5.0 out of 5 stars Such a great resource

S.B. · 16 March 2025

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing !

C.v. · 4 January 2025

From feed back from my child’s school they loved the book and found it really useful to have the tips on pages to help with certain areas of support needed. They have used this to train staff and help my son with his adhd at school. They have been able to better understand him which is amazing. Would highly recommend

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST read for TEACHERS 🤩

C. · 7 March 2025

For the sake of just a few reading hours this book (if you put your learning into practice of course 😉) WILL make your life easier with the kids in class that do your head in 👍🏻

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic resource! Clear, real, accessible, insight and advice

V. · 27 November 2023

As a late diagnosed neurodivergent myself, trying to raise my own nd kids in a more supportive, constructive, and positive way than I experienced (no shade on my parents and wider family/community - we just didn’t have the awareness back then) - I can’t tell you how optimistic and empowered this book is making me feel. I have bought 3 paper copies and the audiobook so far, gifting them to teachers in hopes they can be inspired and empowered to get more of the great out of, and inadvertently cause less of the crushing spirits in, all their nd students (and there are some in every class!) I am fired up about finding a way to get this in to EVERY school and teachers hands, somehow…Of course, I have only accessed the audio book version personally so far (my brain struggles to have focus and patience with reading anymore, super sad about that but that’s another story) but I heartily recommend that too - I have listened through once on 1.5x speed so far, frantically noting chapters and clips to return to . Honestly, this book is an absolute heaven sent gem 💎

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for teachers and parents with children in school

J. · 14 August 2024

Bought this as a present for the school staff room at my kids school. One of the TAs told me they'd all been reading it at break time, and were so pleased to have it as a reference as our county provides NO training for school staff about ADHD!! I might have to buy myself a copy to read at home so I can refer to it in those dreaded school meetings... It'll be helpful to be able to say the right stuff back!

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful but sometimes unrealistic

V. · 18 December 2023

I read the other reviews and noticed most of them were written by parents and not teachers. I am a parent of an ADHD child and married to an ADHD adult. I am also a secondary school teacher. I think there's a lot in this book that will help teachers to really understand ADHD kids and for that I commend it. However, the author really doesn't appreciate the work load that real teachers struggle with. I teach 330 young people. There are probably two in each class with ADHD and many other neurodiversity, mental health needs and learning difficulties. I feel like having the understanding is great but many of the suggestions are just not realistic for the volume of young people we work with. In an ideal world it would be great, we'd have smaller classes and teaching assistants to help. But it's not like that. So parents, well done for giving this to as many teachers as you can but don't get your hopes too high that we can implement even half of it. Maybe for primary where they just have one class it works better.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love them all

P.W. · 3 April 2024

I've recently completed Teacher's, how not kill the spirit in your ADHD kids and its brilliant, I've recommended to everyone I know already. All of Sarah's books are so informative, well written and relatable. She has a way of explaining the ADHD brain in a way that I would say is unrivalled. I've read lots of books on ADHD and non are close. I highly recommend reading this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Teachers - Please read this book then you won’t feel the guilt that I now do!

l. · 27 December 2023

I was gifted this book by the mother of a child I teach. And what a gift it is. I thought I knew what ADHD was all about. Surely, it was about children who couldn’t concentrate and focus and were hyperactive? How wrong could I be.I had absolutely no idea that there were so many different traits and ways of thinking ADHD children have.I now feel extremely guilty that I wasn’t aware of the coexisting conditions like dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia, which are going to show up in my classroom, and would most likely mean the child is also ADHD. I think back to children I have taught in previous years, and I can see these traits in them, and I kick myself that I hadn’t read a book like this before.So I beseech any teachers in training or qualified to grab a copy of this book, which I also understand, comes on Kindle and audio, and please read it because I can guarantee that if you’re like me - this level of understanding will not have been included in your training. It certainly wasn’t included in mine.I now feel able to support ADHD children and realise that the last thing we should be doing is curtailing their natural ADHD, and instead, we should be cherishing and nurturing their brilliant and wonderful neurodivergent minds