Description
<p>Does your child have ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)?</p><p>Meet David, one of award-winning author Sherrill S. Cannon's "Classroom of Kids," who manages his ADHD with the help of classmates.</p><p>David discovers ways to cope with his hyperactive brain, while learning how to calm and soothe his ADHD. Solutions include setting daily schedules and following simple rules that regulate behavior. His teachers and therapists encourage using the computer for academic advancement, and to establish a pattern for study as well as for occasional recreation. David not only learns self-control and communication skills, but is able to fit into the classroom and make friends.</p><p>Once again social values are emphasized in the author's latest illustrated children's story, and classroom friends from previous books are featured. In fact, David has been part of the class for a long time!</p><p><strong><em>"David's ADHD</em></strong><em> is a timely topic for parents and children. A story in rhyme that demystifies ADHD. It explains a youngster's behavior in terms of his inattentiveness and impulsivity and how it impacts those around him. A sensitive way of creating understanding for children with ADHD and their families."</em> - <strong>Dr. Valerie Allen, licensed school psychologist</strong></p><p><strong>Author Bio: </strong></p><p>Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won 76 awards for her previous 11 rhyming books. She is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. The author has been called "an absolute master of rhyming" and "a modern-day Dr. Seuss."</p>
Story Behind The Book
I was a business owner in her fifties, dealing with the ordeal of getting older. Watching time flee. I had all of these dreams and goals inside crying out to be fulfilled. Yet, I felt I was getting too old and thinking time was not on my side. Still, I couldn't expect this as my fate. So, I begin the journey to reset my mind and develop a stronger way of thinking, as well as a stronger body. Other ladies started to share with me that they were facing the same aging challenges. I wanted to help them and myself and that's how "Fabulous over Forty" was birthed. This book helped me to get set free from the aging decline and started me on this fabulous road of aging well. The feedback from so many others confirmed that the message in this book is very much needed …NOW.
