Smart but scattered
Subtitle: the revolutionary "executive skills" approach to helping kids reach their potential
By: Peg Dawson, Richard Guare.
Contributors: Guare, Richard.
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781593859879; 9781593854454
Subjects: Parenting; Executive ability in children; Children -- Life skills guides; Child development; Parent and child
Genres: Life skills guides.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: What makes your child smart but scattered; title: How did such a smart kid end up so scattered?; title: Identifying your child's strengths and weaknesses; title: How your own executive strengths and weaknesses matter; title: Matching the child to the task; title: Part II: Laying a foundation that can help; title: Ten principles for improving your child's executive skills; title: Modifying the environment : A is for antecedent; title: Teaching executive skills directly : B is for behavior; title: Motivating your child to learn and use executive skills : C is for consequence; title: Part III: Putting it all together; title: Advance organizer; title: Ready-made plans for teaching your child to complete daily routines; title: Building response inhibition; title: Enhancing working memory; title: Improving emotional control; title: Strengthening sustained attention; title: Teaching task initiation 16 promoting planning and prioritizing; title: Fostering organization; title: Instilling time management; title: Encouraging flexibility; title: Increasing goal-directed persistence; title: Cultivating metacognition; title: When what you do is not enough; title: Working with the school; title: What's ahead?