Boy Without Instructions by Penny Williams

The special education system is complicated, though, and parents often don’t know what their kids are entitled to or how to go about getting it. These laws were designed to even the academic playing field for kids with ADHD and other disabilities. “ schools have an obligation to identify, evaluate, and provide disabled students whose disability substantially impacts learning a ‘free appropriate public education,’” Robert Tudisco, an education attorney and advocate, told Healthline. When a student with ADHD is misunderstood, it makes securing the accommodations and services they need to succeed doubly hard.īe on the Lookout for These 7 Signs of ADHD »Īs a student whose disability affects their learning, a child with ADHD has extra rights under federal law.

Symptoms of ADHD frequently look like a lack of effort, lack of motivation, or simply not caring about doing well in the classroom. Often, one of the biggest struggles for ADHD kids and their parents is achieving a successful school experience. Boy Without Instructions validates your grief and guilt, yet reveals that it's truly possible to craft a (mostly) joy-filled life for your child with ADHD, yourself, and your family.Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can achieve success in school when they get the accommodations they’re entitled to.ĪDHD affects about 11 percent of American children. Right before your eyes, this initially grief-stricken momma transforms from obsessed-with-ADHD control-freak and helicopter mom to optimistic and (mostly) confident parent of a child who happens to have ADHD. Williams shares her unfiltered thoughts and emotions during her progression through this learning curve during this harrowing ride.

Most books on ADHD don't dare expose the genuine grit of the moment-by-moment peaks and valleys of this special parenthood - the gut-wrenching, crying on the bathroom floor, feeling like you're losing your mind truth of the matter that is learning to successfully parent a child with ADHD.

Boy Without Instructions by Penny Williams