Organizing The Disorganized Child finally answers parents’ question: “How can I help my child get organized without waging a battle?”

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Organizing the Disorganized Child: Tips and Tricks is a series of tips written exclusively for DailyLit by the authors of the book Organized the Disorganized Child. Designed to complement the book, these tips give a taste of the great advice that is available from the full text. These tips have been made available for free by the publisher of the book, HarperStudio.

"You can imagine what my child’s room looked like: clothes on the floor, dresser draws open with clothes half hanging out of them, and toys spread all over the floor."

"Jill is given an assignment on Monday that is due on Friday. The problem is that despite repeated nagging, she won’t start it until Thursday night."

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.

In the book renowned ADHD expert Dr. Martin Kutscher and psychotherapist 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:

-- Refining morning and nighttime routines
-- Getting the correct work home
-- Planning the work, and getting it back to where it belongs
-- Tips for reading and note taking
-- Study and test taking skills
-- Learning how to ask the right questions

Organizing the Disorganized Child is an essential toolkit that belongs on every parent’s shelf. Read these tips and you'll see why the book is a must-read.

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Copyright 2009 by Marcella Moran. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022.

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About the Author

MARTIN L. KUTSCHER, MD is board certified in Pediatrics and in Neurology, with Special Competency in Child Neurology. Dr. Kutscher is a graduate of Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his pediatrics at Temple University’s St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children as well as a pediatric neurology fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and of Neurology at the New York Medical College and maintains his own medical practice of more than twenty years that is currently limited to pediatric behavioral neurology. Dr. Kutscher lectures internationally and is the author of several recent books, including ADHD: Living Without Brakes and Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD. Visit him online at syndromemix.com.

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Help your child plan out study time for tests, especially at the beginning of school breaks when tests are given before vacations and at the end of the year. It has been my experience that some students have a difficult time planning out a long term study schedule. These students seem to only ...

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Copyright

Copyright 2009 by Martin L. Kutscher and Marcella Moran.

All Rights Reserved.

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