Teaching Life Skills to Children and Teens With ADHD: A Guide for Parents and Counselors

by Vincent J. Monastra

When children have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), even if their medication smooths out the worst of the bumps, they still may have a lot of trouble in social situations like school. Teaching Life Skills to Children and Teens With ADHD describes the Life Skills Program created by author Vincent J. Monastra at his ADHD clinic. It features practical strategies for helping children and teens develop essential life skills at home, school, or in a support group setting. Each chapter includes exercises to help you teach, model, and guide your child in trying out these skills. Interactive checklists, quizzes, and guided journal entries are provided as tools for reflection and for engaging children and teens in ways that are interesting and fun.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Adhd

231 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2015

About the author

Vincent J. Monastra, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and director of the FPI Attention Disorders Clinic in Endicott, New York. He is internationally recognized for his research on the neurophysiological characteristics of children and teens with ADHD and his treatment studies demonstrating the significance of parenting style, school intervention, nutrition, and EEG biofeedback in their overall care.

Reviews

[Colleen]

One of the best books with actionable items to support the growth of older kids with ADHD that I’ve read. I really liked that it was concise, without a ton of surplus expounding that these kinds of books can often have, but at the same time, I also would have loved a few more examples for implementation of some of the ideas. I also felt like this author really knows what it’s like to live with a kid with ADHD. There are so many things connected to this diagnosis that go beyond high distractibility.

[Stephanie]

Practical and friendly, seems like it might be useful to the right kind of parent with the right kind of kid who has ADHD. Also seems useful for kids in general.

[Sharon Gutierrez]

Full of practical ideas and very to the point, not a lot of boring fluff. I would say this is a good book for any parent not just those with ADHD. I listened to the audio version but want to get the hard copy and read again so I can take notes and see the worksheets. (Only complaint is that the audio version sounded a bit robotic.)

[Amy]

Note to self.... notes in Google Drive.