Books that I HIGHLY recommend for parents and those blessed with ADHD:

Taking Charge of ADHD, Revised Edition: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents (Barkley)- HIGHLY recommend this book for parents! It really helps you understand why your child (and maybe even you) act the way that they do. It has tips, suggestions, and references that will help you find out important information so that you can make educated decisions about your child's treatment.

ADD/ADHD Behavior-Change Resource Kit : Ready-to-Use Strategies & Activities for Helping Children with Attention Deficit Disorder (Flick)- another resource book that I HIGHLY recommend for parents! Useful tips, suggestions, and references will help you find out important information so that you can make educated decisions about your child's treatment.

Sparky's Excellent Misadventures: My A.D.D. Journal (Carpenter, et al)- great book for kids! It is interesting and funny, but is probably good for older elementary school children, or a good book to read together with your child. I've found that with kids who need a nudge to read on their own will sit down in a heartbeat to listen to you read to them.

The "Putting on the Brakes" Activity Book for Young People With Adhd (Quinn, et al)- has some good suggestions, and a few good sheets for copying and reusing. This might be a good book for teachers who have a child with ADHD in their classroom as well. What you use will depend on your child and what their specific struggles are. (Geared for 10 years through those early teenage years...)

Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention: A Book for Kids About Add (Nadeau, et al)- This book is great for younger children (2nd-4th grade perhaps) who aren't sure what ADHD is and you want them to learn more about why they do the things that they do.

The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child (Hartmann)- this book is VERY interesting!!! I am still finishing it, but it has wonderful points to explain theories on why ADHD exists, where it came from, and what kind of purpose it has in people today. ADHD doesn't have to be a bad thing... some people consider it a blessing...

Understanding Girls With AD/HD (Nadeau, et al)- I haven't read this book yet, but it seems to have good information. I'll let you know what I think when I'm done reading it.

More Resources:

Barkley, R. A., Edwards, G., Laneri, M., Fletcher, K., Metevia, L. (2001) The Efficacy of Problem-Solving Communication Training Alone, Behavior Management Training Alone, and Their Combination for Parent–Adolescent Conflict in Teenagers With ADHD and ODD, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Volume: 69, Issue: 6, 926-941.

Dunn and Shapiro, (1999) Gender Differences in the Achievement Goal Orientations of ADHD children, Cognitive Therapy and Research, 23, No.3, 327-344.

J.W. Santrock, (2003) Children, 7th Edition. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

Jacobs, Lanza, Osgood, Eccles, and Wigfield, (2002) Changes in Children’s Self-Competence and Values: Gender and Domain Differences across Grades one through Twelve, Child Development, 73:2, 509-527

Jamner, Henker, Delfino, and Lozano, (2002) The ADHD Spectrum and Everyday Life: Experience Sampling of Adolescent Moods, Activities, Smoking, and Drinking, Whalen, Child Development, Vol 73, No 1, 209-227.

Levine, M. (2002). A Mind At A Time. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Maddux, J. E. (Ed). (1995). Self-Efficacy, Adaptation, and Adjustment; Theory, Research, and Application. New York: Plenum.

Mash, Eric J. and Barkley, Russell A. (2003). Childhood Mood Disorders. In Mash, Eric J. and Barkley, Russell A. Child Psychopathology, Second Edition (pp.233-278). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Mash, Eric J. and Barkley, Russell A., (2003) Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, In Mash, Eric J. and Barkley, Russell A. Child Psychopathology, Second Edition (pp.75-143). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.

Silvia, P.J. (2001). Self-Efficacy and interest: Experimental Studies of optimal incompetence, Journal of Vocational Behavior. 62, 237-249

Vance, Costin and Maruff , (2002) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, combined type (ADHD-CT): differences in blood pressure due to posture and the child report of anxiety, , European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 11, 24-30.