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Product Description A practical guide for parents of children with attention deficit disorders, offering useful tools for healthy and correct management of the disorder. As parents of children with attention deficit disorders (ADD or ADHD), you are no doubt already familiar with the daily struggles that accompany these disorders: difficulty in educational settings, a sense of failure, low self-esteem, social struggles, and much more. Along with the difficulties faced by your child, you, the parents, find yourselves in a new and unfamiliar territory, confronted with considerable challenges. Erez Figlash is an experienced personal coach for children and teens with attention deficit disorders, learning disabilities, and functional and adjustment disorders. Ferrari Brain with Bicycle Brakes is a direct product of Figlash’s work with thousands of patients over the last two decades. This book is the ultimate guide for any parent wishing to better understand how every facet of their child’s life is affected and influenced by their attention deficit disorder. It offers practical tools for helping parents to minimize these effects and provides answers for important questions such as the following: Which medical and alternative treatments are available today? How and when should children be diagnosed? What are the risks of neglecting treatment of attention deficit disorders? What must I do to keep my child on the right track? Figlash writes in simple, easy to understand language, and his book’s short chapters make it perfect for parents who suffer themselves from attention disorders and hope to learn how to better lead a life in the shadow of ADD or ADHD. Review "This book is written in layman's terms, easy to understand. It's as if the author is sitting in my living room with me and explaining everything." "There is something comforting about knowing I'm not alone, that my children's disorders are not so unusual, and that there are things that can help with the daily struggle." "The tip about (not) organizing a teenager's room was excellent, and we have already implemented it in our home." "Fascinating! Full of treats from the very beginning. Every page is a treasure!" "I took a peek and couldn't put the book down until I had finished it, extremely moved!" "Recommended for any household with children!" From the Author This book was written for the purpose of providing a solution for the constant search by parents of children with attention deficit disorders after practical and available tools for handling these disorders. This is the only book on the subject that is written in an empowering coaching approach, with clear, determined goals. Ferrari Brain with Bike Brakes is written in simple, easy to understand language, and its short chapters make it perfect for parents who suffer themselves from attention disorders. Many tips and tools in the book are relevant to adults, too. This handy guide is a product of the knowledge and experience accumulated by Figlash in his work accompanying thousands of children and teenagers since 2002. About the Author Erez Figlash is an experienced personal coach for children and teens with attention deficit disorders, learning disabilities, and functional and adjustment disorders. He is a pioneer in the field of child and teenager coaching in Israel, has served on the ILCC's (Israeli center for counselors) board of directors, is an accredited coaching trainer, and lectures in personal training courses and specialization courses for coaching children and teenagers with attention deficit disorders.