Parent-Teen Therapy for Executive Function Deficits and ADHD: Building Skills And Motivation

This user-friendly manual presents an innovative, tested approach to helping teens overcome the frustrating organisational and motivation problems associated with executive function deficits and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The Supporting Teens' Autonomy Daily (STAND) approach uses motivational interviewing (MI) to engage teens and their parents in building key compensatory skills in organisation, time management, and planning. Parent training components ease family conflict and equip parents to support kids' independence.

Ready-to-use worksheets and rating scales are provided; the print book has a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print all 45 reproducible tools.

Table of Contents

1. Attention, Executive Functioning, and Motivation Problems in Teens
2. Overview of STAND
3. Case Conceptualization
4. Motivational Interviewing in STAND
5. Engagement Modules
6. Skill Modules
7. Mobilizing Modules
8. Clinical Advice

"This cutting-edge book provides a comprehensive treatment approach for executive functioning concerns in adolescents, consistent with the newest conceptualizations of ADHD. The book uniquely integrates cognitive-behavioral therapy and skills training while attending to critical issues around motivation of both teens and their parents. It is grounded in strategies to increase extrinsic motivation (with contingency management) and intrinsic motivation (with MI). The manual will be useful for any practitioner working with adolescents with ADHD and their families, regardless of discipline."
- Sylvie Naar, PhD, Director, Division of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University

"Sibley has paid special attention to the executive function and developmental challenges faced by teens with ADHD. She extensively investigated available therapies and drew on her clinical experience to determine what treatment components would be needed to significantly improve these teens' home and school lives. Her approach is empirically supported and clinically sound. The program addresses the specific struggles that clinicians face in motivating teens; working collaboratively with families; and building skills in organization, time management, and planning. This book is sure to be a valued resource in an area in need of as many tools as possible."
- Richard Gallagher, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine