Description
Focus on Your Strengths and Overcome ADHD
Symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, can strike at any time-during class, when you're listening to a friend's story, while doing homework, and did we mention during class? You might find it difficult to pay attention and sit still when your impulses are constantly tempting you to do the opposite. In The ADHD Workbook for Teens, you'll learn simple skills you can use to confidently handle school, make and keep friends, and organize and finish every project you start.
This workbook helps you find out who you really are through a series of exercises and worksheets that focus on identifying your strengths and interests. Then, you'll begin using those strengths to create strategies for overcoming the ADHD-related issues you struggle with.
-Learn how to calm yourself down when you feel hyperactive or impulsive-Develop plans for meeting the goals that matter to you most
-Get your life under control and organize your schedule
-Improve your social life by becoming a better listener and friend
Author: Lara Honos-Webb
Publisher: Instant Help Publications
Published: 01/01/2011
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.98w x 0.34d
ISBN13: 9781572248656
ISBN10: 1572248653
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Young Adult Nonfiction | School & Education
About the Author
Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Walnut Creek, CA. She is author of The Gift of ADHD, The Gift of ADHD Activity Book, Listening to Depression, and more than twenty-five scholarly articles. Her work has been featured in Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Publisher's Weekly, and many newspapers across the country. She has appeared on national radio and television programs. Honos-Webb specializes in the treatment of ADHD, depression, and the psychology of pregnancy and motherhood and speaks regularly on these topics. She completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, and has been an assistant professor teaching graduate students. For more information about Honos-Webb and her work, please visit visionarysoul.com.