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Back to School Planning with ADHD

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It may seem like school is a long way off still, but these last few weeks of summer will be gone before we know it.  Get better prepared with some of my tips and others that are linked below.  When you decide what you will do, decide when to do it and honor your commitment to yourself.

The following ideas and suggestions are at the top of my list:

  • Talk to your child and ask how they would like to get ready for the school year.
  • Talk with your child’s doctor, therapist, coach, tutor and/or any other support person in their lives.  Ask what they recommend to help your child start the school year successfully.
  • Ensure that your child has a planner that will work for them.  Their school may provide one that works, you can customize a teacher’s lesson plan book, check out the blog of “adhdmomma” for a customized planner, or check out your local office products store.
  • Look into a family calendar to help keep everyone’s schedules straight once the school year gets in swing.  The website Families With Purpose has some great family calendars and mom’s planners. 
  • Check out tips from websites like Attitude magazine‘s site and  About.com. 

Which of these ideas sounds good to you?  What are you doing to get yourself or your children ready to go back to school?  Share your ideas in our comments.

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Time Management Part 3 – Accomplish More!

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How are you doing with electronic overload?  Have you implemented any new tips from the last blog post?  Let us know about your progress!

 

How do you plan your time?

Whether you have ADHD or not, you might have trouble accurately estimating how much time it takes to complete your tasks.  This causes problems with your planning because you try to accomplish too much in one day and get frustrated if you cannot finish everything.  Sound familiar?  Don’t give up on the planning concept!  

 

Here is something you can do to help yourself.

  1.  Commit to planning for at least a week.
  2. When planning, add a column for “Planned Time” and “Actual Time”.
  3. Each day, write down how much time you think each activity will take under “Planned Time”.
  4. After you work on each task, write down how much time you actually spent under “Actual Time”.
  5. At the end of the week, review your data and adjust your planning the following week.

 

Even if you only do this for one week, it will give you a more realistic perspective on what you can accomplish in any given day.  Being more realistic will help you commit to plan and, in the end, accomplish more!  

 

Let me know how it goes!  Best of luck to you.


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What is attention-related coaching?

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Attention-Related Coaching is a process of partnering with adults, teens or children who experience attention-related challenges in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires clients to establish clear goals and maximize the potential to reach those goals.

 

Attention-related challenges include: 

  • Social issues due to impulsivity
  • Hyperactivity
  • Late or missed tasks
  • Time management challenges
  • Project management struggles
  • AD/HD or ADD

 

At each stage of the process, client needs are be addressed by coaching sessions, brief check-in sessions and e-mail correspondence.  Coaching sessions and check-in sessions are typically done over the phone.  

 

Contact LSR Coaching and Consulting, LLC to schedule a complimentary session and learn how coaching can help you or your child!  

 

What other questions do you have about attention-related coaching?  Enter them in the comments section and we’ll cover your questions in a future post.

 


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LSR Coaching and Consulting Announces our New Blog!

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Welcome Guests!  I am very excited to launch the My Attention Coach blog.  I’ll be sharing tips and techniques to help you overcome attention challenges such as AD/HD and ADD, announcing workshops and working to provide  you with valuable information!  Please let me know what topics you would like covered here and I’ll work to include them!

For starters, I would like to share some tips from my workshop “Turmoil to Tranquility:  Tools for Keeping on Track” held at the Troy Chamber of Commerce on May 1, 2009.  

  • Make sure GOALS are specific and measurable.
  • ACTION PLANS should consist of small, achievable steps.
  • REWARD yourself!
  • Allocate time each week for PLANNING.  Start small and check your progress!

We discussed many more tips and generated a lot of great discussion.  Thank you to all of the participants!  Your participation was inspiring.

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