Putting on the Brakes: Young People's Guide to Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Features

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Cover Type: Paperback with 96 pages
• Published by: Magination Press
• Edition: Revised Edition July 2001
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1557987955
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1557987952
• Book Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Weighs: 5.6 ounces

From School Library Journal
Grade 3-8-- A simple presentation that explains what ADHD is and offers ways for its victims to gain control of their lives. Short chapters, numerous black-and-white photographs and drawings, lists, wide margins, and large type will entice children to read the book from cover to cover. The authors' suggestions are practical and clearly described. Children who have ADHD will gain self-confidence from the information presented here; anyone who knows someone who has it will be encouraged and reassured. A practical purchase for public and school libraries. --Dona Weisman, Northeast Texas Library System, Garland
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Review
"This book is superb in every aspect." -- Alan Zametkin, MD, Senior Staff Psychiatrist, National Institute of Mental Health

Reader Reviews
I came across this book in a local children's hospital resource library. The first page describes a speeding race car with no brakes, and how it might go off the road or even crash. Page two goes on to draw a parellel between this race car, and and explains that having ADHD is a lot like being a race car with no brakes, 'You have a great engine with lots of thinking power, and a good, strong body, but no brakes'. I broke down crying right there in the middle of the library - it was like finally getting inside my child's head and knowing how he feels and why he just doesn't seem to know when to quit. As my son and I read it together, he was also drawn in by these parallels, and fascinated by the sections that explain how the brain works, and the theories behind what causes neurobiological ADHD (as opposed to other possible causes of ADHD, like head trauma, lead exposure, etc). He is seven, and there were several words he was not familiar with, but the book explains 'synapses' and 'neurotransmitters' well, and a brief explanation from me on other vocab words was all it took for him to grasp the concepts.