ADD -Friendly ways to organize your life
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This is the name of a book that can help people with ADD to get organized. It can also help other people to understand how they can assist someone with ADD to get organized. The person without ADD acts as a coach.
The book mentions:
- Stop coaches – help to determine when the task is finished
- Decision Coaches – someone who can help to clarify thoughts and feelings by asking questions
- Priority coaches – talk things over to help make things clearer
There are chapters on:
- different approaches to organizing,
- thing organizing,
- time organizing and
- paper organizing.
Each chapter suggests strategies and processes for a person with ADD to try. Then the chapter continues and explains how a coach, friend or family member can assist. The last part of the chapter explains how a Professional Organizer would work with the client.
Easy to Use
The book is written and formatted so it is easy for a person with ADD to use. The sections are short. There are circles and boxes, headings and bullet points and a review section at the end of each chapter. Judith Kolberg, a Professional Organizer and Kathleen Nadeau, a Psychologist have collaborated to create a book full of strategies that work.
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I’m familiar with Kolberg’s work, but haven’t read this book. I will recommend it to a friend with ADHD.
It is written in a way that someone with ADHD would find it easy to read. If you don’t have ADHD the book’s topics jump around a lot. It is an interesting way to write.
Love seeing this resource promoted here. I’m so thankful we are acknowledging ADD, and believe we have a very long way in learning strategies to live in an organized and productive manner with it. Judith Kolberg is a rockstar, and she has so much wisdom to share. Thanks for telling us about it here on your blog.
I agree that it is a long learning journey to find good ways to help organize a person with ADD. Too often we think of ADD as causing similar behaviours in everyone. The situation is that ADD affects each person differently, so many solutions need to be tested.
I have this book! It is wonderful. It has helped me work more effectively with my clients and family members.
I am glad you also find it to be a good resource.
I will have to check this resource out! I’m intrigued by the different “type” of coaches. Thank you for sharing!
You’re welcome. It is a good resource for organizers, family and friends.
You’re welcome
Anything Judith Kolberg writes is fantastic! She is an industry pioneer and founder of NSGCD, which became ICD. I love the creative ways she approaches challenges with her out-of-the-box thinking. It’s wonderful to see your concise review of this book, one of my favorites.
Here books explain the theoretical information so simply that they are easy to understand. She always includes large sections of practical ideas.