ADHD: Helping Children with Unconventional Behaviors Succeed in a Changing World

ADHD: Helping Children with Unconventional Behaviors Succeed in a World provides an untraditionally optimistic look at the subject of ADHD. It begins with a historical exploration of the changing labels and treatment options society has applied to ADHD-like behaviors. It then identifies a support team of parents, teachers, and medical professionals that can collaboratively help young people who exhibit these behaviors participate in today's classrooms, as many of the other now successful ADHD identified adults it cites have done. To help the support team work together, it lists the present identification criteria used to separate boisterous behavior from ADHD cases and outlines three treatment options currently available: medication, treatment without medication, and a combination of the two.