Articles This page will be regularly updated with articles relating to ADHD, learning disabilities, attention problems, behavioural issues and basically anything that can help students, & adults too, perform better & grow with confidence. I encourage anyone who has an article that could be applied to this website to e-mail  Judie Gade, on addcoach@tpg.com.au. Articles on this site have been supplied gratis, and as a community & school  service both nationally & internationally. If you have a teacher that you feel should be given an accolade, please send in a bio of that person and any accomplishments that they have achieved. Once a month, a Term Teacher will be chosen and profiled. Comments from their students would also be appreciated! The candidate profiles will be screened by a panel of their peers and an award given to the monthly winner! Just click on the article title to view! Please feel free to distribute any with my name on it - Judie Gade - as you see fit (unaltered in content). Otherwise if you would like to publish any other article, permission from the author is required. Misdiagnosis .... ADD or Depression?  by Judie Gade. This article was written after I "came out of the ADD closet" on A Current Affair in Feb. 2001. Is there any other way than Prime Time? I still receive calls today from people getting the courage up to ask questions and ask for help. The results were pretty astounding & invoked many questions of our government and family health care professionals. Doctors ..... Mothers can be ADHD too! Helping The Student With Attention Problems  by Judie Gade. This was originally written to help teachers recognise the effects on students that their attitude has. Classroom Strategies   Reworded from some strategies by Dr. Rick Jarman & by Judie Gade. Rick Jarman is based at the Royal Children's Hospital. His strategies were reworded, and added to, for schools in the form of a flyer. International Consensus Statement on ADHD by Professor Russell A. Barkley PhD, Depts. Of Psychiatry and Neurology University of Massachusetts Medical School & 84 other world renowned experts.  This was put out as a rebuttal to all the misinformation generated by the media and certain groups intent on destroying the good being done by support groups in the USA. Sceptics read this please! If you have any doubts, this document will reverse your opinion. It's Okay To Be Different .. ADHD in Teens  by Judie Gade. This one is great to give parents having a hard time understanding their teenage ADDlet! Also good for the kids to read as well as it can help them understand themselves. A Brain in the Rain  by Dr. Ned Hallowell. This is a lovely story explaining to children about brain differences. There is also a discussion guide included for the classroom (the link is at the end of the poem)! This is a wonderful way to explain differences in people to children in a poem/story format.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Ned Talks to Teens  by Dr. Ned Hallowell. This article could change the life of a child you know. It explains mental health issues to teenagers in a way they can understand. Who better to explain to teens than a Professor of Psychiatry, at Harvard University no less, a person that teaches other doctors about mental health issues, to explain problems like learning disabilities, anxiety & depression to teens? Personally, I think it should be given to all kids starting high school in their orientation packs. This is definitely one article that should be kept on file. The Teacher's Role in Developing Social Skills  excerpted from the Teacher's Guide that comes with the video Last One Picked ... First One Picked On - Learning Disabilities and Social Skills with Richard Lavoie.  This video can be obtained from the products page (see link on side bar) Richard Lavoie: Understanding the Learning Disabled Child  by Linda Proudfoot Re-published with the kind permission of Linda. Questions and Answers about Resilience by Dr. Robert Brooks. Bob answers questions posed to him when Newsweek did an article on him. These are the questions and answers that did not make it into the article, but are none the less very important. Perspectives On Discipline: Does Spanking Really Have A Role? PART 1  By Dr. Robert Brooks. Here the doctor takes the confusion about effective disciplinary measures.. With all the different opinions around today, is it any wonder that parents are as confused as the kids about which direction to take? Often specialists take contradictory views to one another ... time out ...... deprivation ..... ignore..... tough love ..... which way is best??? Perspectives on Discipline: The Power of Prevention PART 2 By Dr. Robert Brooks. Here the kind doctor discusses more effective ways of helping children learn right from wrong and developing a social conscience. ADHD Australian Facts   This is a summary of an Australian Federal Government document plus other facts compiled from specialists both here and overseas. Data figures are all Australian figures. A comprehensive pdf file on the Mental Health of our Youth that this information came from, is available on request. These facts gives rise to the potential danger many of our kids are exposed  just because of a quirky brain. Resources/Accommodations available on College campuses for students with ADHD   by best selling author Michele Novotni, Ph.D. Although this is based on USA criteria it is still very much worth a read. If you can pick up just one idea to help in your college or university it is worth it! Teacher Knowledge of ADHD - A study  by David Rabiner PhD, Senior Research Scientist at Duke University. Although based on a relatively small number of teachers, it is interesting to note. In Australia the situation seems to be very similar regarding  the overall lack of knowledge and/or the forcing of personal opinions over medical fact. Reprinted with permission. Behaviour Management or Management Behaviour?  by Dr Brenton Prosser BA (Hons), GDE, PhD, AACE.  A sociological study of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Australian and American secondary schools. Insightful! ADHD Myths   . This puts many things into perspective and discounts all the misinformed propaganda that seems to saturate the media. Reprinted with the permission of www.addconsults.com (thanks Terry Matlen!) The Parent Coach: Helping The Impulsive Child    By Dr. Steven Richfield. Steven is a child psychologist and the developer of the Parent Coach Cards. 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