All Dogs Have ADHD: A Look into Understanding ADHD

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All Dogs Have ADHD

By: Kathy Hoopmann

Publisher: Kingsley, Jessica Publishers

Copyright: 2008

Genre: Nonfiction, Coping Book, Special Needs

Grade Level: 5th or 6th

Brief Synopsis:

Following the style of the award-winning All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome, charming color photographs of dogs bring to life familiar ADHD characteristics such as being restless and excitable, getting easily distracted, and acting on impulse.
This delightful book combines humor with understanding to reflect the difficulties and joys of raising a child with ADHD and celebrates what it means to be considered `different'. This absorbing and enjoyable book takes a refreshing approach to understanding ADHD.
Kathy Hoopmann is the author of the award-winning book, All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. She has also written the Asperger Adventure series for younger children; Blue Bottle Mystery, Of Mice and Aliens, and Lisa and the Lacemaker as well as an Asperger teen fiction book, Haze, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Currently she lives in Dubai with her husband and three children.

About the Author:

Kathy Hoopman-  is an Australian author currently living in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. She is the author of ten books for children and teenagers published in Australia, the UK and the UAE. Her acclaimed Asperger Adventure series: Blue Bottle Mystery, Of Mice and Aliens, and Lisa and the Lacemaker, was shortlisted for a variety of literary awards and has been translated into five languages.

Themes: - Coming to an Understand about the symptoms of ADHD

- Explaining ADHD to a parent or Child

- Comparing a dog's Activites to a person with ADHD

Pre-Reading Activities:

- Give students a black and white picture of a dog.  Have them fill in the dog with facts they already know about them.  How do they act?  Why do they act this way?  We need to begin by getting a sense of how dogs act before comparing them to people.

Post Reading Activities:

 - Have a student with ADHD bring this home to their parent to read.  Have the Parent and child write a note back to the teacher about what they learned from the book.

- List 10-15 things they got out of the book.  I am reading and showing the students pictures from the book.  They then have to take those 10-15 things and relate their desciptions to some one with ADHD.

Reflection: This book's title may put some people off from reading it because it might seem like they are comparing a  person's actions to those of a dog.  This will help people who have never experienced ADHD and the comparison to a dog is more relatable.  The pictures are very playful and fun and help to explain each symptom that is brought up.

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Kathy Hoopmann Bio.