Smart but scattered teens the "executive skills" program for helping teens reach their potential Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, Colin Guare
Material type: TextPublication details: London The Guilford Press 2013Description: vii, 292 p ill 26 cmISBN:- 9781609182298
- 649.125
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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 |
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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