

Making Peace with the Things in Your Life, Cindy Glovinsky, Griffin Trade Paperback; 1st edition May 2002

One Thing At a Time, Cindy Glovinsky, St. Martin's Griffin New York, NY   2004

Conquering Chronic Disorganization , Judith Kolberg.   Squall Press, Inc., DeCatur, GA 1999

          

Organizing for the Creative Person , Dorothy Lehmkuhl and Dolores Catter Lamping,CSW.   Crown Trade Paperbacks, New York, NY, 1993

 

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life , Judith Kolberg, Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D., Brunner-Routledge, New York, NY 2002

Organization Help

National Assoc for Professional Organizers

NAPO   4700 W. Lake Ave

Glenview, IL   60025

Phone 847-375-4746   Fax 877-734-8668

Intern & Can Fax 732-578-2636

Email:   hq@napo.net   www.napo.net

National Study Group on the Chronically

Disorganized (NSGCD) PO Box 1990

Elk Grove, CA   95759www.nsgcd.org 434-231-6171

Judith Kolberg, Director

Audiovisual Materials

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder Audio CD, Sari Solden, MS (2.5 hrs) Frontier Publishing, Ann Arbor,   MI   2005 order through website www.sarisolden.com

 

Outside In:   A Look at Adults with Attentio n Deficit Disorder , Glencoe, IL   Family Today 1999 Video

 

Dismissed and Undiagnosed Dreamer, Oklahoma City, OK:   Paul Stanford, Human Resources Network, 1997 video 405-943-5073

Catalogs, Magazines, and Newsletters

ADDitude

ADDitude Foundation, Inc.

PO Box 421

2476 Bolsover

Houston, TX   77005-2518

800-856-2032

www.additudemag.com

 

ADD WareHouse Catalog

300 Northwest 70 th Ave. Suite 102

Plantation, FL   33317

954-792-8944

www.addwarehouse.com

Other Books of Interest   and Importance

 The Disorganized Mind, Coaching your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents.  Nancy A. Ratey.  St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 2008.

Working From the Nightmare:   Giving Our Children Optimism by Laurie Assadi MA EDS, Clinical Center for Learning & Development 2007 Kalamazoo, MI  

 

Helping Adolescents with ADHD & Learning Disabilities, Judith Greenbaum, Ph.D., Geraldine Markel, Ph.D., Prentice Hall, Des Moines, IA, 2001

 

A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine Simon & Schuster, New York, NY January 7, 2003

          

The Myth of Laziness by Mel Levine Simon & Schuster, New York, NY January 7, 2003

 

Defeating the 8 Demons of Distraction by Geraldine Markel, Ph.D.

Managing Your Mind, Ann Arbor, MI   2008

 

Reviving Ophelia:   Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls , Mary Pipher, Ph.D.   Ballantine Books, New York, NY, 1994

 

Shadow Syndromes , John J. Ratey, M.D. and Catherine Johnson, PhD.   Pantheon Books, New York, NY, 1997

 

User's Guide to the Brain:   Personality, Behavior, and the Four Theaters of the Brain (Age of Unreason), John Ratey, M.D.   Pantheon Books, New York, NY   2001

 

Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating World by Sharon Heller, Quill, December, 2003    

 

Connect , Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.   Pantheon Books, New York, NY 1999

 

Dare to Forgive, Edward Hallowell, MD   HCI 2004

 

On Playing a Poor Hand Well: Insights from the Lives of Those Who Have Overcome Childhood Risks and Adversities.   Mark Katz New York, NY:   Norton, 1997

 

Attention Deficit Disorder and the Law:   A Guide for Advocates.   P. Latham & P. Latham, Washington, DC:   JKL Communications, 1992

 

Stop Negotiating With Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent by Janet Sasson Edgette Perigee, 1st edition   August 6, 2002

          

Necessary Losses:   The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up In Order to Grow , Judith Viorst.   Ballintine Books, New York, NY,   1986

 

 Where to Draw the Line:   How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day , Anne Katherine, M.S.   Simon & Schuster, New York, NY,   2000

 

Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples by Harville Hendrix Owl Books; Reprint edition September 2001

 

The Dance of Anger , Harriet Goldhor Lerner.   Harper and Row, New York, NY, 1985, 1989

 

The Dance of Intimacy , Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Harper and Row, New York, NY, 1985, 1989

 

The Dance of Connection, Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Quill;   2002

 

The Book of NO and Stop People-Pleasing Forever by Susan Newman, Ph.D. McGraw Hill New York, NY 2006

 

Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny (Hardcover)

by Suze Orman (Author)   Spiegel & Grau February 27, 2007

 

The ADHD-Autism Connection:   A Step Toward More Accurate Diagnoses and Effective Treatments by Diane Kennedy Water Brook Press; 2002

 

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most , Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen.   Viking Penguin, New York, NY, 1999

 

Smart but Stuck:   Emotional

Aspects of Learning disabilities and Imprisoned Intelligence by Myrna

Orenstein Haworth Press; Revised edition 2001

 

The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family by Eleanor D. Payson Julian Day Publications; October 1, 2002

 

Misdiagnosis by James Webb Ph.D., E. Admend, Ph.D.   Great Potential Press, 2005 Scottsdale, AZ

 

In the Mind's Eye:   visual Thinkers, Gifted People with Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity, Thomas G. West New York NY:   Prometheus Books, 1991, 1997

 

Bridging the Gap:   Raising a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorders by Rondalyn Varney Whitney, Perigee Books; 1 st edition 2002

For Connection

Conferences

 

ADDA – National Attention Deficit Disorder Association Focus magazine comes with membership

P.O. Box 543, Pottstown, PA 19464

Phone: 484-945-2101 Fax: 610-970-7520 

www.add.org   e-mail: Mail@add.org

    

 

CHADD – Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

Attention magazine comes with membership

8181 Professional Place, Suite 201

Landover, MD   20785

800-233-4050 or 301-306-7070

FAX:   301-306-7090

www.chadd.org

 

Attention Deficit Disorder Resources

223 Tacoma Ave. S #100

Tacoma, WA   98402

253-759-5085

Fax 253-572-2470

Office@addresources.org     www.addresources.org


 

Links

For Information

www.addcenters.com Chicago, IL  The ADD Centers of America Multimodal Treatment Program

www.adhdnews.com  A place to find ADHD news, message boards, medication information, and resources for families coping with ADHD

www.addresources.org ADD Resources

www.allaboutminds.com

www.ADDvisor.com 

www.hallowellwest.com Hallowell-West Medical Center, San Diego, CA

www.JulieMolner.com Professional and Personal coaching

www.markelconsulting.com Managing your Mind - Geri Markel Ph.D.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17662246/site/newsweek/   Great article on Exercise and the Brain

www.nancyratey.com Strategic Life Coach specializing in executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals w/ ADHD

www.ncgiadd.org (National Center for Gender Issues for ADD)

www.noslip.org (National Organization for Student Learning, Independence, & Pride)


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