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.
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 Potentialin 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 Potentialin 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.
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 StepsManaging 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
Clinical child psychologists, school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and psychiatrists. May serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level courses.