Please note that these books are FOR THE PARENT, meaning they are written to help you help your child or for both of you to work through together. I am moving the titles geared for the student to my "Sharpening Your Skills" page.
Organizing From the Inside Out for Teens:
Julie Morgenstern ISBN: 0805064702 For the Parent; For the Student In an increasingly busy world, it's not just adults who need help getting their lives in order. As teenagers face unprecedented pressures, they find themselves struggling to balance schoolwork, friends, extracurricular activies, and time. Jessi Morgenstern-Colòn knows about the organizational challenges facing her peers-and her mother, Julie Morgenstern, knows how to find solutions. Together, they offer an invaluable resource which adapts Julie's patented "Organizing from the Inside Out" method, including the three-step process "Analyze-Strategize-Attack" tailored for teens and a brand-new time management formula specifically designed for teens. Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens is the only book in the marketplace addressing the crucial subject of organization as it relates to young people. Featuring quizzes, self-tests, anecdotes, advice from other teens, and lively graphics, this guide will prove indispensable to teens-and an answer to their parents' and teachers' prayers. That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life
by Ana Homayoun ISBN-13: 978-0-399-53559-8 For the Parent
Homayoun, an educational consultant, has seen plenty of boys who score high on standardized tests but earn poor grades. Often the reason is that boys are not as good as girls at multitasking, a crucial skill that requires organization. She reports complaints from parents of boys chronically losing homework, forgetting tests, and not turning in assignments. She cites research on differences in how girls and boys learn, and examines them in the context of the distractions of technology, from video games to the Internet. Homayoun also looks at contributing factors, from sleep deprivation to overly involved parents. She helps parents to identify the particular style of their son’s disorganization—procrastinator, scatterbrain, slacker, underachiever—and how to tailor a program that will help him. Among the suggestions: goal setting, self-competition, breaking down tasks into steps, scheduling to avoid stress and manage extracurricular activities, and using an assortment of tools, including binders and planners. Helpful advice for parents struggling with disorganized boys—or girls. (Booklist) Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential
by Richard Guare Phd, Peg Dawson EdD, Colin Guare
"I told you, I'll do it later." "I forgot to turn in the stupid application." "Could you drive me to school? I missed the bus again." "I can't walk the dog--I have too much homework!" If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now you have an alternative to micromanaging, cajoling, or ineffective punishments. This positive guide provides a science-based program for promoting teens' independence by building their executive skills--the fundamental brain-based abilities needed to get organized, stay focused, and control impulses and emotions. Executive skills experts Drs. Richard Guare and Peg Dawson are joined by Colin Guare, a young adult who has successfully faced these issues himself. Learn step-by-step strategies to help your teen live up to his or her potential now and in the future--while making your relationship stronger. Helpful worksheets and forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. |
Organizing the Disorganized Child: Simple Strategies to Succeed in School
by Martin L., M.D. Kutscher (Author), Marcella Moran (Author)
For The Parent "You can imagine what my child′s room looked like: clothes on the floor, dresser draws open with clothes half hanging out of them, and toys spread all over the floor." "Jill is given an assignment on Monday that is due on Friday. The problem is that despite repeated nagging, she won′t start it until Thursday night." Organizing The Disorganized Child finally answers the parents′ question, "How can I help my child get organized without waging a battle?" This essential toolkit for parents and educators factors organizational styles into the equation, and offers effective strategies that deliver amazing long-term results. Renowned ADHD expert Dr. Martin Kutscher and coach Marcella Moran explain the roots of our children′s organizational problems, and the parents′ role in fixing them. They outline different organizational styles used by different students. (Not all kids organize the same way!) Kutscher and Moran outline exactly what school materials to buy, and how to set up the study area. They provide a step-by-step plan for an organizational system including: o Refining morning and nighttime routines o Getting the correct work home o Planning the work, and getting it back to where it belongs o Tips for reading and note taking o Study and test taking skills o Learning how to ask the right questions The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond
by Donna Goldberg
For the Parent A must-read for parents, The Organized Student contains hands-on strategies for teaching your disorganized child how to organize for success in middle school and high school, with special tips for kids with ADD/ADHD and learning disorders. The overstuffed backpack, the missing homework, the unused planner, the test he didn’t know about. Sound familiar? When the disorganized child meets the departmentalized structure of middle school, everything can fall apart. Even the academically successful child will start to falter if she misses deadlines, loses textbooks, or can’t get to class on time. This practical book is full of hands-on strategies for helping parents identify and teach organizational skills. Educational consultant Donna Goldberg has developed these methods by working with hundreds of students and in this book she provides: · Assessments to gather information about your child’s learning style, study habits, and school requirements · Guidelines for taming that overstuffed binder and keeping it under control · PACK—a four-step plan for purging and reassembling a backpack or locker · Instructions for organizing an at-home work space for the child who studies at a desk or the child who studies all over the house · Ways to help your child graduate from telling time to managing time · Special tips for kids with learning disabilities and kids who have two homes...and more The Organized Student is a must for any parent who has heard the words, “I can’t find my homework!” The Work-Smart Academic Planner: Write It Down, Get It Done
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Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning
by Joyce Cooper- Kahn, Ph.D., and Larie Dietzel, Ph.D.
by Joyce Cooper- Kahn, Ph.D., and Larie Dietzel, Ph.D.
For the Parent:
Executive functions are the cognitive skills that help us manage our lives and be successful. Children with weak executive skills, despite their best intentions, often do their homework but forget to turn it in, wait until the last minute to start a project, lose things, or have a room that looks like a dump! The good news is that parents can do a lot to support and train their children to manage these frustrating and stressful weaknesses.
Late, Lost, and Unprepared is a must-have book for parents of children from primary school through high school who struggle with:
Impulse Control (taking turns, interrupting others, running off)
Cognitive Flexibility (adapting to new situations, transitions, handling frustrations)
Initiation (starting homework, chores, and major projects)
Working Memory (following directions, note-taking, reading and retaining info)
Planning & Organizing (completing and turning in homework, juggling schedules)
Self-monitoring (making careless errors, staying on topic, getting into trouble but not understanding why)
Written by clinical psychologists, Late, Lost, and Unprepared emphasizes the need for a two-pronged approach to intervention: 1) helping the child to manage demands in the short run, and 2) building independent skills for long-term self-management. Full of encouragement and practical strategies, the book's organization--short chapters with overviews, summaries, case studies, tips, and definitions--makes it easy to grasp concepts quickly and get started.
Part I, What You Need to Know, provides information about: what executive functions are and how weaknesses in these skills affect development; the impact of weak executive function on children's emotional lives and their families; how professionals assess executive function problems; and associated conditions (AD/HD--children with an AD/HD diagnosis always have executive skills issues--learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, Tourette syndrome, etc.).
Part II discusses What You Can Do About It including how to change behavior and set reasonable expectations, and offers specific intervention strategies for children of different ages, varying needs, and profiles.
Late, Lost, and Unprepared is chockful of ideas for helping your child or student be productive and independent--today and in the future.
Executive functions are the cognitive skills that help us manage our lives and be successful. Children with weak executive skills, despite their best intentions, often do their homework but forget to turn it in, wait until the last minute to start a project, lose things, or have a room that looks like a dump! The good news is that parents can do a lot to support and train their children to manage these frustrating and stressful weaknesses.
Late, Lost, and Unprepared is a must-have book for parents of children from primary school through high school who struggle with:
Impulse Control (taking turns, interrupting others, running off)
Cognitive Flexibility (adapting to new situations, transitions, handling frustrations)
Initiation (starting homework, chores, and major projects)
Working Memory (following directions, note-taking, reading and retaining info)
Planning & Organizing (completing and turning in homework, juggling schedules)
Self-monitoring (making careless errors, staying on topic, getting into trouble but not understanding why)
Written by clinical psychologists, Late, Lost, and Unprepared emphasizes the need for a two-pronged approach to intervention: 1) helping the child to manage demands in the short run, and 2) building independent skills for long-term self-management. Full of encouragement and practical strategies, the book's organization--short chapters with overviews, summaries, case studies, tips, and definitions--makes it easy to grasp concepts quickly and get started.
Part I, What You Need to Know, provides information about: what executive functions are and how weaknesses in these skills affect development; the impact of weak executive function on children's emotional lives and their families; how professionals assess executive function problems; and associated conditions (AD/HD--children with an AD/HD diagnosis always have executive skills issues--learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, Tourette syndrome, etc.).
Part II discusses What You Can Do About It including how to change behavior and set reasonable expectations, and offers specific intervention strategies for children of different ages, varying needs, and profiles.
Late, Lost, and Unprepared is chockful of ideas for helping your child or student be productive and independent--today and in the future.
How to Study in College : Walter Pauk
ISBN: 061837972X
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This classic text has helped over a million students turn adequate work into excellent work. How to Study in College details such study methods as visual thinking, active listening, concentration techniques, note-taking strategies, and test-taking techniques while incorporating material on life skills.
Note: Prof. Pauk was a professor at Cornell; these strategies are targeting for students of all levels who need to improve study skills.
ISBN: 061837972X
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This classic text has helped over a million students turn adequate work into excellent work. How to Study in College details such study methods as visual thinking, active listening, concentration techniques, note-taking strategies, and test-taking techniques while incorporating material on life skills.
- The Seventh Edition includes an emphasis on life-long vocabulary development using the Word History System, which illustrates words through pictures on a page at the end of each chapter.
- Comprehensive coverage includes integrated and simplified presentation of study systems, giving more coverage to the Cornell note-taking systems, SQ3R, and the Questions in the Margins method.
Note: Prof. Pauk was a professor at Cornell; these strategies are targeting for students of all levels who need to improve study skills.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: Sean Covey
ISBN: 0684856093
Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens will engage teenagers unlike any other book.
ISBN: 0684856093
Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens will engage teenagers unlike any other book.
Reading Lists for College Bound Students:
Doug Estell ISBN: 0764561014
FROM THE PUBLISHER
You don’t have to major in rocket science to know that a pre-college reading program will boost your vocabulary, prepare you for entrance test, and help you succeed in college level courses. The trick is knowing which books are the most important to your long-term academic success. ARCO’s Reading Lists for College Bound Students also includes guidance for setting up your own personal reading program and a tear-out checklist to help guide your reading selection.
Doug Estell ISBN: 0764561014
FROM THE PUBLISHER
You don’t have to major in rocket science to know that a pre-college reading program will boost your vocabulary, prepare you for entrance test, and help you succeed in college level courses. The trick is knowing which books are the most important to your long-term academic success. ARCO’s Reading Lists for College Bound Students also includes guidance for setting up your own personal reading program and a tear-out checklist to help guide your reading selection.