Parenting the ADD Child: Can't Do? Won't Do? Practical Strategies for Managing Behaviour Problems in Children with ADD and ADHD (22 page)

UK

ADD Information Services

A charitable body that has links with over 150 support groups in the UK. A full list is
available on request. The service offers advice to parents, young people and
professionals. It also organises and coordinates seminars and conferences for parent
support groups and professional organisations. Every autumn the service holds an
international conference for parents and professionals, which is a good forum for
finding out what the latest thinking is on ADD.

If you want a book on ADD and cannot find it locally, ADD Information Services
has a wide stock of both books and videos, available by mail order. A large SAE gets
you details and information.

The ADHD Family Support Group

Another source of information and advice aimed at the parents of ADHD and ADD
children as well as professionals. Mails a regular newsletter to members. For details,
send a large SAE to:

ADHD North West

If you are living in the North West this is the organisation that can put you in touch
with local `contact parents' and support groups. Contact details:

Contact a Family

A charitable organisation that puts parents of children with ADD and ADHD in
touch with each other. The service also advises on other organisations that can help.

Child Line

Free 24-hour help line for children

Freephone 0800 1111

Relate

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HADD (Hyperactivity Attention Deficit Disorder)

Australia

ADDISS (ADD Information and Support Services)

Learning Disabilities Coalition Group

Sydney, New South Wales

Tel: 00 61 2 9542 3390

United States

CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder)

LDA (Learning Disabilities Association)

Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Consult these books to learn more about the condition, how it is diagnosed and what
might be the causes.

Barkley, R.A. (1990) Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder. London: Guilford Press.
Russell Barkley is a world-renowned researcher and writer on ADD, and this book
has everything you could possibly want of an academic book on the condition.

Barkley, R.A. (1998) `Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.' Scientific American,
September, 44-49.