Main description:

This indispensable manual presents an easy-to-implement intervention with proven effectiveness for children with ADHD in grades 3 to 5. Organizational skills training helps kids develop essential skill sets for organizing school materials, tracking assignments, and completing homework and other tasks successfully. Clinicians are provided with detailed session-by-session instructions and all of the tools needed to implement the program in collaboration with parents and teachers. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes nearly 100 reproducible handouts and forms. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

See also the related parent guide from Gallagher et al., The Organized Child: An Effective Program to Maximize Your Kid's Potential/m-/in School and in Life.

Contents:

I. Introduction to the Organizational Skills Training Program
1. The Need for Organizational Skills Training for Children with ADHD
2. The OST Program and Guidelines for Assessment
3. A Guide to Teacher Contacts
II. Session-By-Session Guidelines
Session 1. Introduction: Parent and Child Orientation
Session 2. Introduction: Using Social Learning Strategies to Motivate Skills Building (for Parents Only)
Session 3. Tracking Assignments: Implementing Behavior Management Procedures and Getting It All Down
Session 4. Tracking Assignments: The Daily Assignment Record and the Assignment and Test Calendar
Session 5. Managing Materials: Managing Papers for School
Session 6. Managing Materials: Review of Routines for Tracking Assignments and Managing Papers
Session 7. Managing Materials: Introducing a Backpack Checklist
Session 8. Managing Materials: "Other Stuff" and Other Bags
Session 9. Managing Materials: Getting Work Areas Ready to Go
Session 10. Time Management: Understanding Time and Calendars
Session 11. Time Management: Time Tracking for Homework
Session 11a (Optional). Time Management: Instruction in Telling Time and Calculating the Passage of Time
Session 12. Time Management: Time-Planning Conferences at Home and School
Session 13. Time Management: Time Planning for Longer-Term Assignments and Avoiding Distractions
Session 14. Time Management: Time Planning for Regular Routines
Session 15. Task Planning: Introduction to Task Planning
Session 16. Task Planning: Next Steps--Managing Materials and Time
Session 17. Task Planning: Fitting the Steps into the Schedule
Session 18. Task Planning: Planning for Long-Term Projects
Session 19. Task Planning: Checking It Out and Planning for Graduation
Session 20. Program Summary: Personalized Commercial and Graduation
III. Forms and Handouts
Therapist Forms
Parent and Child Handouts
Teacher Forms