Does your small group need a speaker?

Kathy Schlegel, owner of Organized Enough®, L.L.C. is available for Public Speaking engagements for your club, association, class, school, or corporate environment - such as Lunch and Learns. These talks are fun and entertaining and tailored for each group. Your time is valuable, and Kathy makes sure you will take home organizational tips and tools that you will remember and use.

Topics include, but are not limited to the list below. If you'd like an organizing topic not included here, just ask.

• Procrastination: It's the little things that count - People who have trouble getting started are often told to break things down into small chunks. How small is small? In this seminar you will learn how to peel back the layers to get to what may seem insignificant that is keeping you from getting started.
• How to get rid of the "big but" - When people are disorganized and overwhelmed they often say to themselves or hear others saying that they are good at something, but.... These are things like "You are so smart, but -you don't study hard enough and don't get good grades," or "My child is so caring, but -- he is so hyper," or "My boyfriend is so wonderful, but --he always forgets my birthday."
• How to get organized for school success - Tips and strategies, as well as "show and tell" of items that will help you or your student get organized and turn assignments in on time, keep track of their papers, and get good grades.
• Study skills for the struggling student - Some students can study for hours, and still not do well on the test. This seminar will give you creative ways to study smarter, not harder, and do well on your next test.
• Organizing a home study area - Students who have papers out where they can see it aren't going to put them away, because they are visual, and are afraid if they put it away, they won't find it again. This seminar will help you create an Organized Enough working space. You'll learn how to leave papers out on the desk, how to work with filing systems without drawers, and still be organized.

To schedule Kathy to speak to your group, please send an e-mail to kathy@organizedenough.com or call 717-872-7424 or 610-299-5191.

Ten tips to get your homework done and turned in, even if you have ADHD

1. Make a list of all the homework you have to do.

2. As you complete each assignment, check it off on the list.

3. Write down how much time it will take to do each assignment. Do this by deciding how much time you think the assignment will take, and then double it. This is the time it will take to do the assignment, not counting breaks. If you have a long-term assignment, decide how much time you will work on it this time.

4. Decide what your reward will be when you do what you have to do and your homework is completed. Maybe you can watch a tv show, play video games, get on the internet, read a book, or whatever you decide you can't do until you are done your homework. Write that down.

5. Use a digital timer (You can get them in a kitchen store in the mall, or I like the ones from Pampered Chef.) Set the timer to work for 20 minutes at a time. Then set it for your 5 minute break. This is just a short break: stretch, walk around a little, get a glass of water.

6. Clip the timer to your clothes, so that if you walk away, you will hear it when it goes off.

7. If your break comes at the end of an assignment and you will be starting another one when you get back, get out everything you need to start the new assignment before you take your break. For example, open the book to the page you will start on. If it's math, sharpen the pencil. Then, when you come back from your break, it will be so much easier to sit down and start.

8. Get a plastic 2-pocket folder that pops into your 3-ring binder so you don't have to open the rings each time. Label one side "Take home," and label the other side "Take to school." When you get homework sheets, papers to take home, etc. put them in the take "Take home" side right away. When your homework sheets are completed, and forms are completed, etc., put them in the "Take to school" side right away. No more lost homework sheets, and everyday you can turn in your homework because you know where to find it. When you have checked off the last assignment, put the folder back in the binder and the binder in the backpack along with your books.

9. Put your backpack near the door so you can pick it up on your way out in the morning.

10. Reward time! You have a completed assignment sheet, which means you have done all of your homework, you know where it is so you can turn it in, and your backpack is ready for the next day! Congratulations!

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