Smart but Scattered: the Revolutionary ''''Executive Skills'''' Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential

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Peg Dawson, EdD, works as a clinical school psychologist at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Dawson is a past president of both the National Association of School Psychologists and the International School Psychology Association. She is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of School Psychologists. Richard Guare, PhD, is a neuropsychologist and Director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders. His research and publications focus on understanding and treatment of learning and attention.  Read more... Abstract: Peg Dawson, EdD, works as a clinical school psychologist at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Dawson is a past president of both the National Association of School Psychologists and the International School Psychology Association. She is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of School Psychologists. Richard Guare, PhD, is a neuropsychologist and Director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders. His research and publications focus on understanding and treatment of learning and attention Content: Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Introduction Part I: What Makes Your Child Smart but Scattered 1: How Did Such a Smart Kid End Up So Scattered? 2: Identifying Your Child's Strengths and Weaknesses 3: How Your Own Executive Skill Strengths and Weaknesses Matter 4: Matching the Child to the Task Part II: Laying a Foundation That Can Help 5: Ten Principles for Improving Your Child's Executive Skills 6: Modifying the Environment 7: Teaching Executive Skills Directly 8: Motivating Your Child to Learn and Use Executive Skills Part III: Putting It All Together. 9: Advance Organizer 10: Ready-Made Plans for Teaching Your Child to Complete Daily Routines 11: Building Response Inhibition 12: Enhancing Working Memory 13: Improving Emotional Control 14: Strengthening Sustained Attention 15: Teaching Task Initiation 16: Promoting, Planning, and Prioritizing 17: Fostering Organization 18: Instilling Time Management 19: Encouraging Flexibility 20: Increasing Goal-Directed Persistence 21: Cultivating Metacognition 22: When What You Do Is Not Enough 23: Working with the School 24: What's Ahead? Resources Index About the Authors.