Can anyone recommend a book about raising kids with ADHD?

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I want to start reading around this but I do t know where to begin. Any suggestions appreciated.

I'm finding the Big Baffling Behaviours book by Robyn Gobbel useful at the moment.

She does explain that her background is in trauma, but the "pathways" she describes are really just the same as for a lot of ND kids - you just need to discount the bits where she is explaining how trauma can disrupt development of attachment because this is not relevant.

I also like Russell Barkley's youtube channel, and also listening to interviews he's done on other people's podcasts. Ross Greene's The Explosive Child is also good, and the free Open University course about ADHD.

Russell Barkley apparently spent lockdown distilling his entire career's worth of work into a book called the 12 principles of raising a child with ADHD - this is likely worth reading, though I have not read it myself.

Thanks for the detailed reply. That’s super helpful. I think I’ll start with BBB.

Smart But Scattered Guide to Success for Teens. I have the adult one and it's good.