Rethinking Attention Deficit Disorders

by Miriam Cherkes-Julkowski, Jonathan Stolzenberg, Susan Sharp

Overview

Typically, the study and treatment of attention deficit disorders have focused largely on impulsivity and hyperactivity - the most visible behavioral signs of the disorder. But as the authors point out, attention dysfunction involves much more than (mis)behaviors: many elements of cognitive, affective, social, and personal functioning are implicated. Seemingly maladaptive activity often represents ADD children's attempts to attain/maintain stability within and unstable attentional system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781571290373
Publisher:	Brookline Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/01/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.13(w) x 9.95(h) x 0.66(d)

Editorial Reviews

A book for teachers, parents, and practitioners views attention deficit disorders (ADDs) from a systems perspective that sees attention as a complex, self-organizing system that is nonlinear and recursive in its functioning, and ADDs as cognitive disorders based in neurological function that affect all forms of thought. The authors describe methods of intervention that complement the individual's own efforts at self-regulation, and offer practical suggestions for supporting the ADD child in school. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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