| Description |
vi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index. |
| Contents |
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? |
| Summary |
The latest research in child development shows that many kids who have the brain and heart to succeed lack or lag behind in crucial "executive skills"--The fundamental habits of mind required for getting organized, staying focused, and controlling impulses and emotions. Learn easy-to-follow steps to identify your child's strengths and weaknesses, use activities and techniques proven to boost specific skills, and problem-solve daily routines. --from publisher description. |
| Subject |
Parenting.
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Executive ability in children.
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Children -- Life skills guides.
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Child development.
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Parent and child.
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| Added Author |
Guare, Richard.
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| ISBN |
9781593859879 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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1593859872 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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9781593854454 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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1593854455 (paperback alkaline paper) |
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