W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Smart but scattered : the revolutionary "executive skills" approach to helping kids reach their potential /

by Dawson, Peg
Additional authors: Guare, Richard
Physical details: vi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. ISBN:9781593859879; 1593859872; 9781593854454; 1593854455.
Subject(s): Parenting | Executive ability in children | Children -- Life skills guides | Child development | Parent and child
Item type: Print
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Print Print W. Ross Macdonald School Library
Professional 		649.15 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) Copy#1 Available 2022-0419

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index.

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?

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