Books
Josel, L. How To Do It Now…Because It’s Not Going Away: An Expert Guide to Getting Stuff Done
Josel, L. What’s the Deal With Teens and Time Management: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Teen Succeed
Nigg, Joel T. Getting Ahead of ADHD: What Next-Generation Science Says About Treatments that Work
Cooper-Kahn, J., & Dietzel, L. Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents’ Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning
Dawson, P., & Guare, R. Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
Dr. Sharon Saline The ADHD Solution Deck: 50 Strategies to Help Kids Learn, Reduce Stress and Improve Family Connections
Sharon Neiss Arbess Get Up: A collection of short stories, emotional lessons, functional exercises, and mentor memos to help us get up and thrive.
The Princeton Review The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences
William Stixrud PhD The Self Driven Child
Dr. Sharon Saline What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew
Sharon Neiss Arbess Get Up: A collection of short stories, emotional lessons, and functional exercises to help us get up and thrive
Websites
Coaching for Teens and College Students
Order Out of Chaos: orderoochaos.com
JST Coaching: jstcoaching.com
Edge Foundation: edgefoundation.org
Institute for Challenging Disorganization: challengingdisorganization.org
Organizing and Productivity Products
Timers
Watchminder: watchminder.com. A watch with programmable vibrating reminders to help students stay on task and focus.
TimeTimer Study Tool: Amazon.com Displays the passage of time visually. Available as an app too!
Pomodoro Timer Lite: play.google.com. Focus for 25 minutes and the timer signals it’s time for a break.
FocusTime: focustimeapp.com. Allows you to set work and break intervals.
Focus Booster: focusboosterapp.com. Provides digital visual cues to keep track of time.
Study Skills/Note-taking
LiveScribe – Never miss a word: livescribe.com
Visual outlines to help students organize information. Studenthandouts.com.
Dragon Speech Recognition: nuance.com/dragon
Otter AI for Education: otter.ai/edu
Sonocent: sonocent.com/
Note.ly: https://note.ly/
MobileScribe: copytalk.com/ct/mobilescribe/
Paper/Long-term Storage
Open Top File Box: Amazon.com
Expanding file jackets by Smead: Amazon.com
File Management: Digital
Evernote: The workspace for your life’s work: evernote.com
Dropbox: Dropbox.com
LifeStream Digital Memory Box: Lifestreamdigitalinnovations.com
Planners and Calendars
Order Out of Chaos’® “Academic Planner: A Tool For Time Management®”: products.orderoochaos.com.
Magnetic Dry Erase Calendar: Amazon.com
Post-it Notes Weekly Calendar: post-it.com
Lunch Organization
Bentgo Lunchbox: Amazon.com
Stasher Bags - Reusable silicone sandwich bags: Amazon.com
Digital Calendars
Google Calendar: play.google.com. Both sync with cell phones, allowing you to schedule online and to set reminders by email or text.
MyStudyLife – Organize your classes, tasks and exams & never forget a lecture or assignment again: mystudylife.com
iCalendar: itunes.apple.com/
Microsoft Outlook Calendar: support.office.com
Homework Helpers Productivity Tools
StickK: StickK.com
Focusmate: Focusmate.com
Coach.me: coach.me/
ToDoist: https://todoist.com
HabitHub: thehabithub.com
Trello: trello.com
MyHomework Student Planner App: myhomeworkapp.com
Brainly: Brainly.com
SparkNotes: Sparknotes.com
Purdue Online Writing Lab: owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html
Online Educational Resources:
Lexia Learning: lexialearning.com
Education.com: education.com
Outschool: outschool.com
Focusing Products
Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty – Helps students fidget to focus: Amazon.com
Study Skills/Digital Flashcards
Quizlet: Free learning tools for students and teachers: quizlet.com
StudyBlue: Find and share flashcards online: studyblue.com
Dragon Speech Recognition: nuance.com/dragon
Khan Academy: khanacademy.org
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Noise Cancellation / Music
Media Distraction Apps
If you feel that your teen seriously lacks the self-control to monitor his/her tech usage, there are dozens of apps and settings that can be installed directly on a computer. These programs allow you to set time periods during which your teen will have no access to the Internet at all or block certain websites from his/her computer during certain parts of the day. As with any technology, it changes daily, but here are a few of the most common media distraction plug-ins available:
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