"an ADD/ADHD survival guide written expressly for children and teens with advice from 12 teens and young adults living with the condition; additionally, an invaluable ""cliff notes"" ADHD guide for parents; includes advice, pictures, cartoons, scientific drawings, 10 appendices containing diagnostic criteria, FAQs, scientific explanations, medicaton tips, and an ADHD dictionary. "
Chris Abney Zeigler Dendy, M.S.: An author with over 35 years experience as a former teacher, school psychologist, mental health counselor and administrator, national consultant on children’s mental heath and child advocate. She presents nationally and internationally on ADD and ADHD. Her books draw upon her extensive professional experience and more importantly on her personal experience of parenting two grown sons with ADD/ADHD. Her publications include two popular books,Teenagers with ADD & Teaching Teens with ADD and ADHD, and two videos, Teen to Teen: The ADD Experience and Father to Father: the ADD Experience.
Alex Zeigler, B.S.: Alex is a young adult who is coping successfully with his ADD. He designed the cover for this book, did the layout design, plus drew the technical drawings. In addition, he has given presentations about the challenges of living with an attention deficit at numerous conferences, including the National CHADD conference. He is a college graduate with a major in Forensics and a minor in Computer Science. While in college, he provided computer consultation and designed webpages. He was elected president of his criminal justice fraternity. Currently he is working as a graphic artist and layout designer.