This user-friendly manual presents an innovative, tested approach to helping teens overcome the frustrating organizational and motivation problems associated with executive function deficits and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The Supporting Teens' Autonomy Daily (STAND) approach uses motivational interviewing (MI) to engage teens and their parents in building key compensatory skills in organization, time management, and planning. Parent training components ease family conflict and equip parents to support kids' independence. Ready-to-use worksheets and rating scales are provided; the book has a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print all 45 reproducible tools.
In addition, the book covers coexisting disorders such as learning disabilities, depression, anxiety, Tourette syndrome, and Asperger syndrome. Since 1995, this nuts and bolts guide has given parents hope and empowerment.
Benjamin, a seventh grader, struggled with the demands of managing his class materials throughout the school day. He would often arrive at a class without the appropriate books or other materials, and would have to request permission to ...
Being organized. Staying focused. Controlling impulses and emotions. These are some of the basic executive functioning (EF) skills children need to function and succeed as they grow.
Written in a fun, engaging format, this book is designed to motivate and inspire teens to carry out and complete tasks with ease.
Revision of: Treatment of childhood disorders / edited by Eric J. Mash, Russell A. Barkley.
... those of the mother's; Sara F. Waters et al., “Stress Contagion: Physiological Covariation Between Mothers and Infants. ... Marilyn J. Essex, “Epigenetic Vestiges of Early Developmental Diversity: Childhood Stress Exposure and DNA ...
Bringing together leading authorities, this much-needed volume synthesizes current knowledge about the nature, impact, and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the crucial developmental period of adolescence.
Uses key principles from the business world to help teens get organized, stay focused, and control their impulses.
of elementary school children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ... Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 48, 484–500. ... Parent-teen therapy for executive function deficits and ADHD.
Maximizing your kid's potential starts now--here's how. Mental health professionals, see also the related intervention manual from Gallagher et al., Organizational Skills Training for Children with ADHD: An Empirically Supported Treatment.