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Kick Procrastination to the Curb: Strategies to Get Your Clients
Unstuck and Started!NAPO-SFBA
November 7th, 2015
Leslie J. Josel, ADHD Specialist Academic/Life Coach for Teens www.orderoochaos.com [email protected]
It All Started with My Son
• ADHD• Executive Dysfunction• Learning Differences• Oppositional Defiant Disorder• Explosive Behavior• Gifted
I Needed to Find Systems and Strategies to UNTANGLE his World at Home and at School!
Leslie Josel
Graduate: JST Coaching Program for Students with ADHD and
LDCreator: Award Winning Academic Planner: A Tool for Time
ManagementAuthor: “What’s the Deal with Teens and Time Management?”
Where to Find Leslie?
Website: www.orderoochaos.com E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: 914.420.6643
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What You Will Learn???• Why our clients procrastinate.
• What “mood-based” procrastination is and the difference between a Functional & Dysfunctional procrastinator.
• Real Techniques to help YOU start teaching your clients skills to
get them unstuck.
• How your clients’ environment plays a HUGE role in how they get stuff done.
• My “secret sauce” for preventing media overuse and real tech tools that can help.
This Journey Should Never Be Taken Alone!
A Field Guide to Procrastinators
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How Big a Problem Is It?
§ Over 50% of the population chronic problem
§ Gets worse as we get older§ 70% of students
The Culprit?
No Structure = No Initiating
Impact on Our Clients
§ Higher stress levels§ Lower achievement
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All Procrastination is Delay"BUT"
Not All Delay is Procrastination!"
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Types of Procrastination
§ Inevitable § Purposeful § Hedonistic
Types of Procrastination
FunctionalVs
Dysfunctional
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Types of Procrastination
No Future AwarenessVs
Decision Fatigue
What’s Really Getting in the Way?
Procrastination
Perfe
ctio
nism
Prioritization
Sustaining Effort
Decision FatigueTime S
ense
Overwhelm
Overdoer
Organization
Understanding Procrastination
Mood Based
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Breaking the Cycle
Is Motivation Needless?
Bring in External Motivators!- Color
- Lighting- Tactile Supports -Fascination
Environment is Key!
Create Their Happy Place!
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The Secret Sauce
How Low Can You Go?
Define &
Assign!
Tips and Tools
§ Time vs Task§ Easy Does It!
§ How Do I Begin?
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Tips and Tools
§ “Black Tablecloth Effect”
§ Make a Plan, Stan!
§ “I’ve Got the Music in Me!”
Syndromes to Solutions
I’ll Do it Later = Time Travel
It Won’t Take Me Long = What’s Your Plan?
Consequences = Forgiveness
Managing Media Distractions
Visit www.orderoochaos.com
(FreeStuff/Resources) to find productivity tools & tools to
limit media distractions
CO out of
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Chaos
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