1. What is attention deficit disorder?
2. Causes : understanding ADD/ADHD and the brain
3. Diagnosis of ADD or ADHD
4. Moving beyond guilt, anger, and fear to optimism!
5. Treatment of ADD and ADHD in adolescents
6. The medication dilemma : should your teen take medicine?
7. Attention disorders and coexisting conditions
8. Raising a healthy, well-adjusted teenager
9. Common behaviors of teenagers with ADD or ADHD
10. When teenagers continue to struggle
11. The parent's role in eliminating academic agony
12. Working on the home front
13. Success, not just survival, in school
14. Legal leverage for pursuing academic success
15. After high school...what next?
16. Parents have permission to take charge
17. Words of wisdom from the kids
Appendix 1. Medication rating scale
Appendix 2. Sample contract
Appendix 3. The ABCs of ADD/ADHD : impact on school performance
Appendix 4. Sample medical report
Appendix 5. Developing and implementing effective IEPs
Appendix 6. OHI school eligibility report.
