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Welcome to the Family Resource Center: Specific Conditions: ATTENTION DISORDERS Section

This section provides information that is specific to attention disorders.

Click on the links below to access the information each resource provides.

If you know of additional resources that provide valuable information in this area, please email us at learning@medhomeplus.org so that we can include these resources in this database.

Organization	Link	What You'll Find There
American Academy of Pediatrics	www.aap.org/healthtopics/adhd.cfm	Extensive series of pages and publications on ADHD
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	www.chadd.org	Resources to improve the lives of people with attention disorders, with nine chapters across Virginia
Council for Exceptional Children	http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Publications1	Excellent set of publications available online on topics including attention disorders
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association	www.add.org	Resources, publications and information on learning disabilities
NICHCY	www.nichcy.org/disabinf.asp	Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Fact Sheet and Briefing Paper
Special Education Resources on the Internet	http://www.seriweb.com/	A collection of information resources of interest to those involved in the fields related to Special Education, including ADD
US Department of Education	www.ed.gov/teachers/needs/speced/adhd/adhd-resource-pt1.doc	Identifying and Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Resource for School and Home
US Department of Education	www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/index.html#adhd-res	Teaching Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Instructional Strategies and Practices
Website maintained by Doug Cowan	http://www.newideas.net/	Comprehensive online information and tools on ADD/ADHD
Website maintained by Doug Cowan	http://www.attentiondeficitdisorder.ws/	This Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Links Project website provides a commercially-oriented list of ADHD-related links, information on medications and alternative treatments, learning disabilities, organizations and products/technologies
Woodbine House publishers	http://woodbinehouse.com/	Publisher of books on a wide range of disability topics, including ADD
Wrightslaw	www.wrightslaw.com/info/add.index.htm	Are Children with ADD/ADHD Eligible for Special Education Services? information
Wrightslaw	www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/ADD_in_Children_Developmental_Issues.html	ADD/ADHD Developmental, Parenting and Treatment Issues