Organizing the disorganized child
Subtitle: simple strategies to succeed in school
By: Martin L. Kutscher and Marcella Moran.
Contributors: Moran, Marcella.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperStudio
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780061797415
Subjects: Study skills; Organization; Planning in children
Description: "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: - Choose and set up the school supplies best suited to your child - Train your child to get the correct materials to and from school - Improve time management and planning skills - Apply the simple secret of effective learning: always ask questions - Perfect reading, note-taking, and study skills for tests - Refine morning and nighttime routines to help the entire family Organizing the Disorganized Child is an essential toolkit that belongs on every parent's shelf"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-160).
Table of contents: title: How did my child get so disorganized? (and how do I start fixing it?); title: What is my child's organizational style?; title: Choosing and setting up the supplies; title: Follow the paper trail: getting work home, doing it, and returning it; title: Super study skills; title: The morning and nighttime routines.