The Conscious Parent's Guide to ADHD: A Mindful Approach for Helping Your Child Gain Focus and Self-Control, Paperback

An integrative method for helping children focus and learn

If your child has been given a diagnosis of ADHD, you may be feeling overwhelmed and unsure of what to do next. With The Conscious Parent's Guide to ADHD, you will learn how to take a relationship-centered approach to parenting that engages your child and ensures that he succeeds behaviorally, socially, and cognitively. Conscious parenting is about being present with your child and taking the time to understand how to help him flourish. By practicing this mindful method, you can support your child emotionally and help nurture his development.

With this all-in-one guide, you can create a plan that not only addresses the challenges a child with ADHD faces, but also creates a mindful, less stressful atmosphere for the whole family.

You'll be able to:

• Honor your child's unique learning style
• Adapt a conscious parenting philosophy that works for everyone
• Understand treatment options and weigh the pros and cons of medication
• Lower stress levels for the entire family, including other siblings
• Learn how a mindful approach can be combined with other treatments
• Help your child focus at home and school
• Focus on your child's strengths as well as weaknesses
• Encourage your child to achieve his goals

When both you and your child are more mindful and relaxed, your child can learn to focus, gain independence, and thrive both in school and out.

About the Author

Rebecca Branstetter, PhD, is a child and adolescent psychologist and school psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Branstetter assesses and counsels children and adolescents with learning and emotional challenges in public schools and in private practice. She is the author of the popular blog Notes from the School Psychologist (www.studentsgrow.blogspot.com) as well as The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder.