Organizing the Disorganized Child: Simple Strategies to Succeed in School by Martin L. Kutscher, Martin L. Kutscher, Marcella Moran, Marcella Moran

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Synopsis

Organizing the Disorganized Child is the essential guide to helping your child get organized, written by an educational consultant who specializes in organization and a world-renowned pediatric neurologist.

"You can imagine what my child's room looked like: clothes on the floor, dresser drawers 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 question: How can I help my child get organized without waging a battle? This essential tool kit for parents and educators factors organizational styles into the equation and offers effective strategies that deliver amazing long-term results.

Renowned ADHD expert Dr. Martin Kutscher and coach Marcella Moran explain the roots of children's organizational problems, and parents' roles in fixing them. They outline different organizational styles used by different students. (Not all kids organize the same way!) Kutscher and Moran outline exactly which school materials to buy, and how to set up the study area. They also 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 reference that belongs on every parent's shelf.

Organizing the Disorganized Child explains:

• How to solve the messy-backpack problem (page 28).

• Step-by-step tips to help your child improve study skills (page 96).

• Which school supplies work best for different types of children (page 26).

• Methods for note taking (page 99).

• Techniques for time management (page 72).

• Strategies to refine morning and nighttime routines that will help the entire family (page 128).

Biography

Martin L. Kutscher, M.D., is board certified in Pediatrics and in Neurology, with Special Competency in Child Neurology. Kutscher is a graduate of Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons.