02355cam a2200337 4500 496753854 TxAuBib 20210318120000.0 080613s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008026078 9781593859879 hardcover : alk. paper 1593859872 hardcover : alk. paper 9781593854454 pbk. : alk. paper 1593854455 pbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)223847372 TxAuBib Dawson, Peg. Smart but scattered [PB] : the revolutionary "executive skills" approach to helping kids reach their potential / Peg Dawson, Richard Guare. New York : Guilford Press, 2009. vi, 314 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 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? 20210318. Parenting. Executive ability in children. Children Life skills guides. Child development. Parent and child. Guare, Richard. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0821/2008026078.html Table of contents only