Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention: A Book for Kids ... (ISBN 1557984565)

Practical, concise, and kid-friendly:
Kids with ADHD are constantly being told to "slow down" and "pay attention." Most kids want to, but don't know how. This is an ideal book for teaching kids step-by-step exactly how to slow down and pay attention. Part one of this book involves children in a process of self-evaluation through the use of checklists that help them identify the problem areas that they most need to work on. Part two identifies what other people (i.e. parents, teachers, counselors) can do to help. Part three, "Things I Can Do To Help Myself," gives children lists of the necessary steps to take to work on each problem area. This concise, easy to understand book does a super job of helping kids to take responsibility for improving their behavior.

not very helpful:
My 12 year old son has ADD. I work with him frequently on organization. I did like the checklists, but on the whole I found the book to be condesending. I feel that they were projecting feelings onto the child reader, making assumptions on when they were getting tired or feeling overwhelmed. I would have prefered a more factual, logical approach, as children with ADD need the bottom line.

disappointing:
While I did think the child-friendly checklists were generally a good idea, I found myself wanting to edit them. The questions were "leading questions", not open-ended. The checklists lead to a negative sense of self (i.e. "ADD is Bad"), no positive outcome possible. A side note, "school" and "homework" are an integral part of the book. We homeschool, so this additional point made the book unuseable for our family.

I want get some help:
i'm a major of psycology,i want to get some useful information about schoolpsycology,that's really important for me~! if anyone has an advise,tell me~!OK~? i'm really appreciate~!~!~!~!~

Great Book!:
I bought the updated book (2004) (...). It is a positive book that helps you and your child understand his behavior better.