Web Sites with Information on
ADD
There are many sites on the
Web with information about ADD. Many are
promoting products or specific agendas. The
links listed here are to nonprofit organizations
whose primary goal is to provide the best
possible information on ADD and related topics.
 ADDA:
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org
CHADD:
Children & Adults with ADHD
www.chadd.org
CHADD's
National Resource Center on ADHD
www.help4adhd.org
National
Center for Gender Issues and ADD
www.ncgiadd.org
ADD
Resources.
www.addresources.org
Born
to Explore! The other side of ADD
www.borntoexplore.org
National
Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
Learning
Disabilities Association of America
www.ldanatl.org
Magazines and Newsletters with Information on ADD
There are some great magazines and newsletters
for those with ADD. The following are home sites
for some of them, all of which are helpful and
informative Web sites in their own right.
ADDitude
Magazine
www.ADDitudeMag.com
Attention!
Magazine, comes with membership to CHADD
www.CHADD.org
Focus
Magazine, comes with membership to ADDA
www.ADD.org
About
Attention Deficit Disorder, E-mail
Newsletter from Eileen Bailey.
Lots of information and links to other sites.
Keeps up-to-date with the latest news in the ADD
world.
www.add.about.com
ADD
ADHD Advances, E-mail Newsletter from Dr.
Anthony Kane.
Information on conventional and alternative
treatment options.
www.addadhdadvances.com
ADDvance,
E-mail Newsletter from Drs. Patricia Quinn and
Kathleen Nadeau.
A site dedicated to the needs of women and girls
with ADD.
www.ADDvance.com
ADHDnews,
E-mail Newsletter from Brandi Valentine.
Started in 1995. Lots of information that is
continually updated.
www.ADHDnews.com
All
Kinds of Minds, E-mail Newsletter from Dr.
Mel Levine.
Resources and information about learning
disabilities.
www.allkindsofminds.org
Sensory-Motor
Programs for Cognitive Effectiveness
These programs, activities, and organizations
all use or promote the use of various
sensory-motor activities to increase cognitive
effectiveness.
The
Alert Program
From the site: "An innovative program for
children, teachers, parents, and therapists that
uses sensory-based strategies to help
individuals reach and maintain optimal
alertness."
www.alertprogram.com
Brain
Gym, Edu-Kinesthetics, Inc.
From the site: "Developmental experts have known
for more than eighty years that movement
enhances learning. Beginning in the 1970s,
educator and reading specialist Paul E.
Dennison, Ph.D., researched these movements,
simplified them, and created techniques to make
them effective for everyone, developing a whole
new way of understanding the learning process."
www.braingym.com
DORE
Achievement Centers
From the site: "The Dore exercise program
directly addresses the physiological source of
your problem. Our exercises are individualized.
They stimulate the cerebellum, a part of the
brain shown to be integrally involved in
learning and attention. The results typically
include improved ability to learn (e.g. mental
processing, concentration, and memory) as well
as increased confidence and physical
coordination."
www.dorecenters.com
Drumstick
Spinology™
From the site: "The first book ever written and
devoted to the subject of spinning (twirling)
drumsticks: 'Healthystix' for Your Brain."
https://www.htmlmanager.net/userpages/roger/spinology.html
Fast
ForWord®
From the site: "The Fast ForWord family of
products use neuroscience principles to create
an optimal learning environment that enables you
to:
Simultaneously develop multiple skill sets to
maximize learning;
Identify reading and language difficulties;
Attack the underlying causes of these
difficulties."
www.scilearn.com
Interactive
Metronome
From the site: "The IM program provides a
structured, goal-oriented process that
challenges the patient to synchronize a range of
hand and foot exercises to a precise
computer-generated reference tone heard through
headphones. The patient attempts to match the
rhythmic beat with repetitive motor actions.
Over the course of the treatment, patients learn
to: focus and attend for longer periods of time,
increase physical endurance and stamina, filter
out internal and external distractions, improve
ability to monitor mental and physical actions
as they are occurring, and progressively improve
performance."
www.interactivemetronome.com
Journey
to Wild Divine
From the site: "The Journey to Wild Divine is
the first 'inner-active' computer adventure that
combines ancient breathing and meditation with
modern biofeedback technology for total
mind-body wellness."
www.wilddivine.com
Play
Attention
From the site: "The Play Attention Learning
System is a patented advance of technology NASA
astronauts and U.S. Air Force pilots use to stay
attentive in the cockpit. Now you can use this
same technology in your home and Use Your Head®
to overcome attention, concentration and focus
issues."
www.playattention.com
Rhythmic
Entrainment Institute
Generic and custom CDs developed around
variations of rhythmic drumming that facilitate
focus, relaxation, and/or well-being.
www.reiinstitute.com
Society
for Auditory Intervention Techniques
From the site: "The Society for Auditory
Intervention Techniques (SAIT) distributes
information about auditory integration training
(AIT) and other auditory-based interventions to
professionals and parents."
www.sait.org
Speed
Stacks, Inc.
From the site: "Cup stacking is now the fastest
growing new sport in the country. Participants
stack and unstack twelve specially designed
plastic cups in pre-determined sequences.
Stackers race against the clock for fastest or
best times. Stackers also compete on a relay
team racing against another team in head-to-head
competition. Increasing bilateral proficiency
(equal performance on both sides of the body)
develops a greater percentage of the right side
of the brain, which houses awareness, focus,
creativity and rhythm."
www.speedstacks.com
Sensory-Motor
Resources
Most of these resources are aimed at
occupational therapy and children's needs. Many
of the resources are suitable for adults as
well. There are a number of great fidgets
available at these sites.
Achievement
Products for Children
From the site: "Hundreds of top-quality therapy,
exercise, and special education products to help
children achieve their best."
www.specialkidszone.com
Heads
Up!
Several pages with fidgets and other products
for help with ADD.
www.headsupnow.com
Sensory
Comfort
From the site: "Products for children and adults
who have sensory processing differences." White
noise machines, Disc-o-sits, and much more.
www.sensorycomfort.com
Theraproducts
The best and most extensive source of fidgets
and occupational therapy products aimed at
children that we know of.
www.theraproducts.com
Therapy
Shoppe
From the site: "Extraordinary little specialty
shoppe for school and pediatric therapists,
teachers, and parents too." Lots of good stuff.
www.therapyshoppe.com
Therapy
Toy Shop
Another extensive collection of therapeutic
equipment, books, toys, and games.
www.therapytoyshop.com
Fidget for Grown-Ups
These are sites with fidgets and fun stuff for
grown-ups.
ADD
Consults
The first and only virtual online ADD clinic.
Includes an online store with a selection of
fidgets.
www.addconsults.com
Micro
Egg Timer
From the site: “This unique little timer can
help you not to forget the world around you
while sitting at the PC. It has a simple and
friendly user interface and can be set with just
a couple of mouse clicks or keystrokes.”
www.mic-ro.com/eggtimer
The
Orb Factory
From the site: “The Orb Factory Ltd. is a
Canadian designer and manufacturer of innovative
toys, craft kits, puzzles, and educational
products. Our mandate is to offer our customers
a clear alternative to existing toy offerings
through the quality of our designs, the play
value, and educational content of our products.”
www.orbfactory.com
Star
Magic Space Age Gifts
The coolest source of fidget toys for adults
that we know of. Be sure to check out the
"Executive Toys" section!
www.starmagic.com
Trainers
Warehouse
The "Toys for Learners" section of this site
also has good fidgets.
www.trainerswarehouse.com
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