F.O.C.U.S. Library

As a F.O.C.U.S. member you are entitled to borrow books from our resource library located in the F.O.C.U.S. office. We have a wide range of publications available that offer useful information about AD/HD and SLD. Feel free to come in and have a browse!

We also have two excellent books, written by leaders in the field, for sale in the F.O.C.U.S. office. We are offering these at the discounted price of $100 per book.

 

 

Attention Deficit Disorder: The Unfocused Mind in Children and Adults

Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D.

Myths about Attention Deficit Disorder abound. This disorder often goes unrecognized, and even when diagnosed may be inadequately treated. In this up-to-date and clearly written book for the general public as well as professionals in medicine, mental health and education, Dr. Brown describes his new way of understanding ADD. Drawing on recent findings in neuroscience and a rich variety of case histories from his clinical practice, he describes what ADD syndrome is, how it can be recognized at different ages, and how it can best be treated.

This is the first book to address the perplexing question about ADD: how can individuals, some very bright, be chronically unable to "pay attention," yet be able to focus very well on specific tasks that strongly interest them? Dr. Brown challenges the "willpower" explanation and explains how inherited malfunctions of the brain's management system prevent some people from being able to deal adequately with challenging tasks of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. His book is an authoritative and practical guide for physicians and psychologists, parents and teachers, and the 7 to 9 percent of persons who suffer from ADD or ADHD.
   

Overcoming Dyslexia:  A New and Complete Science-Based Program For Reading Problems at Any Level

Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

For everyone who struggles to read! Clear, practical, science-based information and advice for successful results. One in five American children has trouble reading. But they are not stupid or lazy. In Overcoming Dyslexia, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention and a leader in the new research into how the brain works, offers the latest information about reading problems and proven, practical techniques that, along with hard work and the right help, can enable anyone to overcome them. Here are the tools that parents and teachers need to help the dyslexic child, age by age, grade by grade, step by step.
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