The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success

by Joshua Shifrin, Tracy Bishop (Illustrator)

Overview

“A useful guide with appealing graphic-like illustrations for youth with ADHD or for anyone seeking good study techniques.”—Booklist

The Homework Squad is here for kids with ADHD! This easy-to-use guide will help with key study skills to improve reading, writing, math, listening, memorization, concentration, and more! Bite-sized tips and tricks, journal prompts, and advice for challenges help kids with ADHD recognize how they learn best and act on that knowledge.

This is an accessible, straightforward, and relatable guide to key study skills for kids with ADHD that features a cast of characters with ADHD to enliven the lessons. The author covers an array of areas where kids with ADHD might struggle academically to help kids recognize how they learn best and act on that knowledge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433833755
Publisher:	Magination Press, American Psychological Association
Publication date:	08/03/2021
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Lexile:	910L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Tracy Nishimura Bishop is a full-time illustrator with a passion for children's books. She has a degree in graphic design with a focus on animation and illustration. She lives in California.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Read Like a Champ
Chapter 2: Make Math Click
Chapter 3: Write Your Heart Out
Chapter 4: Listen Up
Chapter 5: Set Good Goals
Chapter 6: Take Note
Chapter 7: Study Like a Pro
Chapter 8: Power Up the Concentration
Chapter 9: Get It Memorized
Chapter 10: Test Better
Chapter 11: Fight Procrastination

What People are Saying About This

Julie Stolker

The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success by Joshua Shifrin is a must read! As a graduate student working toward my LPC, this book will have a permanent place in my toolbox. The Homework Squad is wonderfully written, incorporating important information about ADHD combined with valuable strategies to guide caregivers and professionals. I look forward to sharing this gem with colleagues, friends and clients.

Carolyn J. Lewis

The illustrations and character narration make The Homework Squad’s ADHD Guide to School Success user friendly for elementary school students, while the organization, format, and clear cut tips provide guidance for engaging older kids as well. Not only is this guide appropriate as a self-help book, but it is quite useful for parents, caregivers, school staff, counselors, and other adults who interact with youth who have ADHD. Dr. Shifrin, ‘Shiff,’ has put together a manual of sorts that reads like fiction but is true to life.

Melissa R. Kaplowitch

Shifrin has masterfully constructed a step by step “how to” guide that creatively and practically teaches skills that will not only increase academic success but help improve self-confidence. Shifrin understands the complexities and intricacies associated with ADHD. This book is a game changer for combatting homework frustration.

George Singo

I love the overall style, presentation and usefulness of the book. It is very relatable for students and eliminates the disability "stigma" often attached to an ADHD diagnosis. Practical and very useful. As a school psychologist (with ADHD, no less), I look forward to using this to support my students struggling with executive function!

Merritt Hubsher

The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success is an excellent resource for children, and their families, to enhance the academic performance of this vulnerable population.  Dr. Shifrin's book is full of easy to digest, empirically supported strategies, to help students with ADHD reach their potential.  Highly recommended!

Editorial Reviews

"Meet the Homework Squad, four very different and racially diverse students with one thing in common: their ADHD diagnosis. . . . The tips and tricks, appropriately, are not one size fits all, so readers are encouraged to try them all and keep track of what works. . . . All adults working with children should have a copy of this book, not only for their students, but to understand how they can put strategies and accommodations in place to provide an equitable environment for all. An important, affirming, and beneficial resource."—starred, Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success is an excellent resource for children, and their families, to enhance the academic performance of this vulnerable population.  Dr. Shifrin's book is full of easy to digest, empirically supported strategies, to help students with ADHD reach their potential.  Highly recommended!

Merritt Hubsher

Shifrin has masterfully constructed a step by step “how to” guide that creatively and practically teaches skills that will not only increase academic success but help improve self-confidence. Shifrin understands the complexities and intricacies associated with ADHD. This book is a game changer for combatting homework frustration.

Melissa R. Kaplowitch

The illustrations and character narration make The Homework Squad’s ADHD Guide to School Success user friendly for elementary school students, while the organization, format, and clear cut tips provide guidance for engaging older kids as well. Not only is this guide appropriate as a self-help book, but it is quite useful for parents, caregivers, school staff, counselors, and other adults who interact with youth who have ADHD. Dr. Shifrin, ‘Shiff,’ has put together a manual of sorts that reads like fiction but is true to life.

Carolyn J. Lewis

The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success by Joshua Shifrin is a must read! As a graduate student working toward my LPC, this book will have a permanent place in my toolbox. The Homework Squad is wonderfully written, incorporating important information about ADHD combined with valuable strategies to guide caregivers and professionals. I look forward to sharing this gem with colleagues, friends and clients.

Julie Stolker

A useful guide with appealing graphic-like illustrations for youth with ADHD or for anyone seeking good study techniques.

Booklist

I love the overall style, presentation and usefulness of the book. It is very relatable for students and eliminates the disability "stigma" often attached to an ADHD diagnosis. Practical and very useful. As a school psychologist (with ADHD, no less), I look forward to using this to support my students struggling with executive function!

George Singo

★ 2021-06-29
Meet the Homework Squad, four very different and racially diverse students with one thing in common: their ADHD diagnosis.

In this how-to book for elementary students, the squad learns that while ADHD makes them more creative and spontaneous, it also causes them to struggle in class and stay focused. Sick of struggling, the kids research and test over 100 study skills to help their ADHD and write an ultra-official guidebook to help others. Divided into 11 easy-to-follow chapters, the book covers different areas of school and learning like reading, math, note-taking, and procrastination. Within each area, the book breaks down common challenges students with ADHD face and gives readers multiple tricks for managing each challenge. The tips and tricks, appropriately, are not one size fits all, so readers are encouraged to try them all and keep track of what works. Author and neuroscientist Shifrin breaks down the importance of these learning tools in a concise format with Bishop’s colorful pops of illustrations adding to its accessibility. By learning the pros and cons of their diagnosis early, readers will appreciate the importance of these learning tools and apply them to all aspects of their lives. All adults working with children should have a copy of this book, not only for their students, but to understand how they can put strategies and accommodations in place to provide an equitable environment for all.

An important, affirming, and beneficial resource. (Nonfiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews