ADD-vantage : Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder newsletter : issue 4 : July/September 1999

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This issue includes some articles for teachers, parents and professionals in keeping with the aims of providing information about AD/HD for all members of this newsletter. Articles contained in this newsletter are: Are there different levels of ADHD and are behaviour treatments alone appropriate for mild forms of ADHD only? - Tips for dealing with teachers you think or know don't like you by Dr. Alice D'Antoni-Philips - Classroom coaching: developing constructive internal language - Variations in the treatment received by children with ADHD by Dr. David Rabiner - Bupropion vs Methylphenidate in the treatment of ADHD - Medication treatment for ADHD adolescents with conduct disorder and substance use disorders - Classroom coaching: bringing skill online by Dr. Steven Richfield - "My child is in the third grade and was diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year. He has been taking Ritalin and his behaviour has been much better. His school-work though, continues to be a real problem. Reading and writing in particular are incredibly difficult for him and have hardly improved at all. What should we do?" - They say that growing up is hard to do! by Dr. Alice D'Antoni Phillips - When the coach needs just as much coaching: ADHD parents raising ADHD children by Dr. Steven Richfield - The psychosocial adjustment of ADHD boys in young adulthood