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To request review copies [email protected] 155 Back to contents Psychology Helping Children with ADHD A CBT Guide for Practitioners, Parents and Teachers Susan Young & Jade Smith ISBN: 978-1-118-90320-9 | Jun 2017 | 288PP Combining the latest research evidence with the authors’ practical expertise, Helping Children with ADHD offers a complete intervention programme for flexibly delivering behavioural and cognitive interventions to children aged 6–12 with ADHD and associated conditions. •• Redefines and develops best practice in the application of cognitive and behavioural techniques to help children aged 6–12 with ADHD and associated co-morbid conditions, including learning difficulties •• Offers a range of engaging resources within a pragmatic and practically-focused approach; modular structure allows the interventions to be selected and tailored according to the particular age, ability and needs of the individual child •• An appendix of entertaining stories about Buzz, a boy with ADHD, provides structural narrative while also teaching core skills in areas such as keeping calm, planning, managing impulsivity and dealing with anxiety •• Straightforward, accessible language allows the techniques to be used by those without expert clinical training; dedicated sections provide advice for using the approach in school, home and group contexts •• A companion website provides downloadable materials including illustrated patient worksheets to accompany the narrative stories About the Authors Susan Young works at the Centre for Mental Health, Imperial College London, UK, and is Visiting Professor at Reykjavik University, Iceland. She was previously employed as a Clinical Neuropsychologist at the Maudsley Hospital, where she set up and developed the psychology service at the first adult ADHD service in the UK. She is the author of over 100 publications in peer reviewed journals, four books and three manualised CBT programmes that are in use internationally; numerous chapters, and the ADHD Child Evaluation ACE. Jade Smith is a Cinical Psychologist who has worked in a range of child and adolescent mental health, neurodevelopmental and paediatric services providing assessment and treatment for young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders and associated emotional, behavioural and mental health needs. She designed and implemented an ADHD pathway as well as contributing to ADHD assessments in national services in London. She currently works with children with learning disabilities and long term conditions.


Humanities, Social Sciences, Teacher Education, & STM Rights Catalogue - London Book Fair 2017
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