Mindfulness for Teens with ADHD: A Skill-Building Workbook to Help You Focus and Succeed by Debra Burdick, LCSW, is a structured, evidence-based guide that teaches teens how to use mindfulness to improve attention, emotional regulation, and everyday success. This powerful workbook offers a step-by-step approach to understanding ADHD, managing stress, and building confidence through practical mindfulness techniques designed specifically for young people.
The book includes over forty hands-on activities that help teens strengthen focus, reduce impulsivity, and develop healthy routines at home, in school, and in relationships. Each chapter offers relatable examples, easy-to-follow mindfulness exercises, and reflection prompts that make learning both engaging and empowering.
Professionals such as therapists, counsellors, teachers, social workers, and youth coaches can use this workbook to support adolescents struggling with attention, organization, motivation, and emotional balance. The activities are ideal for one-to-one sessions, classroom wellbeing programs, or group therapy focused on ADHD management and emotional regulation.
Key areas covered include:
Understanding ADHD and how it affects daily life
Building focus and attention through mindfulness
Reducing anxiety and emotional reactivity
Managing impulsive thoughts and behaviours
Improving organization and time management
Developing empathy, communication, and social skills
Creating healthy sleep, study, and self-care habits
Setting intentions and planning for future success
Written in an encouraging, accessible tone, the workbook helps teens see their ADHD as a manageable and even empowering part of who they are. It reframes ADHD challenges as opportunities for growth and self-discovery, teaching mindfulness as a lifelong skill that builds self-awareness, calm, and resilience.
For professionals and caregivers, this workbook serves as a comprehensive ADHD intervention tool. It supports emotional literacy, self-regulation, and goal setting, making it an invaluable resource in therapy, coaching, education, and youth mental health support.
By combining mindfulness science with real-world examples, Mindfulness for Teens with ADHD helps adolescents move from frustration and distraction toward clarity, confidence, and achievement — one mindful moment at a time.
