Organizational Skills Training for Children with ADHD: An Empirically Supported Treatment

This indispensable manual presents an easy-to-implement intervention with proven effectiveness for children with ADHD in grades 3 to 5. Organisational skills training helps kids develop essential skill sets for organising 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.

Table of 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 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