23 Books like Scattered

ADHD Does Not Exist

by Richard Saul • 2014

How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.

3.03

505

🏥 Medical Overdiagnosis 🧠 Attention Disorders ⚕️ Critical Psychiatry

ADHD Does Not Exist 96%

How many ADHD cases are really bad eyesight, poor sleep, or boredom? A clinician argues most.

by Richard Saul 2014

3.03

505 ratings

🏥 Medical Overdiagnosis 🧠 Attention Disorders ⚕️ Critical Psychiatry

Healing ADD

by Daniel G. Amen • 2001

Not all ADD is alike. Six brain patterns need six different treatments. The wrong one backfires.

4.03

2k+

🧠 Attention Disorders 🔬 Brain-Based Psychiatry 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry

Healing ADD 96%

Not all ADD is alike. Six brain patterns need six different treatments. The wrong one backfires.

by Daniel G. Amen 2001

4.03

2k+ ratings

🧠 Attention Disorders 🔬 Brain-Based Psychiatry 🥗 Nutritional Psychiatry

12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD

by Russell A. Barkley • 2020

ADHD isn't defiance; your child's executive age trails 30% behind. What to do instead of punishment.

4.00

902

🧠 Adhd Parenting 🧩 Executive Function 🧘 Mindful Parenting

12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD Summary

12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD 96%

ADHD isn't defiance; your child's executive age trails 30% behind. What to do instead of punishment.

by Russell A. Barkley 2020

4.00

902 ratings

🧠 Adhd Parenting 🧩 Executive Function 🧘 Mindful Parenting

Superparenting for ADD

by Edward M. Hallowell • 2002

A parenting playbook that starts where ADD kids thrive: their strengths, not their deficits.

3.94

611

🧠 Adhd Parenting 💪 Strength-Based Parenting 🧩 Neurodiversity Movement

Superparenting for ADD 96%

A parenting playbook that starts where ADD kids thrive: their strengths, not their deficits.

by Edward M. Hallowell 2002

3.94

611 ratings

🧠 Adhd Parenting 💪 Strength-Based Parenting 🧩 Neurodiversity Movement

Getting Ahead of ADHD

by Joel T. Nigg • 2017

ADHD isn't destiny. Epigenetics shows how food, exercise, and sleep reshape developing brains.

4.09

178

🧠 Adhd Parenting 🧩 Executive Function 🧬 Epigenetics

Getting Ahead of ADHD 96%

ADHD isn't destiny. Epigenetics shows how food, exercise, and sleep reshape developing brains.

by Joel T. Nigg 2017

4.09

178 ratings

🧠 Adhd Parenting 🧩 Executive Function 🧬 Epigenetics

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

by Bruce D. Perry • 2007

A boy raised with dogs: how a child psychiatrist learned to heal trauma's deepest wounds.

4.58

42k+

🧠 Child Psychology 🧒 Developmental Trauma 🩺 Trauma-Informed Care

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog 96%

A boy raised with dogs: how a child psychiatrist learned to heal trauma's deepest wounds.

by Bruce D. Perry 2007

4.58

42k+ ratings

🧠 Child Psychology 🧒 Developmental Trauma 🩺 Trauma-Informed Care

Taking Charge of ADHD

by Russell A. Barkley • 1995

A disorder of self-control, not attention: the complete guide to parenting a child with ADHD.

4.05

2k+

🧠 Adhd Parenting 🧒 Child Development ⚡ Executive Function

Taking Charge of ADHD 95%

A disorder of self-control, not attention: the complete guide to parenting a child with ADHD.

by Russell A. Barkley 1995

4.05

2k+ ratings

🧠 Adhd Parenting 🧒 Child Development ⚡ Executive Function

Self-Reg

by Stuart Shanker • 2016

Tantrums aren't disobedience. They're a stressed nervous system. How your calm becomes their calm.

4.16

2k+

🧒 Child Development 😰 Stress And Behavior 🧠 Nervous System Regulation

Self-Reg 95%

Tantrums aren't disobedience. They're a stressed nervous system. How your calm becomes their calm.

by Stuart Shanker 2016

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧒 Child Development 😰 Stress And Behavior 🧠 Nervous System Regulation

Reclaim Your Brain

by Joseph A. Annibali • 2015

Calm the limbic system and strengthen the prefrontal cortex: the two-step fix for a runaway mind.

3.65

539

🧠 Neuroscience 🧘 Mindfulness 📝 Narrative Therapy

Reclaim Your Brain 95%

Calm the limbic system and strengthen the prefrontal cortex: the two-step fix for a runaway mind.

by Joseph A. Annibali 2015

3.65

539 ratings

🧠 Neuroscience 🧘 Mindfulness 📝 Narrative Therapy

ADHD Is Awesome

by Penn Holderness • 2024

ADHD means your attention lands everywhere and nowhere. A couple's guide to steering it.

4.16

16k+

🧠 Adult Adhd 📋 Executive Function 🌈 Neurodivergence

ADHD Is Awesome 95%

ADHD means your attention lands everywhere and nowhere. A couple's guide to steering it.

by Penn Holderness 2024

4.16

16k+ ratings

🧠 Adult Adhd 📋 Executive Function 🌈 Neurodivergence

Securely Attached

by Mike Berry • 2020

Hard behaviors are trauma speaking. Practical tools to decode the message and build connection.

4.35

178

🧠 Trauma Informed Parenting 🔗 Attachment Theory 🤝 Co Regulation

Securely Attached 95%

Hard behaviors are trauma speaking. Practical tools to decode the message and build connection.

by Mike Berry 2020

4.35

178 ratings

🧠 Trauma Informed Parenting 🔗 Attachment Theory 🤝 Co Regulation

The Way of Play

by Tina Payne Bryson • 2025

How to turn the play you already do into a neuroscience-backed engine of emotional development.

4.13

573

🧒 Child-Led Play 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🏕️ Unstructured Play

The Way of Play 95%

How to turn the play you already do into a neuroscience-backed engine of emotional development.

by Tina Payne Bryson 2025

4.13

573 ratings

🧒 Child-Led Play 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🏕️ Unstructured Play

The Connected Parent

by Karyn Purvis • 2020

Scripts and sensory rhythms that build trust when a child never learned it in infancy.

4.53

2k+

🛡️ Trauma-Informed Parenting 🌱 Developmental Trauma 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Connected Parent 95%

Scripts and sensory rhythms that build trust when a child never learned it in infancy.

by Karyn Purvis 2020

4.53

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Trauma-Informed Parenting 🌱 Developmental Trauma 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More

by Elaine Taylor-Klaus • 2020

Your kid's brain works differently. Coach it instead of directing it: the adhd and anxiety playbook.

4.10

469

🧠 Parenting Adhd ⚙️ Executive Function 🎯 Parent Coaching

The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More Summary

The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More 95%

Your kid's brain works differently. Coach it instead of directing it: the adhd and anxiety playbook.

by Elaine Taylor-Klaus 2020

4.10

469 ratings

🧠 Parenting Adhd ⚙️ Executive Function 🎯 Parent Coaching

Trauma Through a Child's Eyes

by Peter A. Levine • 2006

Trauma is a nervous system stuck on alert. The hands-on reset for a child's body.

4.34

492

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Somatic Psychology ⚡ Nervous System Regulation

Trauma Through a Child's Eyes 95%

Trauma is a nervous system stuck on alert. The hands-on reset for a child's body.

by Peter A. Levine 2006

4.34

492 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🧠 Somatic Psychology ⚡ Nervous System Regulation

The Power of Different

by Gail Saltz • 2017

Anxiety, depression, autism, and ADHD: the cognitive gifts we miss when we see only the disorder.

4.07

1k+

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎨 Creativity And Madness 🏋️ Strength-Based Psychology

The Power of Different 95%

Anxiety, depression, autism, and ADHD: the cognitive gifts we miss when we see only the disorder.

by Gail Saltz 2017

4.07

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodiversity 🎨 Creativity And Madness 🏋️ Strength-Based Psychology

Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma

by Sebern F. Fisher • 2014

When early trauma hardwires the brain for threat, neurofeedback can retrain the circuitry.

4.45

148

🧠 Developmental Trauma ⚡ Neurofeedback 🧬 Brain Plasticity

Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Summary

Neurofeedback in the Treatment of Developmental Trauma 95%

When early trauma hardwires the brain for threat, neurofeedback can retrain the circuitry.

by Sebern F. Fisher 2014

4.45

148 ratings

🧠 Developmental Trauma ⚡ Neurofeedback 🧬 Brain Plasticity

ADHD 2.0

by Edward M. Hallowell • 2021

New brain science reveals why distraction feels unstoppable, and how to retrain focus at any age.

4.07

13k+

🧩 Adhd Management 🧠 Brain Plasticity 💪 Strengths-Based

ADHD 2.0 95%

New brain science reveals why distraction feels unstoppable, and how to retrain focus at any age.

by Edward M. Hallowell 2021

4.07

13k+ ratings

🧩 Adhd Management 🧠 Brain Plasticity 💪 Strengths-Based

Theraplay

by Phyllis B. Booth • 1998

A therapy that builds secure bonds through sensory play, nurture, and gentle risk-taking.

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🔗 Attachment Theory 🧸 Play Therapy 🤱 Parent-Child Bonding

Theraplay 95%

A therapy that builds secure bonds through sensory play, nurture, and gentle risk-taking.

by Phyllis B. Booth 1998

4.37

112 ratings

🔗 Attachment Theory 🧸 Play Therapy 🤱 Parent-Child Bonding

What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew

by Sharon Saline • 2018

A psychologist's collaborative method for parenting ADHD kids from the inside out.

4.18

1k+

🧠 Adhd Parenting 📋 Executive Functioning 🤝 Collaborative Parenting

What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew Summary

What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew 95%

A psychologist's collaborative method for parenting ADHD kids from the inside out.

by Sharon Saline 2018

4.18

1k+ ratings

🧠 Adhd Parenting 📋 Executive Functioning 🤝 Collaborative Parenting

Understanding ADHD in Girls and Women

by Joanne Steer • 2021

ADHD looks different in girls: quieter, internal, and easy to overlook, with a fallout that lasts.

3.98

278

🚺 Adhd In Women 🧠 Executive Dysfunction 😢 Emotional Dysregulation

Understanding ADHD in Girls and Women Summary

Understanding ADHD in Girls and Women 95%

ADHD looks different in girls: quieter, internal, and easy to overlook, with a fallout that lasts.

by Joanne Steer 2021

3.98

278 ratings

🚺 Adhd In Women 🧠 Executive Dysfunction 😢 Emotional Dysregulation

The Explosive Child [Sixth Edition]

by Ross W.Greene • 2021

Consequences aren't working because your child is lacking skills, not will. The collaborative fix.

4.19

2k+

🧠 Developmental Parenting 🧩 Behavioral Challenges 🌿 Gentle Parenting

The Explosive Child [Sixth Edition] Summary

The Explosive Child [Sixth Edition] 95%

Consequences aren't working because your child is lacking skills, not will. The collaborative fix.

by Ross W.Greene 2021

4.19

2k+ ratings

🧠 Developmental Parenting 🧩 Behavioral Challenges 🌿 Gentle Parenting

Brain-Based Parenting

by Daniel A. Hughes • 2012

Parental stress physically blocks the ability to bond. A four-part practice for restoring it.

4.28

158

🧩 Attachment Parenting 🧠 Neuroscience Of Parenting ❤️‍🩹 Trauma-Informed Parenting

Brain-Based Parenting 95%

Parental stress physically blocks the ability to bond. A four-part practice for restoring it.

by Daniel A. Hughes 2012

4.28

158 ratings

🧩 Attachment Parenting 🧠 Neuroscience Of Parenting ❤️‍🩹 Trauma-Informed Parenting

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