Resources for Parents And Teenagers
Find in this page resources collected by Dr. T. Snyder, Clinical Neuropsychologist at the University of Alberta.
Adolescents & Parents
Book of same name published in 2015 for adolescents and/or parents. - Brainstorm: the Power & Purpose of the Teenage Brain: You Tube, December 7, 2016 talk by Dr. Daniel Siegel
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Executive Functioning/Self-Regulatory Abilities
Center on the Developing Child/Harvard University – Enhancing & practicing executive function skills with children from infancy to adolescence (games & activities for improving self-regulation).
Epilepsy
- The Brainstorm Series: In My Words, The Brainstorm Village, The Brainstorms Family
These Brainstorm Series books are available for borrowing from the Edmonton Epilepsy Association:
- Epilepsy in Our Experience- Accounts of Healthcare Professionals
- Epilepsy In Our Lives – Women Living With Epilepsy
- Epilepsy in our View – Stories from Friends and Families of People Living with Epilepsy
- Epilepsy in Our Words – Personal Accounts of Living with Seizures
- Epilepsy in Our World – Stories of Living with Seizures from Around the World
- Epilepsy on Our Terms – Stories by Children with Seizures and Their Parents
- In Our Words – Personal Accounts of Living with Non-Epileptic Seizures
Anxiety
ADHD
- Russell A. Barkley (book series)
- Exceptional online resources/talks about the nature and causes of ADHD, interventions that work and do not work, including social skills training, parent training, & drug therapy, and the life-time outcomes for persons with ADHD with or without oppositional behaviour, anxiety, depression, learning disabilities, addictions, and anti-social behaviours, e.g., “Essential Ideas for Parents” in 2015
12 Principles For Raising A Child With ADHD- Taking Charge of ADHD: The complete, authoritative guide for parents (book, 2013)
- 12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD (Guilford Press paperback, 2021)
- Classroom Accommodations for Children with ADHD: the ADHD Report, 2008, and Managing ADHD in School: The best evidence-based methods for teachers, 2016
- Defiant Children: 10 step parent training program
- Joel Nigg: Getting Ahead of ADHD, book published in 2017 about our understanding of ADHD, effects of diet, exercise, sleep & stress, and medical/drug & alternative treatments.
- ADDitudeMag.com.com – many, many resources/talks about all aspects of ADHD, including
- 14 Tips for Parenting ADHD Teens (hand-out)
- 6 Things You Didn’t Know About the ADHD Brain (hand-out)
- Apps for Children with ADHD: 2Do, Finish, EpicWin, Lift, Listastic, 30/30, etc.
- Video Games and the ADHD Brain
- Adult ADHD
- 6 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD (Russell Barkley, Feb 2021)
Strategic Alliance for Alberta Students with Learning Challenges – link to a their website for useful resources.