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  Andrew and Kristin Wilcox, authors of  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain , were interviewed for PBS recently. A link to the interview will be coming soon. Here is a picture from behind the scenes.  Book description: In this two-part book Andrew and his neuroscientist mom 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 discusses the science behind ADHD, ...

  Today's publisher's pride is  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain   by Kristin and Andrew Wilcox, which reached #160 in attention deficit disorder, a great achievement since these categories are broad and, therefore, competitive. Book description: In this two-part book Andrew and his neuroscientist mom 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 discusses...

  Today's publisher's pride is  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain   by Kristin and Andrew Wilcox, which reached #160 in attention deficit disorder, a great achievement since these categories are broad and, therefore, competitive. Book description: In this two-part book Andrew and his neuroscientist mom 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 discusses...

  Today's book excerpt comes from  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain   by Kristin and Andrew Wilcox.  My ADHD Brain Made Me Do It I like science. There are no writing essays, and we get to do cool lab experiments. I get good grades in science and can pay attention in class—most of the time, anyway. Today we are learning about the brain. I stare at a diagram of the brain up on the board and listen while my teacher explains what the different parts of the brain do. “Every day our brains are bombarded with thousands of pieces of information from the world around us,” she says. “The frontal cortex is like a military force keeping out the enemy, only letting in the information you need to pay attention to at the time. The frontal cortex is responsible for you being able to learn, remember, plan, organize, pay attention, and control your emotions.” Apparently, my ADHD frontal cortex is less military-like and more laid-back-on-vacation-like, making my brain ...