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Smart but scattered teens the "executive skills" program for helping teens reach their potential Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, Colin Guare

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London The Guilford Press 2013Description: vii, 292 p ill 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781609182298
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 649.125
Contents:
Authors' Note. Introduction. Part I. What Makes Your Teen Smart but Scattered. Executive Skills and the Teen Brain. Identifying Your Teen's Executive Skills Strengths and Weaknesses. Assessing Your Own Executive Skills and Parenting Style. Part II. Laying a Foundation That Can Help. Ten Principles for Improving Your Teen's Executive Skills. Motivating Your Teen to Use Executive Skills. Modifying the Environment. Teaching Executive Skills. Part III. Putting It All Together. Advance Organizer. Enhancing Response Inhibition. Strengthening Working Memory. Increasing Emotional Control. Boosting Flexibility. Building Sustained Attention. Teaching Task Initiation. Promoting Planning and Prioritizing. Fostering Organization. Improving Time Management. Encouraging Goal-Directed Persistence. Cultivating Metacognition. Coaching. Transitions. Resources.
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4 Week Loan St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny Open Shelves 649.125 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 035021
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Authors' Note. Introduction. Part I. What Makes Your Teen Smart but Scattered. Executive Skills and the Teen Brain. Identifying Your Teen's Executive Skills Strengths and Weaknesses. Assessing Your Own Executive Skills and Parenting Style. Part II. Laying a Foundation That Can Help. Ten Principles for Improving Your Teen's Executive Skills. Motivating Your Teen to Use Executive Skills. Modifying the Environment. Teaching Executive Skills. Part III. Putting It All Together. Advance Organizer. Enhancing Response Inhibition. Strengthening Working Memory. Increasing Emotional Control. Boosting Flexibility. Building Sustained Attention. Teaching Task Initiation. Promoting Planning and Prioritizing. Fostering Organization. Improving Time Management. Encouraging Goal-Directed Persistence. Cultivating Metacognition. Coaching. Transitions. Resources.

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