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Mindfulness for Kids with ADHD

by Debra Burdick

Book Details

Publisher:New Harbinger Publications
Published:2018-10-01
Pages:215
Format:BOOK
Language:en

Reading Info

Age Range:6-10

About This Book

Help your child with ADHD thrive. Mindfulness for Kids with ADHD offers fun and accessible mindfulness exercises designed to help kids with ADHD successfully navigate all the areas of life—from making friends and doing well in school to establishing healthy habits and limiting screen time. As a parent, you know that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can make the normal developmental tasks of childhood more difficult to accomplish in numerous ways. These tasks include: making friend

Our Review

This practical guide offers children with ADHD a toolkit of mindfulness techniques to help them navigate daily challenges like making friends, managing schoolwork, and establishing healthy routines. The book presents these strategies through fun, accessible exercises that translate mindfulness concepts into activities kids can actually use. It directly addresses how attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder can make typical childhood developmental tasks more difficult, providing targeted support where it's needed most. Parents will appreciate how these methods help build foundational skills for emotional regulation and focus.

What sets this resource apart is its specific design for the ADHD brain, transforming abstract mindfulness concepts into concrete, engaging practices that hold a child's attention. The activities are thoughtfully crafted to help with impulse control, frustration tolerance, and social interactions—areas where children with attention challenges often struggle. Families will find these exercises create natural opportunities for connection while building lifelong coping strategies. This approach empowers children to better understand their own minds and develop greater self-awareness in their daily lives.

Themes

Juvenile Nonfiction

Subjects

Juvenile Nonfiction