The School Counselor’s Guide to ADHD
What to Know and Do to Help Your Students
- Richard A. Lougy - ADHD Specialist/Private Practice
- Silvia L. DeRuvo - WestEd, Center for Prevention and Early Intervention
- David Rosenthal, MD
To help establish an optimal learning environment and support students with ADHD and their families, educators need up-to-date knowledge, in-depth advice, and practical tools that can be immediately and easily implemented.
The School Counselor's Guide to ADHD covers not only principal causes, symptoms, and interventions for ADHD, but also current, detailed information on executive brain function. This comprehensive resource includes a wide range of inclusive practices that help define the multiple roles and responsibilities of school counsellors, such as:
- Providing effective student interventions to ensure individual success
- Collaborating with teachers to deliver instruction, manage behaviour, and facilitate classroom accommodations
- Communicating with parents about student progress and challenges
- Understanding common ADHD medications and their effects on children
Strengthen your work with students and key stakeholders with this resource and ensure that students with ADHD have the support they need to thrive.
“This is a text school counselors have been waiting for! It provides a strong review of the manifestations of ADHD and concrete examples of ways to strengthen our work with students and stakeholders impacted by ADHD. I will recommend it to my school counseling students.”
"This book should be on every school counselor’s desk. It provides a concise compilation of the most recent facts, theories, opinions, variables, best practices, and remaining questions about addressing the issue of ADHD in the school setting. One would need to have read dozens of other books, every year, for the past 10 years to have even minimal access to the information and wisdom imparted in this book."
“The book includes practical ideas for school counselors to implement in working with students who have ADHD. This is the type of information that school counselors want most: practical ideas that can be immediately implemented in their own work. I found the book helpful in my own understanding of ADHD.”