Title: ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
Author: Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau
Publisher: New York: Brunner-Routledge
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 1583913580
This well organized and practical book focuses on addressing the disorganization that often arises for people with attention deficit disorder (ADD). Written by a professional organizer and by an expert on ADD, the book offers a considerable variety of specially tailored strategies that target challenges present for people with ADD, including prioritizing, forgetfulness, and time awareness. The offered strategies are very specific and are categorized into necessary levels of support- support from self, friends and family, and professionals.
Title: Journeys Through ADDulthood
Author: Sari Solden
Publisher: New York: Walker & Company
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0802713769
Written by a woman with ADHD who also treats people with ADHD, this book includes education about ADHD, its treatment, and the process of accepting and learning to live with the diagnosis. She uses examples of people with ADHD, including herself to illustrate this process. Her approach is very validating and pragmatic; she offers exercises at the end of each chapter for reflection, and offers strategies and ideas for coping with the symptoms of ADHD.
Reviews completed by the University Counseling Center staff.