What is
Attention Deficit Disorder?
A New Way of Thinking About Paying Attention
Your Go-To Guide for the most up-to-date strategies for understanding ADD/ADHD and attention skills. This page is designed to help you move along the ADD spectrum from frustration to elation and to give you a better understanding of what it really means to pay attention.
When your child is having difficulties focusing, sitting still, or paying attention, it can be very easy to first assume that the problem is ADD. But, before you rush to label and medicate your child, make sure that you are informed!
Remember this mantra:
Before you medicate, educate!
On this page you will find resources that will help you to better understand ADD.
Download or print off the informative ADD booklet—it’s a fantastic resource that charts Oxford Learning’s big-picture approach to teaching children with ADD.





