Publication List 2009 - 2010

These are the current NSGCD topics that are available for you to write about for service points. If you are interesting in writing an NSGCD publication for any of these topics, please contact Randi Lyman, CPO-CD©, Publication Director.

1. Organizing Techniques – A breakdown of how you use social techniques, emotional techniques, holistic techniques and/or spiritual technique in your client work.

Mental Health Series A, B, C

2. A. Working with clients that have personality disorders (as defined by the DSM-IV) -
Cluster A (odd or eccentric disorders):

• Borderline personality disorder
• Antisocial personality disorder
• Histrionic personality disorder
• Narcissistic personality disorder

TITLE: Working with clients that have odd or eccentric personality disorders: Paranoid, Schizotypal and schizoid personality disorders

This publication will address the odd or eccentric disorders including paranoid, schizotypal and schizoid personality disorders. Included will be DSM-IV definitions and characteristics of these personality disorders.

Additional information may include:

• How organizing skills are impacted by the disorders
• Case histories
• Strategies for working with clients with these disorders
• Information resources for both professionals and clients

3. B. Working with clients that have personality disorders (As defined by the DSM-IV)-
Cluster B (dramatic, emotional or erratic disorders):

• Borderline personality disorder
• Antisocial personality disorder
• Histrionic personality disorder
• Narcissistic personality disorder

TITLE: Working with clients that have dramatic, emotional or erratic personality disorders: Borderline, Antisocial, Histrionic and Narcissistic schizoid personality disorders

This publication will address the dramatic, emotional or erratic disorders including borderline, antisocial, histrionic and narcissistic personality disorders. Included will be DSM-IV definitions and characteristics of these personality disorders.

Additional information may include:

• How organizing skills are impacted by the disorders
• Case histories
• Strategies for working with clients with these disorders
• Information resources for both professionals and clients

4. C. Working with clients that have personality disorders (As defined by the DSM-IV)-
Cluster C (anxious or fearful disorders):

• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• Dependant personality disorder
• Avoidant personality disorder

TITLE: Working with clients that have dramaticanxious or fearful personality disorders: Obsessive-compulsive, Dependant or Avoidant personality disorders

This publication will address the anxious or fearful disorders including obsessive-compulsive, dependant and avoidant personality disorders. Included will be DSM-IV definitions and characteristics of these personality disorders.

Additional information may include:

• How organizing skills are impacted by the disorders
• Case histories
• Strategies for working with clients with these disorders
• Information resources for both professionals and clients
  

5. Time Management and the CD Client - Procrastination, prioritizing & project management.

This publication will address the complexities of time management for the CD client. Time-related characteristics of a CD client will be reviewed.

Information may include:

• Procrastination
• Prioritizing
• Project management
• Case histories
• Strategies for addressing time management challenges with CD clients
• Information resources for both professionals and clients
  

6. Effective change management for CD clients - Decision-making styles & managing perfectionism.

7. Family dynamics - How to help family members deal with their CD relative. That would include their child, spouse, elder relative, etc. for communication and cooperation among immediate and extended family members.

8. Creating collaborative partnerships with mental health professionals. Ideas and strategies for creating a working collaborative relationship with mental health professionals such as therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, health care providers and local and state agencies.

9. Motivational Interviewing skills for the P.O. Present a model of motivational interviewing. Describe how this model can work with your clients.

10. How to add virtual organizing to your P.O. services. Describe your working model for virtual organizing. Give step-by-step instructions of how you would virtually organize via phone and/or computer with your clients.

11. Organizing strategies for working with clients with brain injuries (TBI & ABI). Describe the needs of clients with brain injuries. Describe the techniques that you would use to successfully work with these clients.

12. Organizing strategies for children with ADHD. Describe the needs for working with children with ADHD. Discuss the different ADHD characteristics and how they can empower the ADHD child. How can we help them manage the ADHD characteristics to their benefit.

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