Table of
Contents
ADHD: A Path to
Success
by
Lawrence Weathers, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Chapter 1: ADHD – Adaptive, not Defective –
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Chris a Six-year-old Boy with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · ADHD Demographics · Myths Of ADHD
Chapter 2:
ADHD: Historical Change in Labeling the Disorder –Luke, a 14-year-old ADHD Boy · ADHD, Current State of the Art Debunked · History of ADHD Labeling and Treatment
Chapter 3: A Personal Experience of ADHD –
Understanding ADHD Thought Process · We Think Like ADHD Children All of the Time · Your Personal Experience of ADHD · Personal History of ADHD
Chapter 4: The Conditioned Attentional Avoidance Loop Model-
Developmental Vulnerability to Family Conflict and ADHD · Conditioned Attentional Avoidance Loop Model · Children’s Limited Use of Time · Avoidance Conditioning: The Horse Grows Bigger
Chapter 5:
ADHD: A Defense Mechanism-Bob, a 14-year-old ADHD Boy · ADHD as a Defense Mechanism · ADHD is Felt as an Insult by Adults · Jane, a 14-year-old ADHD Girl
Chapter 6: Emotional vs. Rational Controls of Behavior-
A Learning Model for ADHD: Conditioned Attentional Avoidance Loop Model · The Conditioned Attentional Avoidance Loop model Makes Neurological theories Superfluous · First Get Run Over Emotionally, Then Learn to Run, Attentionally · Fragile Thoughts, Powerful Emotions · Emotions and Rational Decisions · What You Say May not Be what They Hear · Susan, an 8-year-old ADHD Girl
Chapter 7:
Attentional Patterns and Behaviors-Critical Timing of Coercion and Avoidance in the Conditioned Attentional Avoidance Loop Model: Slow Speed of Avoidance Learning vs. Fast Speed for Punishment · Willful vs. Conditioned Attention · Willful Attention · Conditioned Attention · Changing Attentional Patterns is not Like Sports Practice · The Shifting Conditioned-Willful Attentional Balance · ADHD Auto-Pilot · Conjuring Rational Answers to "Why" · The Limitations of Willful Control of Behavior
Chapter 8:
ADHD and Anger-Cultural Contradiction Both Promotes and Controls Anger · What We Consider "Fun" · Anger as a Part of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children · The Conditioned Attentional Avoidance Loop Model and the Development of Anger · Why Boys Get More Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children · Male Aggression: Social Role of Conflict for Boys · Slower Development of Boys
Chapter 9: Metamorphosis of Anger in ADHD-
Metamorphosis of Anger from Behavior to ADHD · From Behavior to Personal Trait · Anger Alchemy · The Fiction of Individual Responsibility · The Diagnosis of The Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children Homunculus
Chapter 10: Boredom Revisited-
Anger Becomes Depression : The Meaning of Bored · Failure Expectancies in School: No Positive Reinforcement Schedule · "I’m Bored" Means "I Give Up" · Two Meanings of Boredom · How Boredom Works … For Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children Kids · The Trap in Defining Boredom in the Adult Sense of the Word for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children
First Sentence: With terror in my heart, I can still remember sitting in emotional and almost physical pain at Palm Elementary School in Beaumont, California.
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First Sentence: Traditional explanations for ADHD contain a plethora of brilliant sounding words that do not accurately describe the problem
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