ADHD, Executive Function & Behavioral Challenges in the Classroom: Managing the Impact on Learning, Motivation and Stress
by Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ADHD-CCSP and Carly Wolf, MA
An Essential Book for Teaching Children with ADHD
“Cindy Goldrich and Carly Wolf provide real, practical, and powerful insights and tools. This book is invaluable for all classroom teachers.”
-Edward Hallowell, MD, Renowned child and adult Psychiatrist, Educator and Author of Driven to Distraction
Available on Amazon – in paperback, Kindle, or Audiobook.
If you are interested in purchasing multiple copies for your school or institution at a discount, please contact Cindy: [email protected]
I am thrilled to announce my latest book about teaching children with ADHD: ADHD, Executive Function, & Behavioral Challenges in the Classroom: Managing the Impact on Learning, Motivation, and Stress, co-written with my daughter, Carly Wolf, MA, a special education teacher!
Take advantage of the latest brain research and evidence-based best practices to get kids motivated, focused, organized, and performing closer to their potential as you teach children with ADHD.
This book is a collaborative effort between my daughter, Carly – a special education teacher (and terrific person), and me. We have written this book with teachers in mind, though the information we share will provide practical support to anyone working with a child who is struggling in the classroom.
In this book, we share the insights, tools, and activities that we have found to impact the education of children who learn differently profoundly.
We hope to get this book to as many teachers as possible. With greater insight, tools, and strategies, we know that teachers can help struggling students thrive!
Included for easy reproduction are resources and worksheets to address issues related to:
- Improving task initiation, planning, and time-management
- Strengthen emotional regulation, cognitive flexibility, and frustration tolerance
- Teach effective communication and collaboration skills
- Manage stress and anxiety in school and at home
- Practical, non-distracting movement
- Create a Growth Mindset temperament and improve perseverance
- Use goal-setting techniques to improve performance and confidence
ADHD, Executive Function, and Behavioral Challenges in the Classroom: Managing the Impact on Learning, Motiviation, and StressD
by Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ADHD-CCSP and Carly Wolf, MA
This book is for educators and professionals who support students with ADHD and executive function challenges.
Working with students who struggle with attention, organization, or follow-through can be both rewarding and complex. These students often need more—more time, more support, more patience—and knowing how to provide that without stepping in too much can be a delicate balance.
Just as a child who finds reading difficult can learn to decode words, students with ADHD can learn to manage emotions, communicate effectively, and build habits that help them feel capable and confident.
This book offers a hopeful, practical approach grounded in science and experience. Inside, you’ll find gentle guidance, tools, and strategies to help students strengthen their skills and grow into the best version of themselves—with support that feels respectful, empowering, and sustainable.
This Book is for you if…
You sometimes wonder whether your support is helping your students move forward—or holding them back. When is it helpful to step in, and when might it be more helpful to step back?
This Book is for you if…
You’re looking for ways to encourage students to be more organized, motivated, and engaged. You’ve tried being patient, being firm, using rewards or consequences—but you still find yourself searching for what really works.
This Book is for you if…
ou want a deeper understanding of your students’ needs, and a thoughtful set of tools and strategies to support their growth with compassion, clarity, and consistency.
Here’s what Professionals in the field of ADHD said about Cindy & Carly’s book…
“Full of fantastic activities & worksheets that focus on honing essential skills like time management, taking someone else’s perspective, flexible thinking, and developing grit.”
– Janine Halloran, LMHC, author of Coping Skills for Kids Workbook
“Full of fantastic activities & worksheets”
“Both personally, as a parent, and professionally, as head of our school district’s foundation, I have seen how transformative Cindy’s work can be! Her tips, tools and strategies for parents and educators consistently prove to help adults understand and support kids with ADHD and related challenges. The outcomes speak for themselves.”
– Allison Billings, Executive Director, Impact on Education
“The outcomes speak for themselves.”
“Stress and anxiety have reached a crisis point in our school and home environments. Tools are no longer optional, they are now a requirement for every teacher. This exceptional team of experts have put these skills into practice both in the classroom and in the field. Join this mother-daughter team in implementing these excellent hands-on tools and techniques that support students in finding the peace in their challenges and empowering them to thrive in all areas of life.”
– Elenn Steinberg, Founder and Executive Director, Every Child Reading
“support students in finding the peace in their challenges and empowering them to thrive”
“This book is an invaluable guide for educators as well as an essential resource for parents. For many years, I have seen Cindy work with teachers of students with ADHD from Kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as with our Child Study Team members and parents. Today, parents and teachers alike are often overwhelmed. I have witnessed first-hand the appreciation any adult who cares about any child has for her expertise and guidance. Her work is a breath of fresh air for any adult who cares for any child.”
— Richard Cohen, Assistant Superintendent of Metuchen School District and Principal of Moss School
“Her work is a breath of fresh air“
“Wow! I wish I could put this book in the hands of every teacher. Not only does it make the academic topic of executive function accessible, it translates the best research- backed methods for developing these critical skills into clear, actionable strategies for the classroom. This book is a gift to all educators – and the children they support.”
– Krista Marks, CEO of Woot Tutor and former Vice President of Disney Online
“Wow! I wish I could put this book in the hands of every teacher”
“ADHD, Executive Function and Behavioral Challenge in the Classroom is a much-needed resource. It provides children with the tools needed to help transform common challenges related to ADHD, and is a resource to educators who struggle with how to breakthrough with their students in the classroom. Cindy and Carly Goldrich provide a clear explanation along with useful and straight forward exercises to help set up the child for success.”
— Melissa Springstead Cahill, PsyD, MFT,author of ADHD in Teens & Young Adults
“help transform common challenges related to ADHD”
“This book is a powerhouse of in-depth and practical information on helping students with executive functioning deficits in the classroom. Its exploration of how to handle each aspect of executive functioning is outstanding. I wish our program had had this resource for our long-term school training programs.”
— Maureen A. Gill, LCSW, ACC
“This book is a powerhouse”
“This well-written and insightful book helps educators and others by providing new strategies and tools to better understand and reach and teach students with neurobehavioral challenges. It empowers and connects teachers with fresh perspectives to better understand and engage students to promote academic successes. The many user-friendly worksheets are practical and fun, and will help students better know and challenge themselves to stretch and master the skills they need. This book will energize and inspire students and teachers. Highly recommended.”
— Gene Carroccia, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist,author of Treating ADHD/ADD in Children and Adolescents
“This book will energize and inspire students and teachers.”
“Cindy and Carly Goldrich provide real, practical, and powerful insights and tools. This book is invaluable for all classroom teachers.”
– Edward Hallowell, MD, author of Driven to Distraction
“This book is invaluable for all classroom teachers.”
“We have the technology, and we know icebergs are much bigger than they appear on the surface. Cindy Goldrich is an ADHD thought leader because she understands there is more to ADHD and executive functioning challenges than how they appear! She also understands the importance and power of connection and collaboration. Her book and training programs emphasize the importance of connection and collaboration to help teachers and professionals understand the invisible drivers that lead to success in helping those impacted by ADHD!”
— Jeff Copper, PCC, ADHD coach, host of Attention Talk Radio
“Cindy Goldrich is an ADHD thought leader”
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365 Bite-Sized Tips and Strategies to Help You THRIVE with ADHD. More than 80 ADHD co-authors of this book, all of them ADHD professionals, coaches and experts from around the world and from a variety of disciplines, experiences and expertise, gathered to answer the question, “What is the most valuable tip or strategy I know for succeeding with ADHD?” Each has contributed their own tips and strategies to help people with ADHD succeed. There is something for everybody: parents, teachers, adults, teens, etc. Within these pages is that one tip, strategy, resource or idea that is the answer you’ve been searching for!
Available on Amazon – in paperback, Kindle, or Audiobook.
