Only a Mother Could Love Him : How I Lived With a Triumphed over Adhd - Hardcover

Benjamin Polis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340838922 ISBN 13: 9780340838921

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Div, 2005

Synopsis

Ben Polis attended six different schools, served (he estimates) over 3,000 hours of detention, and drove his entire family into counselling. But against all the odds, with a combination of self-taught concentration techniques and sheer determination, he made it through the education system to university. This is his triumphant story. From his unique perspective, Ben describes what it's really like to feel those constant inexplicable impulses, to get all that medication, to desperately want to be 'normal.' Ben's inspiring, frank and often funny account will enlighten every parent who's ever despaired of their seemingly uncontrollable child; every teacher who's ever vented frustration at a student who just won't pay attention; every kid who has ever wondered 'Why does everyone hate me?' and indeed anyone who wants to understand the world of an ADHD child.

About this title

About the Author:

Ben Polis self-published his book with great success in his native Australia, and now lectures internationally on ADHD. He is twenty-one.

Review:

'Polis has caught attention with his simply written and self-deprecating descriptions of how out of control he felt as a child.' -- New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Div
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0340838922
• ISBN 13: 9780340838921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208