ADD/ADHD Drug Free: Natural Alternatives and Practical Exercises to Help Your Child Focus

For parents, teachers, and counselors, this guide presents activities to help children ages nine to 13 who have ADD/ADHD improve their learning and behavior without using medications. It also discusses the diagnosis of ADHD and other attention disorders, how the brain causes these problems, and gives examples of children the authors have worked with. They then outline seven different learning styles (based on the work of Howard Gardner and Thomas Armstrong) and how to work with children, and present the activities, which draw from their own work and the perspective that activities that exercise the brain will lead to behavior changes. Activities are organized by learning style. Jacobelli has treated children and adults in inpatient psychiatric, private practice, and community mental health settings. Watson has worked as an early-learning education director, educator, special education administrator, and resource specialist. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Frank Jacobelli (Gardnerville, NV) has treated both children and adults in a variety of clinical settings including inpatient psychiatric, private practice, and community mental health. Since 1994, Jacobelli has served as a Clinical Coordinator for Enki Health and Research Systems, Inc. in Northern California.

L.A. Watson (Gardnerville, NV ) has been an early-learning education director, multiple-subject teacher, special educator, special-education administrator, and resource specialist.