“AD/HD Success!” by Kerin Bellak- Adams

978-1-61599-024-5

A wonderful handbook for AD/HD kids from 7 to 17.

A tool providing solutions for boosting self esteem. AD/HD diagnosis is on the rise and all of us know, work with or have children with special needs. This book is for children, teachers and parents. The author clearly set forth a fabulous workbook that everyone can use to help our children feel better about themselves. Building character and good behavior is not an easy task.  Bellak- Adams gets you started with how best to use this book, broken down for parents, and teachers. The second section is for the kids. They learn how to rate their feelings and evaluate how high or low their self esteem is. The diary pages are a daily check in and creative way for them to identify nod assess everything from tasks, to acts of kindness. They learn and build character and get to feel good about themselves…all on one page. The diary pages are separated by age groups. The “feelings rating” scale allows for discussion and conversation.  This book is a journey into sell esteem building that is easy to use on many levels. It is a happiness book. I loved that it is jammed packed with inspirational quotes and sayings. Teaching and learning are easier with this book.  The daily dairy will be something the child or teenager looks forward to. It can be customized. Tasks and goals can be made laser sharp…relating to what need needs to be accomplished for that individual. Goals, structured work and tasks should be fun and Bellak-Adams hits a home run. Very few work books bridge the gap from elementary student to teen. I liked that this book addressed topics from ages 7 to 17. The middle grade and teens often get overlooked. They still need the help and this book brings them from the early years to adolescence plus with ease. It will help teachers begin the dairy protocol with students who have never used this and it will help Mom and Dad create new ways to foster esteem. It brings nothing but reward.

I found that you can take these pages to new levels, creating your own assessments and tools that directly relate to your child’s specific daily needs.  This book is a springboard for addressing a wide variety of issues. The wok book format gave me many ideas to draw from. It helped me create new games, and opportunities to teach and assist my AD/HD kids. It can be used on all children to build self esteem and teach positive thinking.

I received a complimentary review copy.