Working with the ADHD Brain (Parent Edition): A Parent's Guide to Building Focus, Organization, and Academic Success (Thriving with ADHD) - Softcover

Adams, Patty R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1971009156 ISBN 13: 9781971009155

Publisher: Cantelune Press, 2025

Synopsis

Is your child bright, creative-and constantly overwhelmed at school?

You're not imagining it: ADHD doesn't mean a lack of intelligence. It means the brain works differently. And without the right strategies, school can feel like a daily battle for both kids and parents.

Working with the ADHD Brain helps you shift from frustration to progress by understanding how executive function, dopamine, and emotional regulation shape your child's ability to learn. Instead of trying to "fix" your child, this book shows you how to work with their unique wiring-empowering them with the tools they need to thrive in the classroom and beyond.

Inside, you'll learn:

• • How dopamine impacts focus, motivation, and mood
  • Simple daily strategies that help ADHD kids reset and refocus
  • How to build executive function skills gradually and sustainably
  • What teachers can do-and how parents can partner with them
  • The difference between laziness and lagging skills-and how to help

Whether your child has just been diagnosed or you've been navigating ADHD for years, this book gives you a practical, hope-filled approach grounded in compassion and brain science.

If you're tired of chaos, lost homework, and emotional outbursts, you're not alone-and you're not powerless.

This book offers the roadmap you've been looking for.

Buy now and learn how to support your child's learning with clarity, calm, and confidence!

About this title

About the Author

Patty R. Adams is a former school counselor, educator, and author who's spent over a decade supporting students with ADHD-and the parents who love them. She's worked alongside overwhelmed families, exhausted teachers, and kids who were smart, capable, and still falling through the cracks.Patty writes with empathy, clarity, and a deep understanding of how the ADHD brain works in real life-not just in theory. As the author of Working with the ADHD Brain, The ADHD Brain Reset, and Why Can't I Get It Together (ADHD Edition), she specializes in creating practical, judgment-free tools that help kids (and their grown-ups) thrive at home and in the classroom.When she's not writing, Patty is usually brainstorming new ways to turn chaos into structure-or reminding parents that success doesn't have to look like perfection.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cantelune Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1971009156
• ISBN 13: 9781971009155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178