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Dr. Henry J. Svec. The ADHD Fix
The ADHD Fix
Foreword
Strategy 1. Release the Stigma
Accept the diagnosis
Live in quiet confidence
Focus on the gifted aspects of ADHD
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Strategy 2. Ask Who is Pointing the Finger
Children and teachers
You, the parent
Spouse or partner
Your employer
From pointing the finger to diagnosis
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Strategy 3. Get a Complete Assessment
Get a good history
Completion of behavior checklists
Screening for Central Auditory Processing problems
Performance during very boring tasks
Intelligence testing to investigate learning style
Achievement testing
The brain scan
Data analysis and report
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Strategy 4. Understanding Complex ADHD
What do these symptoms look like at home?
What can parents do with Complex ADHD?
What do symptoms look like in the classroom? An open letter to teachers
What can Teachers do with Complex ADHD?
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Strategy 5. Build Structure
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Strategy 6. Self-Task Matching
What level of focus is required for each task?
What are you supposed to do if you are faced with a task. that requires a level 3 (very focused), but you are at a level 7 (very poor concentration)?
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Strategy 7. Build Self-Esteem
How do we develop self-esteem?
So how do we fix this?
Understanding your ADHD diagnosis is the next step. in building self-esteem
Say no to build self-esteem
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Strategy 8. Getting the Right Treatment
Taking medication
Neurofeedback training
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Strategy 9. Fight Depression
Loss
You’re not having much fun
SOME RULES OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY. There are some things in life that you can’t control
You did the best you could with what you knew at the time
There are many different answers to a problem; look at all of them
While you often can’t control events that happen, you can control your reactions to them
Life is not fair (not necessarily a CBT solution, but one needed to remember with ADHD)
Bad things happen to good people
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Strategy 10. Building Social-Emotional Intelligence
Cautionary note about using assertive or instrumentally aggressive strategies
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Strategy 11. Learning How to Advocate
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Strategy 12. Building Great Relationships
Boundless energy
Pay attention
Anger management
Listening to your partner
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Strategy 13. Exercise
What kind of workout?
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Strategy 14. Parenting Your ADHD Child
Develop predictable routines
What rewards?
What punishments?
Weekly quality one-on-one time
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Strategy 15. Accepting Your ADHD Success
Self-change: what happened to me?
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Putting it All Together
Finding my ADHD Success: Josh’s Story
My personal keys to success living with ADHD
Appendix A. Official Diagnostic Criteria of ADHD
Appendix B. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Severity Scale –Athletes
Appendix C. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Severity Scale –Children-Adolescent
Appendix D. ADHD Severity Scale – Adults
Helpful Websites
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It was 1974 and I was sitting in the guidance office at Oakridge Secondary School in London, Ontario. Kemper, as he was called, not only dabbled in guidance and physical education, but also coached the golf team. He was laid back, rarely displaying any anger or frustration over the usual pranks pulled daily at the school. He started our conversation that day by asking me how I was doing, what was new, how the football team was looking, and other pleasant chatter. Then he got to the reason for my being pulled out of class.
“Since you started here in grade 9, Henry, your grades have been going down steadily—from 85 percent, to 74 percent, to 71 percent, to 68 percent this year. What’s going on?”
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•A comprehensive assessment is needed. Start with the ADHD Severity Scales located in the appendix of this book.
“You have also indicated that elementary and secondary schools are not providing support to students with a diagnosis of ADHD. School boards have obligations under the Ontario Human Rights Code to accommodate students with ADHD since the Ontario Human Rights Commission regards ADHD as a disability; therefore, such students have protections under the Code. In elementary and secondary schools, the duty to accommodate is met by the provision of special education programs and services.”
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