The Teenage Girl's Guide to Living Well with ADHD

Improve your Self-Esteem, Self-Care and Self Knowledge

Sonia Ali (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2021 | Illustrated edition
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-78775-768-4 (ISBN)

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A positive, self-affirming guide for girls with ADHD to increase their self-knowledge and empower them in their daily lives by explaining the strengths and challenges of ADHD. Stuffed with tips, strategies and visuals designed for ADHD learners and self-reflective activities that can be used with support from parents, mentors or teachers.

Have you ever been told you are chatty or fidgety at school?

Do you have a constantly whirring mind?

Do you 'tune out' and daydream or find it hard to pay attention?

ADHD can impact your life in many ways. This positive, self-affirming guide will increase your knowledge about ADHD and empower you in your daily life.

The chapters are full of tips, tricks and life hacks so you can better manage your time, harness your creativity, energy and enthusiasm, and make more time for fun! Reflection activities and quizzes will help you better understand yourself and learn strategies on how to manage the intense emotions of rejection sensitivity. You'll learn the fundamentals of great self-care and how to look forward to life beyond school.

Learn how ADHD brains work, and tricky concepts like executive functioning. Quick chapter summaries let you pick which sections are most relevant to you right now, and the strategies and visuals are designed for ADHD brains and can be used with support from parents, mentors or teachers.

The Teenage Girl's Guide to Living Well with ADHD gives you all you need to build on your strengths and overcome challenges to fully embrace who you are and live your best life.

Sonia Ali is a Local Authority Specialist SEND, ADHD and spLD Dyslexia Advisory teacher with 14 years experience of teaching in high school. She is a qualified specialist dyslexia assessor; creates and delivers ADHD/Dyslexia training for schools and has extensive personal and professional experience of ADHD.

Introduction

1. 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder' when the name does not fit.
2. Executive Functioning
3. The Strengths of ADHD
4. Your Wandering Mind
5. Emotions and Hypersensitivity
6. Self Esteem
7. Self Care
8. Life after school
9. 6-12 Months Later - Re-evaluating your self-knowledge

Erscheinungsdatum	21.12.2021
Zusatzinfo	60 b & w illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	206 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
ISBN-10	1-78775-768-4 / 1787757684
ISBN-13	978-1-78775-768-4 / 9781787757684
Zustand	Neuware