Smart but scattered : the revolutionary "executive skills" approach to helping kids reach their potential / Peg Dawson, Richard Guare.
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- ISBN: 9781593854454
- ISBN: 1593854455
- Physical Description: vi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Publisher: New York : Guilford Press, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
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General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Part I: What makes your child smart but scattered -- How did such a smart kid end up so scattered? -- Identifying your child's strengths and weaknesses -- How your own executive skill strengths and weaknesses matter -- Matching the child to the task -- Part II: Laying a foundation that can help -- Ten principles for improving your child's executive skills -- Modifying the environment : A is for antecedent -- Teaching executive skills directly : B is for behavior -- Motivating your child to learn and use executive skills : C is for consequence -- Part III: Putting it all together -- Advance organizer -- Ready-made plans for teaching your child to complete daily routines -- Building response inhibition -- Enhancing working memory -- Improving emotional control -- Strengthening sustained attention -- Teaching task initiation -- Promoting planning and prioritizing -- Fostering organization -- Instilling time management -- Encouraging flexibility -- Increasing goal-directed persistence -- Cultivating metacognition -- When what you do is not enough -- Working with the school -- What's ahead? |
Citation/References Note: | LJ 12/08 |
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Subject: | Parenting. Executive ability in children. Children > Life skills guides. Child development. Parent and child. |
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Marshall Public Library | 649.1526 DAW (Text) | 33391000171679 | Adult Non-fiction | Available | - |