Overcoming ADHD in Adolescence A Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Client Workbook

Overcoming ADHD in Adolescence: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach - Client Workbook presents a scientifically supported intervention designed to help adolescents learn to manage and cope with their ADHD symptoms. Meant to be used in therapy and in conjunction with the complementary Therapist Guide, the Workbook features lessons on organization and planning, reducing distractibility, and adaptive thinking, as well as an optional section on reducing procrastination. The emphasis is primarily on teaching the adolescent how to learn and use skills to combat ADHD and function independently. The book offers guidance on how parents can be involved in the treatment, enabling them to achieve a better balance between the wish to help adolescents succeed and the need for adolescents to move towards independence. The Workbook also explores how technology can be incorporated into the treatment, concluding with a discussion on how to maintain the gains that adolescents have made in therapy. The book is complete with easy-to-use worksheets and forms.

Susan Sprich received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from The University at Albany, State University of New York. She completed her training at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Harvard Medical School (HMS). She is the Director of the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program at MGH. She is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at HMS.

Steven A. Safren received his BA from Brandeis University and his PhD from The University at Albany, State University of New York. He completed his training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where he worked until 2015, ultimately as a Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Behavioral Medicine Service. He is currently a Professor and Cooper Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami.

Introduction: INFORMATION ABOUT ADHD IN ADOLESCENCE

MODULE 1: THE FOUNDATION--HOW TO BETTER ORGANIZE AND PLAN

Chapter 1: SESSION 1--OVERVIEW OF THIS TREATMENT PROGRAM AND ORIENTATION TO THE FOUNDATION - HOW TO BETTER ORGANIZE AND PLAN SO YOU CAN HAVE AND ENJOY YOUR FREE-TIME

Chapter 2: SESSION 2--HOW CAN PARENTS HELP? (FIRST PARENT/ADOLESCENT SESSION)

Chapter 3: SESSION 3--DO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FIRST!

Chapter 4: SESSION 4--WHAT TO DO WHEN THINGS AREN'T GETTING DONE-BREAKING DOWN TASKS AND PROBLEM-SOLVING

Chapter 5: SESSION 5--HOW TO ORGANIZE EVERYTHING

MODULE 2: HOW TO KEEP GOING AND NOT GET DISTRACTED

Chapter 6: SESSION 6--FIGURING OUT YOUR ATTENTION SPAN AND LEARNGIN HOW TO DELAY DISTRACTIONS

Chapter 7: SESSION 7--OPTIMIZE YOUR SETTING

MODULE 3: HOW TO COACH YOURSELF BETTER

Chapter 8: SESSION 8--THINKING, FEELING, AND ACTING

Chapter 9: SESSION 9--SELF-COACHING

Chapter 10: SESSION 10--HOW CAN PARENTS HELP? (SECOND PARENT/ADOLESCENT SESSION)

MODULE 4: ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Chapter 11: SESSION 11--DON'T PUT IT OFF: STOP PROCRASTINATING

Chapter 12: SESSION 12--KEEPING IT GOING