A Bird's-Eye View was written expressly for teenagers, preteens, and young adults by teenagers and a young adult who are struggling with ADD or ADHD. This survival guide for teens, preteens, and young adults offers factual information and practical advice in words and examples that young people can easily understand and put into practice. Written with humor and compassion, A Bird's Eye View offers down-to-earth tips for coping with a variety of issues: disorganization, forgetfulness, always being late, sleep problems, memorization, procrastination, restlessness, medication, writing essays, and algebra. Filled with pictures, cartoons, and entertaining ADHD stories, this book is meant to be helpful yet still be interesting to read. The bottom line goal for this book is to provide teens and parents with educational information, strategies for coping, plus a sense of hope that they too will survive this sometimes overwhelming disorder. According to former Surgeon General Everett Koop, M.D., "No prescription can ever be as effective as education." A Bird's-Eye View provides the perfect first step in this educational process.

Bonus: A 10-Year Update
This third edition of A Bird’s-Eye View provides a ten-year update on 11 teens that were featured in the original book. Today, their careers range from teacher, to a chef, bandleader, music major, artist, army reservist, assistant to a hospital ICU director, and college students. These young people offer the best kind of advice—advice based upon first-hand experience. But best of all, teens and their families are left with a sense of hope that they too will survive this sometimes, overwhelming disorder.

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Introduction
ADD and ADHD According to Alex
Meet the Real Experts on ADD and ADHD

Ari - 15, ADD

Adrian - 16, ADHD

Amelia - 18, ADHD

Erik - 17, ADHD

Jeremy - 17, ADHD

Katie - 13, ADHD

Khris - 16, ADHD

Kati - 14, ADHD

Kyle -15, ADHD

Nathan - 12, ADHD

Perry - 17, ADD

Tyler - 15, ADHD

...Ten Years Later

The Common Challenges of ADD and ADHD

Chaos and Clutter (disorganization)

Daydreamers and Space Cadets (inattention)

Absent-minded Professors (forgetfulness)

Ready. Fire! Aim....Oops! (impulsivity)

"I am late for......everything!" (can't judge passage of time)

Night Owls and Morning Zombies (can't fall asleep or wake up easily)

Doodling 101 (messy handwriting and printing)

A Tortoise or a Hare? ADD vs ADHD (slow reading and writing or rushing through work)

Brilliant Ideas Lost Forever (problems writing essays and reports)

Remembering Two "F" Words: Facts and Formulas (can't remember math facts and formulas)

"I'll do it tomorrow." (procrastination)

Short Fuses (difficulty controlling emotions)

Bouncing off the Walls (hyperactivity/restlessness)

Coping with ADD or ADHD

Education about ADD and ADHD

Counseling

Parent Counseling

Medication

Accepting help from others

When treatment isn't right

Finding your Islands of Competence or..... "What am I good at?"

Advocating for yourself

Tough topics-smoking, alcohol, illegal drugs, and driving

Closing on a Note of Hope!

More Helpful Information for You and Your Parents
     A Letter to Parents of Teens with ADD or ADHD
     Summary 1: The ADD/ADHD Iceberg
     Summary 2: Ten Frequently Asked Questions about ADD and ADHD
     Summary 3: What You Need to Know about your Brain
     Summary 4: What you Need to Know about Medication
     Summary 5: A Medication Rating Scale
     Summary 6: Executive Function..."What is this anyway?" (ATTENTION article)
     Summary 7: A Graphic Organizer for Writing an Essay
     Summary 8: The ADD and ADHD Dictionary
Foreword from Dr. Tom Brown:
….One of the major strengths of A Bird’s-Eye View is that it shows the many differences among those with ADHD—differences in what they struggle with, in how they cope, and differences also in their impressive strengths and talents.

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This new 10th anniversary edition of A Bird’s Eye View adds not just more practical tips, but also a new, very important perspective, a view over time! Readers of this edition see updates on how these 11 “survivors” have grown, what they’re doing now, and how much they have accomplished.
In these pages Alex and his mother have provided a basis for hope, as well as a very practical and helpful reminder of how these 11, and all the rest of us, continue to be “a work in progress.”

Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D., Associate Director, Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders, Yale University School of Medicine.

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"It's terriffic...Without exception, this edition remains the best book I have reviewed to date for teens with ADHD and their parents. It is clear, concise, engaging, witty, entertaining, and at times appropriately irreverent yet more importantly it is founded on the science of ADHD not just anecdotes. ...it is packed full of factually based information on ADHD derived from the voluminous scientific literature that is skillfully woven throughout the more personalized information and serves to demystify and de-pathologize the disorder. Congratulations to Chris and Alex for collaborating to produce this unique, insightful, and highly useful guide to ADHD in adolescents."

Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., professor Medical University of South Carolina; author, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment and numerous other ADHD books.

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"I really love this book! It is an essential tool for any pre-teen or teen who is living with AD/HD."
Perry W. Green, III, age 17
Leading researchers in the field of ADHD have emphasized the fact that education about ADHD is a critical element of a treatment plan. In fact, Dr. Russell Barkley has reported that ADD/ADHD education is often more effective than counseling. Dr. Peter Jensen explains that ADHD education is one of the most critical things we must provide for families and teenagers.

Alex Zeigler, the coauthor and Dendy's youngest son, is an ADD survivor. He tells about his terrible high school years and shares personal tips that enabled him to persevere and graduate from college in spite of his struggles. Chris Dendy, the "scribe" who recorded the words of wisdom from these young people, is a professional with 40 years experience as a teacher, school psychologist, and mental health counselor and administrator.

Alex and Chris worked three years to write a book expressly for teenagers that will help educate them about their ADD or ADHD. In A Bird's-Eye View, they review the strategies that were utilized while addressing their own personal challenges with attention deficit disorder. In the process, they interviewed twelve teens from across the country and sought their advice for dealing with many of the common challenges that accompany attention deficit disorder.

Alex graduated from college after years of struggling with the challenges of his attention disorder plus hidden executive function deficits. He has a major in criminal justice/forensics and a minor in computer science. Alex's computer skills were essential in the publication of this book. Because the original artist and layout designer became gravely ill in the midst of producing the book, Alex took over his responsibilities. He designed the cover and did the layout for the book using InDesign and Photoshop software. He also created the artwork for the ADD/ADHD Iceberg, diagrams of the neurotransmitters, as well as the shading of the cartoons.

All the books and videos that we have created were produced for a specific reason, not simply just to have products to sell. Typically these were materials that our family so desperately needed but were not available during the challenging teenage years.

A Bird's-Eye View of Life with ADHD and EFD... Ten Years Later

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