Organizing books fall short of addressing the unique needs of adults with ADD. They fail to understand the clinical picture of ADD and how it impacts the organizing process often making their advice irrelevant or frustrating when put into application. Books about ADD may address organization/disorganization but do so in a cursory fashion and on a very small scale in what are usually long books on the subject. This is a book that has ADD-Friendly advice with the ADDer in mind. This collaboration brings forth the best underlying understanding with the most effective and practical remedy from ADD experts in two important fields -professional organization and clinical psychology. Finally, it offers organizing advice that ranges from self-help to utilizing the help of non-professionals, to using professional assistance. Thus it permits the reader to decide where they are at personally in the organizing process, and what level of support will be most beneficial to their unique situation.

Reviews

"ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life is the first book to exclusively address the special organizational needs and dilemmas of adults with ADD. The book provides an in-depth exploration of the subject and walks readers through the ADD-friendly methods with great specifity."
--Sari Solden, MS LMFT, Psychotherapist and author of Women with Attention Deficit Disorder and Journey Through ADDulthood

"...Kolberg and Nadeau have taken a sympathetic look at the organizing challenges of people with ADD and come up with a bucketful of innovative tips, tools, and strategies specifically geared to the workings of the ADD brain. This book is a must-read."
--Susan Sussman, M.Ed., MCC, D.A., Director of the American Coaching Association

"At last! A book for those 'Hunters in a Farmer's world' who are tired of always hunting for where they left things! Judith and Kathleen have provided us all a clear, accessible, and easy-to-use guide to getting and staying organized. Wonderful!"
--Thom Hartmann, author of ADD: A Difference Perception

Contents

Foreword
Preface
Section I: Getting Started

1. ADD Friendly Organizing
2. ADD Frienldy Strategies
3. Structure and Support

Section II: Taking Charge of ADD

1. Streamline & Simplify
2. ADD Decision Dilemas
3. Boring- Managing Stimulation Hunger and Hyperfocus
4. First Things First: Learning to Prioritize
5. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Remembering to Remember

Section III: Thing Organizing.

1. The C.H.A.O.S. Syndrome.
2. Out-of-Sight, Out-of-Mind.
3. Getting Over Overwhelm.
4. David's Garage.

Section IV: Time Organizing.

1. Time Out. Less is More.
2. Over-commitment
3. Plenty of Time Thinking.
4. The State of Rushness.

Section V: Paper Organizing.

1. Fear of Filing.
2. Backlog Blues.
3. Paper Money.

Section VI: Conclusion.
Section VII: Resources. Index.