Main description:

Overcoming ADHD in Adolescence: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach - Therapist Guide presents a manualized psychosocial intervention designed to help adolescent clients learn to manage and cope with their ADHD symptoms. Designed for use by therapists familiar with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and/or structured psychotherapeutic approaches, and meant to be used in conjunction with the complementary Workbook for clients, the Therapist
Guide features core modules on organization and planning, reducing distractibility, and adaptive thinking, as well as an optional module on reducing procrastination. The emphasis is primarily on teaching the adolescent how to learn and use skills to combat ADHD and function independently. The book offers guidance on including
parents in the treatment-inviting a parent or parents in at the end of sessions, involving parents in goal setting, and optional coaching sessions without the adolescent present. Both this Therapist Guide and the companion Workbook for clients also offer a discussion of how to incorporate technology into the treatment, as well as "signposts of change" sections in each chapter. The Therapist Guide concludes with a discussion of how to help the client maintain the
gains that he or she has made in treatment. The books are complete with worksheets and forms as well as a link to an online assessment measure that can be used repeatedly to gauge progress in treatment.

Contents:

Introduction: INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION FOR THERAPISTS

MODULE 1: THE FOUNDATION--HOW TO BETTER ORGANIZE AND PLAN

Chapter 1: SESSION 1--AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM

Chapter 2: SESSION 2--HOW CAN PARENTS HELP? (FIRST PARENT/ADOLESCENT SESSION)

Chapter 3: SESSION 3--DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FIRST!

Chapter 4: SESSION 4--WHAT TO DO WHEN THINGS AREN'T GETTING DONE-BREAKING DOWN TASKS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING

Chapter 5: SESSION 5--HOW TO ORGANIZE EVERYTHING

MODULE 2: HOW TO KEEP GOING AND NOT GET DISTRACTED

Chapter 6: SESSION 6--GAUGING THE ATTENTION SPAN AND DELAYING DISTRACTIONS

Chapter 7: SESSION 7--OPTIMIZE THE SETTING

MODULE 3: HOW TO BE A BETTER COACH

Chapter 8: SESSION 8--THINKING, FEELING, AND ACTING

Chapter 9: SESSION 9--SELF-COACHING

Chapter 10: SESSION 10--HOW CAN PARENTS HELP? (SECOND PARENT/ADOLESCENT SESSION)

MODULE 4: ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Chapter 11: SESSION 11--DON'T PUT IT OFF: STOP PROCRASTINATING

Chapter 12: SESSION 12--KEEPING IT GOING

MODULE 5: OPTIONAL COACHING SESSIONS FOR PARENTS (WITHOUT THE ADOLESCENT PRESENT)

Chapter 13: SESSION 13--PARENT COACHING SESSION 1 (BETWEEN ADOLESCENT SESSIONS 3-5)

Chapter 14: SESSION 14--PARENT COACHING SESSION 2 (BETWEEN ADOLESCENT SESSIONS 7-9)