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  Just out, this week! If you have been waiting for the e-book version to read Andrew's Awesome Adventure with His ADHD Brain ,  your wait it over! For more posts about this book, click HERE .                                      Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter                           Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .

  Excerpt from Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain Some Days I Need to Seek Shelter from the Tornado   I wouldn’t characterize myself as a “neat freak” although my husband and children would say otherwise. Having a child with ADHD whose idea of organization is a big pile on the floor has been a bit of a challenge for me. Andrew loves to go to flea markets and shop for antiques, and his “treasures” always seem to end up thrown on a miscellaneous pile shoved into a corner on the floor of his bedroom. One weekend I mentioned to Andrew we were going to clean out his room, which was getting too cluttered with all his collections. Andrew’s response to me was “Mom, why are we bothering to clean up my room? It’s going to stay organized for all of ten minutes. You know me; I’m not organized.” Although this made me chuckle, Andrew’s statement was true. The struggle with organization for children with ADHD stems from their executive function deficits. Creating and maintaining an o

  "This is the book parents and families have needed for decades," says the reviewer at Literary Titan. Find out why. Read the full review HERE . Read other posts on the Wilcoxes and their book HERE , including other great reviews.

  From MidWest Book Review: "U nique, exceptional, informative, thought-provoking, "Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain" is highly recommended reading for kids with ADHD and essential reading their parents! Very well organized and presented, "Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain" is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, school district, college, and university library Attention Deficit & Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Disability Parenting, and collections and Psychology Pathologies, supplemental curriculum studies lists." To read the full review, click HERE . To read more posts on the Wilcoxes and their book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter.

  WBAL , Baltimore's NBC station, recently interviewed Dr. Kristin Wilcox and Andrew Wilcox, authors of Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain. See both come alive on television as they talk about the content of their book and why the wrote it (click on the WBAL link). Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain comes alive in this interview. "Meet" both authors in their own home! Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain is featured in this month's MSI Press Newsletter., which will be distributed on Thursday, April 14. If you are not signed up for the newsletter, it is not too late to get this month's issue if you sign up today (literally). We do not send retroactive copies of the newsletter. For more posts about the Wilcoxes and their book, click HERE .                                          Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter.

  Recently, Dr. Kristin Wilcox, co-author with her son of  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain , was interviewed on the An ADD Woman Podcast : "Let's Talk Inattentive ADHD with Kristin Wilcox, Ph.D." For more posts about Kristin and her book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter.

  Andrew loves learning about anything space related, and dreams of a career at NASA or SpaceX. Andrew plays the trumpet in marching band and plays the piano.  He has his black belt in karate, is a sprinter on the track team, and enjoys skiing with family and friends.  Andrew loves to fix computers and other electronics. He has been making origami designs since he was five and sells his creations in a shop in his hometown. Andrew lives in Maryland with his mom, dad, and older brother. Read more posts  about Dr. Wilcox and her book,  A ndrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain .  

  Dr. Wilcox has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS and has spent over 20 years as a researcher studying the pharmacological and behavioral effects of drugs at Emory University in Atlanta, GA and then at John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.  She has authored several manuscripts published in peer reviewed scientific journals and presented her research at international scientific meetings.  Dr. Wilcox’s research career has always combined her interests in pharmacology, psychology and neuroscience. Initially studying potential therapeutics to treat drug abuse behavior, the scope of her research changed to focused on studying the neurobiology of ADHD and treatment medications. Around this time Dr. Wilcox’s son was diagnosed with the inattentive subtype of ADHD.  When searching for books to help her as a parent, Dr. Wilcox realized there was a lack of information on the inattentive subtype of ADHD in boys.  Along

  Excerpt from Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain Sometimes My ADHD Brain Needs a Reminder on a Neon-Colored Sticky Note. Dismissal time! My ADHD brain doesn’t have to pay attention in school anymore today. Now, if I could only remember what I have for homework. I rummage through the miscellaneous papers shoved into my backpack, looking for my planner. “Found it!” It’s blank because I forgot to write down my homework assignments. Again. I stare at the books in my locker hoping to remember. Nope. “Darn!” I hear my bus number being called. Slamming the locker shut, I run down the hall with the nagging feeling I am forgetting something. I weave in and out of the sea of kids making their way to the front door of the school. My feet are moving faster now as I make the final sprint to the bus. Made it with only a minute to spare! I flop down onto the seat. “My trumpet! That’s what I forgot!” Mom reminded me before I left for school this morning to bring my trumpet home. Oh w

  Released this week: Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain by Dr. Kristin Wilcox with Andrew Wilcox. Available from the MSI Press webstore at 25% discount. Use code FF25. Change what you think you know about ADHD.  In this two-part book, Andrew, a child with inattentive-type ADHD, and his mom, Kristin Wilcox, Ph.D., each tell their story about living with the inattentive subtype of ADHD.  How do you survive life and middle school with an ADHD elephant in your brain? Kids with ADHD will relate to Andrew’s reactions to everyday and school-related situations, like remembering to turn in homework, staying organized, and making friends.  Using practical strategies Andrew learns to manage his ADHD even when his brain sometimes feels “like and overstuffed garbage can, the lid won’t stay on and garbage is falling out all over the floor”.  He even realizes there is a positive side to having ADHD like creativity, fearlessness and hyperfocus.  Dr. Wilcox’s unique perspective as bo