Cassette Tapes

• Help children understand themselves.
• Help motivate children to complete the Focus program.
• Help children to use relaxation to pay attention.
• Help children to use relaxation to slow down and think.
• Help children to use mental pictures to solve problems.
• Help children to use relaxation and mental pictures to control their emotions.

Stress Sensor/Biofeedback Card

• Provides skin temperature biofeedback to help children monitor their stress level.
• Helps children increase their ability to relax which leads to improved attention and concentration as well as self-control.

Table of Contents

The Behavior Modification Program, Relaxation Tapes and Coaching Tapes have two levels. Level A is for children 6 - 10 while Level B is for 11-14. The two levels are provided in one program so that children that are either more or less advanced than their age group can use an approach that will work for them.

Instruction Manual Topics:

• Introduction
• Let’s Get Focused (Using the Program)
• Improving Attention & Self-Control at School (Behavior Modification)
• Biofeedback/Relaxation Training
• Exercises to Improve Self-Control
• Exercises to Improve Attention & Learning
• Improving Attention & Self-Control at Home

(The Instruction Manual also includes Forms for Medication Management, Classroom Interventions For Teachers, A List of Attention Deficit Disorder Support Groups and a Detailed Bibliography)

Coaching Tape Topics:

• Let’s Get Focused
• Learning To Slow Down & Think
• Learning To Pay Attention & Remember

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About the Author

Focus was developed by Dr. Robert Myers was developed by Dr. Robert Myers who is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents, families and parents. He has specialized in working with children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities. Dr. Myers earned his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. In addition to his twenty years of private practice, he has also held a number of consulting contracts. These have included Clinical Director for several youth service inpatient units at College Hospital and Charter Hospital of Long Beach; Consulting Psychologist for Miller Children’s Hospital at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center; Clinical Instructor (Pediatrics), Volunteer Faculty UCI College of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology at BIOLA University. He has also provided community lectures on parenting and other topics. He has been a talk show host on KIEV and KORG in Southern California and has also appeared as a guest on many radio and television talk shows locally and nationally. He also was a regular columnist for Parents and Kids Magazine.

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