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
ADDitude: additudemag.com
LD Online: LDonline.org
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD): chadd.org
Great Schools: greatschools.org
Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities: smartkidswithld.org.
Disability Scoop https://www.disabilityscoop.com/
Attention Talk News: attentiontalknetwork.com
Advocates for Your Rights: yourspecialeducationrights.com
Psycom Guide to ADHD: https://www.psycom.net/adhd/
Reaching Roots For Parents Podcast: https://www.wishslate.com/podcasts/
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
Personal Space/Room Requirements
Ikea Kallax Shelving Unit: Amazon.com
Elfa Shelving System: containerstore.com
Alarms and Clocks
Wake N Shake: apps.apple.com/ca/app/wake-n-shake-alarm-clock. You have to vigorously shake your iPhone to wake up.
Clocky and Tocky: clocky.com. These alarm clocks jump on your nightstand and roll around your room.
Analog Clocks: Amazon.com
Study Space/Desks
Sit to Stand Desk: Amazon.com
Lap Desk: Amazon.com
Privacy Shields: Amazon.com
LED Desk Lamp: Amazon.com
Paper/Short-term Storage
5 Subject All-In-One School Organizer with Removable Notepad: Amazon.com
5 Subject All-In-One School Organizer with Built-In Clipboard: Amazon.com
Case-it binders: Amazon.com
C-line Binder Pockets w/ Write-On Tabs: Amazon.com
Avery Big Tab Two-Pocket Insertable Plastic Dividers: Amazon.com
Samsill 5 Subject Spiral Organizer: Amazon.com
Smead Organized Up Heavyweight Vertical File Folders: Amazon.com
Letter Sized Sheet Protectors: Target.com
Like-it Magazine Holders: Containerstore.com
Wilson Jones Big Mouth Filers: wilsonjones.com
Study Space/Seating
Yoga Ball Chairs: Great alternative to a regular chair especially for those students who tend to fidget while doing homework. Amazon.com
Bungee Office Chair: containerstore.com
Locker Supplies
Locker Bones: Customizable locker shelves that help keep your student organized. Amazon.com
Dry Erase Board: Amazon.com
Magnetic Bins / Locker organizers: Amazon.com
Locker magnets: Amazon.com
School Supplies
Grid-It Organizer: Amazon.com
Pencil Pouch w/ Mesh Window: Amazon.com
Wide Ruled Reinforced Notebook Paper: Amazon.com
mDesign Organizing boxes: Amazon.com
Erasable Highlighters: Amazon.com
G2 Premium Ink Pens: Amazon.com
Computer Monitor Message Board: Amazon.com
Giant Post-It Notes: Amazon.com
mDesign File Folder Bin Organizers: Amazon.com
mDesign Homework Caddy: Amazon.com
Essential Oil Diffuser: Amazon.com
Wrist Notes - You will never forget your to-do list again! Amazon.com
Graphic organizers: superteacherworksheets.com
SimpleMind: simplemind.eu
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
White Noise
Lectrofan White Noise Machine: Amazon.com
Noisli – Improve focus and boost productivity with background noise: noisli.com
HoMedics Sound machine: Amazon.com
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:
Freedom (macfreedom.com):
Freedom works by disabling a computer’s internet connection for the time period you specify. When Freedom is running on your teen’s computer, he/she will not able to get online at all. Freedom makes no permanent changes to the computer. If your teen needs to get back online, say, to do research for a paper, he/she can just reboot the computer.
Anti-Social (anti-social.cc):
Rather than blocking the Internet in its entirety, Anti-Social automatically blocks all known time-robbers for a set period of time. Sites that are off limit include Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, and more.
Self-Control (selfcontrolapp.com):
With Self-Control, you can block out distracting websites for a set amount of time. It is truly customizable in terms of which sites you can block and for how long. No amount of browser restarts or computer reboots will stop it. However, rather than completely disabling the entire Internet, you can selectively decide which sites are OK or not.
DF Tube - Allow yourself to focus while using YouTube™ for work, recreation or education with this Google Chrome extension.
One Tab - Save up to 95% memory and reduce tab clutter. Whenever you find yourself with too many tabs, click the OneTab icon to convert all of your tabs into a list. When you need to access the tabs again, you can either restore them individually or all at once.
Cold Turkey (getcoldturkey.com):
Cold Turkey is specifically designed for students to help them focus and stay on-track. Not only does it block common websites and programs, but you can also program it to block certain computer games as well.
Stay on Task (Available from Google Play)
StayFocused: stayfocused.com
Focus Me: focusme.com
Dewo: memory.ai/dewo
Ommwriter: ommwriter.com
Momentum: momentumdash.com
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