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Return to: Text and Image Home | Text Home| About Dr. Shank | Feedback| Text and Image ADD | Text ADD | Text UDL | Text LD| Academic and Social Resources | Text Pet Therapy | Text PBS| Text Single Parent of Child with Disability | Text WV | Text WritingNational Research Center on ADHD This resource center, a service of CHADD, provides articles on ADD news and research. You can complete a registration form and receive weekly “News from CHADD” through e-mail. The What We Know Info Sheets offer an overview of current information on various topics. Medline Plus, a service of the US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health, provides an excellent list of links to resources and articles on ADHD. If you are a parent of a child or teen with ADD, you will find this website especially beneficial. The purpose of this organization is “keeping parents informed.” The Attention Deficit Disorder Association is the largest organization serving adults with ADD. Along with finding articles or other resources on this website, you can learn where to join or how to start a support group. ADDA also offers national and regional conferences . Time Timers are excellent products for ADDers. The clock face has a red indicator that tells you how much time you have left to work on an assignment, spend on housework, complete a presentation, etc.. You can purchase three different sizes of clocks or a CD that displays the clock face on a PC or Mac. Because of our tendency to hyperfocus at the computer, we can sit for hours without taking a break. Check out some ergonomic software that will help you remember to take care of yourself by stretching, resulting in less likelihood of repetitive strain injuries (RSI). You will also find strategies for improving the ergonomics of your home and work office. Along with info on adult office and computing ergonomics, this website includes a section called Healthy Computing for Kids. This section discusses backpacks and gaming as well as computer usage.Brain Scans I thought you might find some of the brain scan studies of ADHD interesting. Here are a few examples that show how the brains of ADDers and non-ADDers can differ: Images of Attention Deficit Disorder Brain Scans Reveal Physiology of ADHD Brain Scan of ADHD (video link) You can purchase ADD books, videos, and training materials at this website. In addition, be sure to check out the following free articles: ADD Warehouse Medication Chart to Treat ADHD ADAPT: Accommodations to Help Students with ADD How to Know if Your Child is Depressed Are you like me in finding that most planning and organizational software is more confusing than helpful? And what happens when you forget that one-time reminder? Finally, some folks with ADD designed software specifically to meet our needs. One facet of this timer that I especially appreciate is the ability to play with colors. You can even add music to your reminders. Check it out! You know the proverb. “The ADDer and her money are soon parted.” Sigh. Here’s software to help you add some cash to your piggybank. You will also find budget software for kids, teens, and college students. ADHD Support has excellent links on their page on educational rights. Learn about the laws that affect your children’s education and what to do if they are violated. The website also includes links on a variety of topics. Here’s an interesting concept: Provide biofeedback by monitoring brain waves through a helmet as a person watches a video screen, cuing them when their attention wanes. View the website’s flash video to see how this program, which is based on NASA technology, uses video games to improve concentration. Terry Matlen, MSW, ACSW, has created a site with helpful information, forums, and links. She even includes an area for ADDers to post artwork and creative writing. Her “World’s Largest One-Stop ADD Shop” lists interesting items from alarm clocks to alarm clocks to wall-hanging bill reminders—a good place to kick in some hyperfocus, ADDers! Can’t find your keys? For that matter, can’t find your bathroom? The National Organization of Professional Organizers can help you find someone in your area to help you organize your home and office. We ADDers can benefit from having a person in our life (not a close family member or friend) who serves as a coach—someone in our corner who helps us focus on and reach our goals. This organization trains and certifies ADD coaches and provide a search for coaches in your area. This professional organization is another outstanding resource to help you find a coach. You will also find more information about how coaches serve their clients with ADD. Often the needs of women and girls with ADD are overlooked, probably because women and girls are not as likely to have acting out behaviors. ADDvance, which provides “ADDvice for ADD-Friendly Living” to all individuals with ADD, is also a leader in providing support for women and girls. School Survival Skills Workbook Dr. Yvonne Pennington has developed a workbook that parents and teachers can use with children who have ADD to enhance their organizational and behavioral skills You can download the workbook for a reasonable cost. Look for more downloadable books and materials soon. Bonnie Mincu lists valuable resources for ADD. Be sure to check out the “Time Sense Exercise” under Useful Products. Also, look for audio recordings and notes from her coaching classes. Participate in free teleseminars. In addition, this website includes ADD Coaching opportunities and an audio library. Find innumerable resources for ADDers. Because of his extensive and seminal research in the field, Dr. Russell Barkley has been referred to as the “father of ADHD.” Click his picture to find out more about him and his work. Do you have a PDA or Smartphone? Turn that gizmo into a tool to help manage your AD/HD. Handango has organizing software. Permission to link by an organization or individual does not imply endorsement of or agreement with other content. Be sure to check out my webpages on Academic and Social Skill Resources and Learning Disabilities for more info that might be useful. Other ADD Resources for books, videos, and other ADD materials on the following topics: ADD Brain/Subtypes; Overview; Gender Issues; Adults with ADD; Parents; Teachers; Teens; Kids (Text versions of Amazon.com resources coming soon.)
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