NEW MAGAZINE CELEBRATES ATTENTION DEFICIT ACHIEVERS
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ADDitude: The Happy, Healthy Lifestyle Magazine for People With ADD, launches in mid-May with a new twist on Attention Deficit Disorder: success.
"We're out to show that people with ADD have enormous energy, talent, and creativity," says magazine founder and editor Ellen Kingsley. "At the same time, we provide resources for the very real problems they face."
ADDitude's first cover features Texas Rangers outfielder Gabe Kapler, whose ADD nearly benched him after high school. Kapler and his wife discuss his transformation from underachiever to superstar.
"Gabe Kapler is one of many positive role models we'll provide to readers of ADDitude," says Kingsley. "All too often, children with ADD feel like they have no future."
ADD, also called AD/HD (H for hyperactivity) affects as many as fifteen million Americans and five percent of schoolchildren. The condition, characterized by distractibility and impulsive behavior, affects academic and social skills.
ADDitude addresses these issues with monthly columns on children and parenting, staying organized, accomplishing your goals, building successful relationships and achieving in school and on the job. It also covers health topics such as diet, exercise, treatments, and psychology.
"But ADDitude isn't just for ADD adults and parents of ADD kids," Kingsley adds. "The information and advice in our magazine can help everyone, since we all have difficulties organizing and managing our busy lives."
Along with Gabe Kapler's story, ADDitude's first issue focuses substantially on education with articles on learning styles, parent-teacher relationships, adult education, and helping children deal with bullies. Other features help readers organize their cosmetics, evaluate personal organizers, and plan healthful meals. Newsday neuroscience correspondent Jamie Talan contributes a comprehensive feature on ADD Brain, Biology and Behavior. And every month, ADDitude will salute a teacher ("Teachers We Love") and school programs ("Schools That Work") exemplifying excellence in teaching ADD children.
"People with ADD have never had a mainstream media voice," says Kingsley. "I hope ADDitude gives them that voice and something more: a symbol of strength, stature, and pride."
Subscriptions are $22.50 a year and may be ordered by calling 1-800-856-2032 (toll free) or on ADDitude's web site: http://www.additudemag.com
In ADDitude Magazine's June Issue
People To Pay Attention To -- Texas Rangers outfielder Gabe Kapler is on the fast track today, but ADD nearly benched him after high school. Kapler and his wife talk about his transformation from high school underachiever to big league superstar.
Special Education Section:
-- Grade Expectations June is the best time to begin forging a productive parent-teacher relationship for September.
-- Food For Thought If ADD medication makes appetite a problem, here's how parents can provide kids with the nutrition they need to get through the school day.
-- What's Your Learning Style? Students with ADD are not standard-issue students. Discovering whether they are kinesthetic, auditory or visual learners can help maximize their strengths and assure greater school success.
-- Coach On Call (Monthly Column) ADDitude's coach Sandy Maynard helps an ADD cop struggling with the demands of returning to school for a law degree.
-- Healthy ADDitude (Monthly Column) ADDitude's senior medical advisor, Dr. Larry Silver, talks about changing medication regimens during the summer.
-- Social Studies (Monthly Column) How to help ADD kids deal with teasing. Contributed by Pragmatics Language and Social Skills Therapists Merle Holland, Ed.D. and Linda Dickerson, Ed.D.
-- The ADD Experience (Monthly Column with Guest Contributors) ADDitude editor in chief Ellen Kingsley recounts her family's disastrous experience with main streaming her ADD son. (Adapted from her recent Washington Post article, Rescued from the Mainstream)
Special Report Brain, Biology, and Behavior: How are anomalies in the ADD brain connected to ADD behavior? Newsday neuroscience correspondent Jamie Talan explains in this comprehensive special report.
Throw It Out Clean out your vanity by discarding cosmetics that are dangerously out of date.
Simplify A five minute makeup routine that gets you out the door in a hurry.
Lifesavers The Palm Pilot can simplify life for the chronically disorganized.
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