A new approach to help kids with ADHD and LD succeed in and outside the classroom This groundbreaking book addresses the consequences of the unabated stress associated with Learning disabilities and ADHD and the toxic, deleterious impact of this stress on kids' academic learning, social skills, behavior, and efficient brain functioning. Schultz draws upon three decades of work as a neuropsychologist, teacher educator, and school consultant to address this gap. This book can help change the way parents and teachers think about why kids with LD and ADHD find school and homework so toxic. It will also offer an abundant supply of practical, understandable strategies that have been shown to reduce stress at school and at home. Offers a new way to look at why kids with ADHD/LD struggle at school Provides effective strategies to reduce stress in kids with ADHD and LD Includes helpful rating scales, checklists, and printable charts to use at school and home This important resource is written by a faculty member of Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry and former classroom teacher.

A new approach to help kids with ADHD and LD succeed in andoutside the classroomThis groundbreaking book addresses the consequences of theunabated stress associated with Learning disabilities and ADHD andthe toxic, deleterious impact of this stress on kids' academiclearning, social skills, behavior, and efficient brain functioning.Schultz draws upon three decades of work as a neuropsychologistteacher educator, and school consultant to address this gap. Thisbook can help change the way parents and teachers think about whykids with LD and ADHD find school and homework so toxic. It willalso offer an abundant supply of practical, understandablestrategies that have been shown to reduce stress at school and athome.* Offers a new way to look at why kids with ADHD/LD struggle atschool* Provides effective strategies to reduce stress in kids withADHD and LD* Includes helpful rating scales, checklists, and printablecharts to use at school and homeThis important resource is written by a faculty member ofHarvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry and formerclassroom teacher.

Foreword ixby Edward M. HallowellAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 1Part One: The Neurobiology of Stress1. Stayin' Alive: Understanding the Human Brain and How It Responds to Stress 172. Stress Goes to School 37Part Two: Making Sense of LD and ADHD3. What's in a Name? Clearing Up Misperceptions About Learning Disabilities 534. Demystifying ADHD 835. Decoding Stress with Neuropsychological Evaluations 105Part Three: How Kids "SAVE FASE" and DE-STRESS6. Nowhere to Hide: How Negative Behaviors Help Kids "Save FASE" 1337. From Distress to DE-STRESS: Breaking the FASE Cycle and Putting Kids on the Path to Competence 149Part Four: Special Messages for Teachers and Parents8. Making Schools Stress-Less and Success-Full for Students with LD and ADHD 2019. Parents and Families: Home Is Where the Heart (and Heartache) Is 245Conclusion: All's Well That Ends...Well . . . 275Appendix A: Resources for Families and Teachers 285Appendix B: Forms and Activities 289References 300About the Author 306Index 308