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
Shaun White arcs midsky, twists, then rushes toward a white and waiting slope. Michael Johnson races past, pumping fists and air with every record-breaking stride. Brian Vickers rounds a curve of the raceway for a steady split-second, then is gone.
When air pollution drove many athletes from the Beijing Olympic Games, all eyes turned to the delicate relationship between sports and the environment. But the connection was always there. For snowboarders, sprinters and NASCAR drivers alike, every step of the game relies on the earth, giving to and taking from it, and every action has consequences.
Champions for Change looks through the eyes of today’s top athletes and explorers at a world in the grip of global warming, and asks how each of us can tap into our own heroism and help. Part dazzling photographic essay, part call to action, Champions for Change guides readers of all ages through the climate change frontlines and into the lives of athletes working to make a difference. They include:
•Brian Vickers
•Andrea Jaeger
•Shaun White
•Masa Sampei
•Lynn Hill
•Jim Whittaker
•Liz Odera
•Michael Johnson
•Justin Rose
•Greg LeMond
•Natalie Coughlin
•Jen O’Brien
•Jessica Long
•Haile Gebrselassie
•Jack Johnson
•Roz Savage
•Anne Quéméré
•Marcos Diaz
Created with the support of the United Nations Department of Public Information.
