Conference Bookstore 2024

Hours

Thursday, November 14, 2024
6:30–8:00 PM

Friday, November 15, 2024
10:30 AM–5:00 PM

Saturday, November 16, 2024
10:30 AM–5:00 PM

Authors and Titles

Look for these books at the Conference Bookstore in the Discovery Hall. Authors will be signing their titles at the times listed below.

Jesse J. Anderson

Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD

Written by an adult with ADHD for adults with ADHD, this empowering book provides the compassionate understanding and practical strategies you need to stop struggling and start thriving. Jesse J. Anderson draws from his personal journey of being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult to offer encouragement, motivation, and strategies tailored for ADHD brains.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 10:30–11:00 AM

Bernadette Ashton

Living With Adult ADHD: Embracing The Chaos With A Smile

This collective book of Authors shares their personal anecdotes, insightful observations, and practical tips for thriving in a world where focus is often fleeting and spontaneity reigns supreme. From navigating daily tasks to harnessing hyperfocus for productivity bursts, this book is your guide to embracing the brighter side of ADHD.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 10:30–11:00 AM

Mark Bertin, MD

How Children Thrive: The Practical Science of Raising Independent, Resilient, and Happy Kids

In How Children Thrive, developmental pediatrician and parent Dr. Mark Bertin provides a positive, simple, and empowering approach for raising children of all ages. Bringing together mindfulness, new science on brain development, and the messy reality of being a parent, Dr. Bertin has a created a breakthrough guide that will help children―and their parents―flourish.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

Mindful Parenting for ADHD: A Guide to Cultivating Calm, Reducing Stress, and Helping Children Thrive (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

In this book, a developmental pediatrician presents a proven-effective program for helping both parents and their child with ADHD stay cool and collected while remaining flexible, resilient, and mindful. Bertin addresses the various symptoms of ADHD using non-technical language and a user-friendly format.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

Book Signing: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 11:30 AM–12:00 PM

Author Session:

Mindfulness and ADHD: Reflections on What Works and What Doesn't
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 3:00–4:00 PM

Alan P. Brown

Zen and the Art of Productivity: 27 Easy Ways to Have More Time, Earn More Money and Live Happier

"We only have so much time in the day and there are plenty of resources to look into how to best leverage that time. Alan’s book breaks things down to practical actions you can take now, using what you already have at your disposal – the thing between your ears: your brain. Alan offers practical and actionable advice in these pages that will help you process and prioritize better than before." - Mike Vardy, productivity strategist and founder of Productivityist

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 1:30–2:00 PM

Author Session:

3rd Annual ADHD Influencers Panel
Friday, November 15, 2024, 5:00–6:00 PM

Kate Brownfield

How We Roll: A Parent's Journey of Raising A Child with ADHD

The author decided to write this book to share my journey with other parents who are going through the same thing, so they could reimagine a better path forward for their child. Brownfield hopes this How We Roll provides parents and caregivers with more relevant parenting education, positive strategies, and reinforces that extremism or perfectionism isn’t required for a better family life.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:30–1:00 PM

Meredith Carder

It All Makes Sense Now: Embrace Your ADHD Brain to Live a Creative and Colorful Life

Meredith Carder, an ADHD coach and ADHDer herself, shares real-life stories from her coaching practice and own lived experience along with actionable exercises and strategies to help you:

Harness the power of self-compassion and self-awareness to embrace your unique brain
Build your own toolkit of daily habits to prevent boredom and burnout
Rate your level of focus and plan your energy accordingly
Learn to appreciate your ADHD brain and empower yourself to live a life rich with interest

By learning more about the way your mind works, you too can rewrite your inner dialogue and fully realize the life you want to live.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 10:30–11:00 AM

Jen Cazares

Making the SHiFT® True Stories of How People Affected by Chronic Disorganization Learn to Live a Deserving Life

This book is a guide for professional organizers, mental health professionals, and anyone wishing to better understand the behaviors of people who live with chronic disorganization. Making the SHiFT® combines sage observations from hundreds of client interactions with adaptive organizing techniques. Through case studies and real-time exercises, readers will discover the enormous healing potential of the SHiFT® method.

Audience: Professional Organizers; Mental Health Professionals; Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:00–3:30 PM

Joyce Cooper-Kahn

Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning, 2nd Edition (with Laurie Dietzel)

Does your child have difficulty meeting deadlines, staying organized, or keeping track of important information? Do they tend to forget details? Are they prone to emotional meltdowns? This book will become your go-to, all-inclusive guide to helping children manage issues with these executive functions.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

Boosting Executive Skills in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Educators (with Margaret Foster)

Students with weak Executive Function skills need strong support and specific strategies to help them learn in an efficient manner, demonstrate what they know, and manage the daily demands of school. This book shows teachers how to do exactly that, while also managing the ebb and flow of their broader classroom needs.

Audience: Educators

Book Signing: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 11:30 AM–12:00 PM

Author Session:

From Meltdowns to Calm: Helping Youth Build Better Emotional Regulation
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 3:00–4:00 PM

Christina Coravos

Walk with Christina: Photos and Insights from My Daily Walks in Los Gatos

Be inspired by local views of the mountains, flowers, and neighborhood cats as you join Christina on her daily walks around the town of Los Gatos. Each vibrant nature photo in this book is paired with an original quote that empowers you to express your creative potential. This book makes a delightful addition to your coffee table and an ideal gift for recent graduates, career changers, or anyone with a busy brain who enjoys a peaceful pause in their day.

Audience: Adults; Teens

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 1:30–2:00 PM

Michael Delman

Your Kid’s Gonna Be Okay: Building the Executive Function Skills Your Child Needs in the Age of Attention

Your Kid's Gonna Be Okay helps parents understand the critical skills needed for effective self-management and provides specific strategies and tools to help kids become motivated, accountable, and independent. Through engaging stories that illustrate how we all build Executive Function skills, Delman demonstrates how kids can change their habits as they pave their own path toward competence today and confidence in their future. Parents of kids with ADHD or other learning differences - or parents worried about how their child can manage distractions will benefit from Delman's experience as an educator, an Executive Function coach, and as a parent.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 10:30–11:00 AM

Heidi Eagleton

So, You Think I Should Be A What? Maddie’s Tails

In her own words, Maddie, a Spinone Italiano, takes readers of all ages on her journey to figure out her purpose as a sporting dog who doesn’t care much for hunting. Along the way she learns how to fit in without losing herself and what makes her special. From dog shows, to canine good citizens school, to therapy dog training, she learns how to appreciate her surroundings and find her place within them without losing herself.

Audience: Children

Road Trip with Tia - Maddie's Tails

Maddie is back to tell you all about her grandest adventure yet in book 2 of Maddie’s Tails; Road Trip With Tía.

Audience: Children

Book Signing: Thursday, November 14, 2024, 6:30–7:00 PM

Author Session:

Pre-Conference Workshop | Finding Answers: Aging with ADHD
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 4:00–5:00 PM

Heidi Fishbein

Living on Purpose with ADHD: Aligning Actions with Values for a Meaningful Life

Many individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) face daily struggles and challenges, which can complicate reaching everyday tasks and goals. The goal of the Living on Purpose with ADHD workbook is to help participants discover and embrace the unique gifts and strengths bestowed upon all individuals by God. Living on Purpose with ADHD is broken down into a six-day guided study with space to reflect, journal and challenge your current thought life. The six-day study in this workbook is designed as a guide to help you start purposefully living your life. A life filled with joy, gratitude, and self-awareness!

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 1:30–2:00 PM

Author Session:

ADHD & Faith: How our Spiritual Practice Plays into Managing our ADHD
Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM

Cindy Goldrich, EdM, ADHD-CCSP

8 Keys to Parenting Children with ADHD

This book, rich with optimism, tips, tools, and action plans, offers science-based insights and systems for parents to help cultivate these skills. Combining expert information with practical, sensitive advice, the eight "key" concepts here will help parents reduce chaos, improve cooperation, and nurture the advantages―like creativity and drive―that often accompany all of that energy.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

ADHD, Executive Function & Behavioral Challenges in the Classroom: Managing the Impact on Learning, Motivation and Stress

ADHD and executive function expert Cindy Goldrich and special education teacher Carly Wolf combined efforts to create this powerful resource to help teachers and professionals understand and connect with students. These practical tools and worksheets are designed to help students become resourceful, accountable, optimistic, and perseverant.

Audience: Educators

Book Signing: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 11:30 AM–12:00 PM

Author Session:

Teaching Teachers to Manage ADHD/Executive Function in Their Classroom
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 1:30–2:30 PM

Elizabeth C. Hamblet

Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities

In this essential guide, college learning disabilities specialist Elizabeth C. Hamblet builds a foundation of knowledge step-by-step and answers your urgent questions. In 7 Steps to College Success, you’ll learn how:

students access accommodations, and which ones commonly are and aren’t approved
parents and professionals can help students develop the key personal and academic skills needed for self-management at college
students can find colleges that are a good fit in all of the important ways and what admissions directors want them to know about the application process

This third edition has been greatly revised to make it equally helpful to parents and professionals. It includes updated research and interviews, and new in this edition is corrections to common myths readers may have heard.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers; Educators; Mental Health Professionals

Transitioning to College: A Guide for Students with Disabilities - 3rd Edition

This reference guide is designed to help school personnel and parents prepare students― and to help students with disabilities prepare themselves― for the transition from high school to college. It includes information, strategies, and recommendations to make the process smooth and successful.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers; Educators; Mental Health Professionals

Book Signing: Thursday, November 14, 2024, 7:00–7:30 PM

Author Session:

Make Your Diagnostic Reports More Helpful for Your College-Bound Students
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 10:30–11:30 AM

Sasha Hamdani, MD

Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You!

When you have ADHD, it can be hard to stay on top of your wellness. Self-Care for People with ADHD is here to help! This book can help you engage in some neurodiverse self-care—without pretending to be neurotypical. You’ll find more than 100 tips to accepting yourself, destigmatizing ADHD, finding your community, and taking care of your physical and mental health.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Thursday, November 14, 2024, 6:30–7:00 PM

Author Session:

Keynote | From Distraction to Action: Leveraging Technology for ADHD Success
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 5:15–6:15 PM

Kimberly B. Harrison

Screentime as Dessert: A Parent's Guide to Reclaiming Children from Device Overuse

Dr. Kimberly Harrison is a clinical psychologist who works extensively with parents, children, and teens on ways to incorporate technology in healthy ways along with developing non-tech habits that foster connection, maturity, and independence. Take advantage of this practical, hands-on advice for creating tech balance in your home.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 4:30–5:00 PM

Author Session:

Screentime Parenting
Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM

Alex R. Hey, PCAC

From Surviving ADHD to Thriving: Mindset Shifts for the ADHDer

In From Surviving ADHD to Thriving: Mindset Shifts for the ADHDer, author and ADHD Coach Alex R. Hey, PCAC describes how to go from merely eking out a life with ADHD to thriving and living one's best life. Taken from his blog posts on ResetADHD.com and featuring a foreword by coach and social media influencer Ryan Mayer, this book provides a roadmap to a better life. If ADHD is holding you back and you desire a better life, this is the book for you.

Audience: Adults

Stories from Climbing the ADHD Mountain

Having ADHD presents challenges. However, those challenges can be overcome, and a successful life can be built. In Stories from Climbing the ADHD Mountain, author and ADHD coach Alex R. Hey, PCAC describes his experiences with ADHD and how they have shaped who he is. Featuring a foreword from renowned life coach Jay Perry, MCAC, this book challenges the reader to examine the stories they tell about their own life and whether those stories help or hurt their ability to live a more wonderful life.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:30–1:00 PM

Linda Karanzalis

Misnamed, Misdiagnosed, Misunderstood: Recognizing and Coping with NVLD (Nonverbal Learning Disorder) from Childhood through Adulthood

Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NLD or NVLD) is a learning disability characterized by poor visual, spatial, and organizational skills. As well as incredible difficulty processing nonverbal cues. The name “Non-Verbal Learning Disorder” suggests that those affected have trouble speaking. However, this is not the case with NVLDers usually having above-average intelligence and firm mastery of complex vocabulary and language. Linda Karanzalis shares her own experience as a child, teen, and adult battling undiagnosed NVLD. This book is a frank account of her struggles with academics, jobs, and relationships that sheds light on and will ring true for everyone affected by NVLD.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers; Adults; Mental Health Professionals

Book Signing: Saturday, November 16, 2023, 2:30–3:00 PM

Nikki Kinzer

Unapologetically ADHD: A Step-By-Step Framework For Everyday Planning On Your Terms

Written by Nikki Kinzer and Pete D. Wright, co-hosts of the hit podcast Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast with more than one million annual downloads, Unapologetically ADHD helps readers plan for long term goals, projects, and tasks that need to get done, providing a step-by-step outline for success that still allows for plenty of individual flexibility.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 2:30–3:00 PM

Author Session:

Stop Apologizing and Start Owning Your Day
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 4:30–5:30 PM

John Kruse

Recognizing Adult ADHD: What Donald Trump Can Teach Us About Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Dr. John Kruse charts a path for reducing stigma around ADHD and other mental health conditions by delving into the intertwined fields of neuroscience, psychiatry, ethics, and politics. While the frenetic pace and information overload of our ADHD world threatens to submerge each day in new angst, this book adds nuance to help us navigate our lives.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:00–3:30 PM

Author Session:

Stimulants May Help, Not Harm, Your Brain
Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:00AM–12:00 PM

Caroline Maguire

Why Will No One Play With Me?: The Play Better Plan to Help Children of All Ages Make Friends and Thrive

In this groundbreaking book named one of the "Best ADHD Books of All Time" by BookAuthority, Maguire shares her decade-in-the-making protocol—The Play Better Plan—to help parents coach children of any background to connect with others and make friends. With compassion and ease, this program gives parents a tangible, easy-to-follow guide for helping kids develop the executive function and social skills they need to thrive.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 1:30–2:00 PM

Author Session:

Solutions to Help Lonely Children with ADHD Find School Friends
Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM

Lauren H. Mascari, PHD, LP, HSP, NCC

Hecho en Formosa: An Origin Story

When a traveler comes upon a mysteriously beautiful island, they meet their own personal tour guide and reluctantly leave their supplies behind to learn the lessons of the land. They encounter new friends, face a cliff's edge, forage for a snack, and join the evening pangti before learning who they really are and where they come from. Hecho en Formosa: An Origin Story is a tall tale about adventure and discovery - not only in a new place but within one's self!

Audience: Children

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:00–12:30 PM

Shell Mendelson, MS

A Course For Adhd Adults And Teens: Unlock Your Career Path

A ground-breaking, one-of-a-kind, step by step guide for ADHD adults and teens to answer the question, "What do I want in my career/work, and what steps do I need to take to make my first move?" Users will decide the best career, educational, training or job choices BEFORE making costly inadequate college and/or career path decisions.

Audience: Adults; Teens

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 4:30–5:00 PM

Dr. Lyne Piché

ADHD and Sex: A Workbook for Exploring Sexuality and Increasing Intimacy

This innovative workbook allows couples and individuals to explore the intersection of ADHD and sexuality and its many manifestations in a couple's sex life and relationship. With useful and practical interventions provided to help identify and address common sexual problems, Dr. Lyne Piché provides individuals with tools to better communicate their needs to improve intimacy. Chapters discuss how to better maintain attention and focus during sex, explore grounding strategies to help individuals get in touch with their bodies, and encourage individuals to confront anxieties surrounding sexual pleasure, transitions, and dysfunctions.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:00–3:30 PM

Author Session:

Making SENSE of ADHD Relationships: Communication tools that work!
Friday, November 15, 2024, 5:00–6:00 PM

Anita Robertson, LCSW

ADHD & Us: A Couple's Guide to Loving and Living with Adult ADHD

ADHD & Us gives couples the tools and strategies they need to connect as well as overcome the unique challenges they face on the road to long-term happiness and satisfaction. Drawing from Anita Robertson’s years of practice counseling couples with ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), this honest and straightforward guide helps couples better understand adult ADHD and how it affects relationships, while also providing the tools necessary for both partners to feel understood and respected.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Thursday, November 14, 2024, 7:00–7:30 PM

Author Sessions:

Making SENSE of ADHD Relationships: Communication tools that work!
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 9:00–10:00 AM
Parents with ADHD, Peer Support
Friday, November 15, 2023, 12:30–1:30 PM

Tamara Rosier, PhD

Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD

In Your Brain's Not Broken, Dr. Tamara Rosier explains how ADHD affects every aspect of your life. You'll finally understand why you think, feel, and act the way you do. Dr. Rosier applies her years of coaching others to offer you the critical practical tools that can dramatically improve your life and relationships.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:00–3:30 PM

Author Sessions:

Welcome Remarks
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 5:00–5:15 PM
Respecting The Nervous System You Have: Strategies for Stressful Times
Friday, November 15, 2024, 11:00 AM–12:005 PM

Sharon Saline, PsyD

What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life

This is not another book about children with ADHD that simply tells parents what to do and how to discipline. Instead, this remarkable, intimate, and deeply-researched book focuses on the importance and effectiveness of being an empathetically aware communicator, and how working together creates lasting results. Finally, in one place, she gives parents new insights into the minds and feelings of their children with ADHD–and offers them a new, family-tested roadmap for reducing family stress and improving loving connections.

Audience: Parents

The ADHD Solution Card Deck

This card deck offers effective strategies for reducing stress, building skills and fostering self-esteem. The cards provide adults with a unique window into what kids with ADHD are thinking, common problems they face, and how you can work with them to create lasting solutions.

Audience: Parents

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:00–12:30 PM

Author Sessions:

From Surviving to Thriving: Navigating Life with Trauma and ADHD
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 3:30– 4:30 PM
Parenting Emerging Adults with ADHD Peer Support
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 12:00–1:00 PM

Dr. Kojo Sarfo

Feeling Good!: A Mental Health Workbook

Do you struggle with stress, worry, anxiety, or depression? The Feeling Good workbook is here to help you take control of your mental health once and for all so you can start finding healthy ways to cope and improve your overall outlook. With prompts, lists, activities, and more, you can learn why different types of mental health disorders exist and determine if you should seek a diagnosis. You’ll learn healthy strategies for dealing with mental illness, process difficult emotions, and map out ways to help you feel happier, more confident, and more fulfilled in life.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 11:30 AM–12:00 PM

Author Session:

Keynote Kojo Sarfo | Embracing your ADHD Journey
Saturday, November 16, 2024, 9:30–10:30 AM

Claire Sira, PhD and Tom Hudock

Getting It Done With ADHD: Specialized ADHD Techniques to Expertly Handle the Overwhelm, Distraction, and Procrastination of Accomplishing Tasks

In Getting It Done, Dr. Claire Sira and Tom Hudock describe ways to overcome the struggles with overwhelm, distractions, and procrastination. The material in the book is from their Adult ADHD coaching program in an easy-to-read format! This is an abridged version of the full Getting it Done Program for Adults with ADD / ADHD. By focusing on self-awareness, task management skills, and goal achievement mindsets, this book is perfect for anyone struggling to get a handle on their ADHD / ADD traits.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Thursday, November 14, 2024, 6:30–7:00 PM

Author Session (Claire Sira):

Assessing ADHD in Women – Seeing Through the Mask
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 3:30–4:30 PM

Kaitlin Soule, LMFT

A Little Less of a Hot Mess: The Modern Mom's Guide to Growth & Evolution

In a world where women are overwhelmed with empty personal growth messages, it can be hard to navigate what’s real, and what’s just a sales pitch. A Little Less of a Hot Mess: The Modern Mom’s Guide to Growth and Evolution helps quiet the noise with practical, simple, and powerful invitations for real healing and growth. The twelve invitations and practices shared in this book offer the modern mom a path toward imperfect evolution, so that she can live her life authentically.

Audience: Parents & Caregivers

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 4:30–5:00 PM

Dr. Ari Tuckman

ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship

This pioneering book explores the impact of ADHD on a couple’s sex life and relationship. It explains how a better sex life will benefit your relationship (and vice versa) and why that’s especially important for couples with one partner with ADHD. Written from the author’s unique perspective as both an expert in ADHD and a certified sex therapist, the book describes the many effects of ADHD on couples’ sex lives and happiness, covering areas such as negotiating sexual differences, performance problems, low desire, porn, making time for sex, infidelity, and more.

Audience: Adults

Book Signing: Friday, November 15, 2024, 12:00–12:30 PM

Author Session:

ADHD Couples Therapy From the Inside Out
Friday, November 15, 2024, 3:30–4:30 PM