Richard Gallagher, Howard B Abikoff, Elana G Spira

Organizational Skills Training for Children with ADHD

An Empirically Supported Treatment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 266mm x 200mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 902g
• ISBN-13: 9781462513680
• ISBN-10: 1462513689
• Artikelnr.: 39407136

Autorenporträt

Richard Gallagher, PhD, is Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and of Psychiatry at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center. He is also Director of Special Projects at the Institute for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders at the Child Study Center of Hassenfeld Children's Hospital of New York at NYU Langone. Dr. Gallagher is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist who has been treating and evaluating children since the 1980s. He is coauthor of Organizational Skills Training for Children with ADHD: An Empirically Supported Treatment (for mental health professionals) and The Organized Child: An Effective Program to Maximize Your Kid's Potential--in School and in Life (for parents). Dr. Gallagher codeveloped (with Howard B. Abikoff) the Organizational Skills Training Program and codirected the research that serves as the basis for both books. Howard B. Abikoff, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center. Previously, he was the Pevaroff Cohn Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry at NYU and Director of the Institute for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders at the Child Study Center of Hassenfeld Children's Hospital of new York at NYU Langone. For more than 40 years, his work has centered on the development and evaluation of assessment measures and treatments for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Dr. Abikoff has published over 165 papers, chapters, and reviews, and serves on the editorial boards of numerous psychology and psychiatry journals. With Richard Gallagher, Dr. Abikoff coauthored the research manual on which this book is based, as well as the Children's Organizational Skills Scale. Elana G. Spira, PhD, is Clinical Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Child Study Center of Hassenfeld Children's Hospital of New York at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center. She is coauthor of Organizational Skills Training for Children with ADHD: An Empirically Supported Treatment (for mental health professionals) and The Organized Child: An Effective Program to Maximize Your Kid's Potential--in School and in Life (for parents), and participated in developing and testing the Organizational Skills Training Program. Dr. Spira specializes in evidence-based assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with ADHD and behavior disorders, and currently sees patients through the NYU Child Study Center's home- and school-based services in Westchester and Lower Rockland County, New York. She is Director of Research and Evaluation at Westchester Jewish Community Services, a leading social service agency in Westchester County, New York, and Adjunct Lecturer at the NYU Silver School of Social Work.

Inhaltsangabe

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