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  Franki Bagdade, author of the award-winning book, I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Liked Them , recently reviewed  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain  by Kristin and Andrew Wilcox. She writes: Kristen Wilcox and I have a few things in common. We are both authors who write about ADHD, our first books were both published by MSI Press and we are both parenting AWESOME kids with ADHD. I recently had the pleasure of reading  “Andrew’s Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain”  co-written by both Kristen and her son Andrew. This is THE book, I wish I had when I was a classroom teacher. This is THE book I wish I had back in 1985 when I was diagnosed. Read the rest of the review HERE . BOOK AWARDS Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain 2022 Literary Titan Gold Award winner 2022 Best Indie Book Award winner 2023 Readers' Favorite Book Award winner For more posts about the Wilcoxes and their book, click  HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Foll

   Edward Hallowell, M.D.,  Harvard psychologist and  co-author of  Driven to Distraction  and  ADHD 2.0  had this to say about Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His Awesome ADHD Brain : Andrew's Awesome Adventures  is awesome indeed! It is also unique, in that the book combines Andrew's perspective as a child with his mom's perspective both as a mother and as a scientist who's expert on the latest findings on ADHD. Not only unique, this book is also entertaining, well-written, highly informative, and immensely helpful to anyone concerned about ADHD, especially as it occurs in boys who are not disruptive or hyperactive. A superb contribution to the field.  --- For more posts about the Wilcoxes and their books, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter.

  MSI Press, Kristin Wilcox, author of the award-winning  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain , regularly writes for  Psychology Today . Here is a recent contribution on a valuable topic: " The Nightly Challenge: Sleep Disorders in ADHD Children ." Description of Andrew's awesome Adventures with His  ADHD Brain: Change what you think you know about ADHD in boys. 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 r

  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.

  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.

  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

Released this week: hard cover edition of the popular and award-winning, Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain Kristin Wilcox and Andrew Wilcox. Book description: Change what you think you know about ADHD in boys. 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, parent-to-parent, from s

  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

  " Well-written and entertaining, it is a must-read for parents and teachers of children with ADHD. I find Andrew’s perspective interesting as he reveals the chaos and emotional turmoil he goes through and the daily battles he fights that most of us will never understand. Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain gives us an intimate and unique glimpse into his world. Ultimately, this beautiful story of love provides simple ways to overcome the many challenges that a child with ADHD faces every day." Read the full review HERE . BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD LITERARY TITAN GOLD MEDAL  For more posts about the Wilcoxes and their award-winning book, click HERE . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC newsletter Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC? Check out information on  how to submit a proposal . Interested in receiving a free copy of this or any MSI Press LLC book  in exchange for  reviewing  a current or forth

  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