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Fire child, water child : how understanding the five types of ADHD can help you improve your child's self-esteem & attention / Stephen Scott Cowan.

by Cowan, Stephen Scott.

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Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, c2012.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Psychological aspects.

Attention-deficit-disordered children -- Psychology.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

9781608820900 (pbk.) :

1608820904 (pbk.) :

viii , 207 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Introduction : mapping a path to attention -- Problems with the diagnosis of ADHD -- Stress and attention -- Taking a closer look : the three treasures -- The five ways of focus -- Mapping solutions for your child -- The wood child -- The fire child -- The earth child -- The metal child -- The water child.

In his years working with children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), pediatrician Stephen Scott Cowan has discovered that what helps one child focus his or her attention may not benefit another. There are five distinct ways children focus, presented for the first time in Fire Child, Water Child. This guide to parenting children with ADHD helps parents identify their child's unique focusing style -- fire, metal, water, wood, or earth -- and use the appropriate skills and parenting techniques to reduce ADHD symptoms. For example, children with metal focusing styles are comforted by routine and find it difficult to shift attention from task to task..

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