Developed by four professors who also happen to be ADHD experts, this interactive and customizable workbook provides coaching to students with ADHD to make skills like managing time, motivating and organizing oneself, and "adulting" a workable part of everyday college life.

Other books for college students with ADHD only describe personal experiences or just give advice, but this workbook promotes learning through interactive exercises and behavioral practice. It will allow you to address issues most relevant to your needs at whatever pace feels right. Modules are designed to be engaging, digestible, and activity-oriented. With practice, you will come away with improved skills that will help you to succeed in college, and to live your best life. This workbook can be used on its own; however, an accompanying Thriving in College guide for therapists uses an approach that mirrors what you will be learning and doing. If you have this workbook and are getting support from a therapist, encourage them to use the therapist guide along with you!

Parents can also benefit from information in this workbook, to help their college students along the way and to understand ADHD and how it impacts the college years.

Table of Contents

1 Organization, Time Management, and Planning

2 Professional Learner Skills

3 Thinking (and Doing) Differently

4 Taking Good Care of Yourself

5 Building Strong Relationships

6 Adulting

Review

"A gap in therapy for ADHD has been beautifully addressed by this program for managing executive functioning deficits in the college student population. The authors, all experts in adult ADHD, have distilled their years of clinical research and expertise into a finely-honed program for this college population desperately in need of assistance with the high executive functioning demands of today’s college environment. This highly useful program will be a necessary resource for anyone working with this ADHD population."

Russell A.Barkley, Ph.D. Clinical Neuropsychologist, Retired. Author, Taking Charge of ADHD and Taking Charge of Adult ADHD

"This program is such a great resource! It takes the foundational skills that have been validated in adults and in high school students and applies them to the unique needs of college students where there are many life-transition milestones. Modules including "adulting", substance use, balancing independence with looping in parents, and setting the stage for next steps in the workplace make this set of skills unique and highly relevant. I would highly recommend this program to any clinician working with college students coping with a full-fledged diagnosis of ADHD or with related symptoms."

Steven A. Safren, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, University of Miami. Author, Mastering Your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program

"Thriving in College with ADHD is exactly what clinicians are looking for. This is the right program at the right time for the field. The Therapist Guide offers a modular structure grounded in rigorous science with flexibility to meet individual client needs. The accompanying Student Workbook for clients is inviting and user-friendly with accessible language and relatable examples. The package helps clinicians transform science into action. Exactly what university counseling centers need right now."

Julie S. Owens, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Co-Director of the Center for Intervention Research in Schools, Ohio University

About the Authors

Laura E. Knouse, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Richmond. She is an expert in CBT for adult ADHD and study skills for college students with ADHD.

Will Canu, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Appalachian State University. His research focuses mainly on ADHD in adulthood, including adjustment, assessment, and interventions.

Kate Flory, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. She studies social, emotional, health, academic, and other outcomes among children, adolescents, and young adults with ADHD.

Cynthia M. Hartung, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wyoming. She studies the assessment and treatment of ADHD in adolescents and emerging adults and sex/gender differences in psychopathology.