ADHD

ADD/ADHD Behavior-Change Resource Kit: Ready-to-Use Strategies & Activities for Helping Children with Attention Deficit Disorder

Mastering Your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program Client Workbook (Treatments That Work)

Support groups and additional information may be found at Children and Adults with ADD

Sleep Experts Answer Your Questions On Teens And Shuteye http://m.npr.org/news/front/136435718

 

Alzheimer’s

What If It’s Not Alzheimer’s: A Caregiver’s Guide to Dementia This book provides a wealth of information on what to expect from your family member, how to cope, and how to plan ahead whether your loved one has Alzheimer’s Disease or another memory disorder.

Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories: A Support Group in a Book Caregiver support is one of the most effective tools to improving quality of life for everyone in the family.  If you don’t care for yourself, you won’t be able to care for your loved one!

Alzheimer’s Association An excellent resource for information and caregiver support.

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America

Family Caregiver Alliance supports and sustains the important work of families nationwide caring for loved ones with chronic, disabling health conditions.

Brain exercises delay mental declineThe science behind the fact that using your brain will help maintain your memory for longer.

 

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Behavioral Intervention for Young Children with Autism

A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism: How to Meet the Challenges and Help Your Child Thrive

San Francisco Bay Area Autism Society

Archives of General Psychology: Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy and Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders

www.socialthinking.com has a host of therapy resources for developing social skills.

 

Brain Tumors

None

 

Epilepsy / Seizure Disorders

Your Child and Epilepsy

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures

The Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California

 

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

The Brain Injury Network provides a variety of supports for survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury: www.braininjurynetwork.org

Mega-lawsuit says NFL hid brain injury links
by MARYCLAIRE DALE
A concussion-related lawsuit bringing together scores of cases has been filed in federal court, accusing the NFL of hiding information that linked football-related head trauma to permanent brain injuries.