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Smart but Scattered, Second Edition

The Revolutionary Executive Skills Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential

Peg Dawson (Center for Learning and Attention Disorders, United States) Richard Guare Colin Guare

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Guilford Press
08 November 2024
All kids occasionally space out, get sidetracked, run out of time, or explode in frustration/m-/but some do it much more often than others. If you have a “smart but scattered” child, take heart. This encouraging guide is grounded in research on the crucial brain-based skills that 4- to 13-year-olds need to get organized, stay focused, and control their impulses and emotions. The expert authors guide you to identify your child's executive strengths and weaknesses, boost skills that are lacking, fix everyday routines that don't work, and reduce [ital]everyone's[/ital] stress. Including new research, new and updated vignettes, and ""A Good Place to Start"" suggestions for each skill, the revised and updated second edition features a new chapter on technology and a greatly expanded school chapter. Helpful practical tools can be downloaded and printed.

See also the authors' Smart but Scattered Teens, Smart but Scattered--and Stalled (with a focus on emerging adults), and The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success (with a focus on adults).
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Imprint:   Guilford Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm, 
ISBN:   9781462554591
ISBN 10:   1462554598
Pages:   328
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Introduction I. What Makes Your Child Smart but Scattered 1. How Did Such a Smart Kid End Up So Scattered? 2. Identifying Your Child’s Executive Skill Strengths and Challenges 3. How Your Own Executive Skill Strengths and Challenges Matter II. Laying a Foundation That Can Help 4. Nine Principles for Improving Your Child’s Executive Skills 5. Modifying the Environment: A Is for Antecedent 6. Teaching Executive Skills Directly: B Is for Behavior 7. Motivating Your Child to Learn and Use Executive Skills: C Is for Consequence III. Putting It All Together 8. Advance Organizer 9. Ready-Made Plans for Teaching Your Child to Complete Daily Routines 10. Building Response Inhibition 11. Enhancing Working Memory 12. Improving Emotional Control 13. Encouraging Flexibility 14. Strengthening Sustained Attention 15. Teaching Task Initiation 16. Promoting, Planning, and Prioritizing 17. Fostering Organization 18. Instilling Time Management 19. Increasing Goal-Directed Persistence 20. Cultivating Metacognition 21. When What You Do Is Not Enough 22. A Brief Look at Technology 23. The Role of Schools in Executive Skill Development Parting Thoughts Resources Index

Peg Dawson, EdD, is a psychologist who provides professional development training on executive skills for schools and organizations nationally and internationally. She was previously on the staff of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Dawson is a past president of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), and the International School Psychology Association, and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from NASP. She is coauthor of bestselling books for general readers, including Smart but Scattered, Second Edition; Smart but Scattered Teens; Smart but Scattered--and Stalled (with a focus on emerging adults); and The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success (with a focus on adults). Dr. Dawson is also coauthor of The Work-Smart Academic Planner, Revised Edition, and books for professionals including Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition. Richard Guare, PhD, BCBA-D, is a neuropsychologist and board-certified behavior analyst who frequently consults to schools and agencies on attention and executive skills difficulties. He is former Director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Guare is coauthor of bestselling books for general readers, including Smart but Scattered, Second Edition; Smart but Scattered Teens; Smart but Scattered--and Stalled (with a focus on emerging adults); and The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success (with a focus on adults) He is also coauthor of The Work-Smart Academic Planner, Revised Edition, and books for professionals including Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition. Colin Guare MS, BCBA, is a Rhode Island-based behavior analyst and writer. He is coauthor of bestselling books for general readers, including Smart but Scattered, Second Edition; Smart but Scattered Teens; and Smart but Scattered--and Stalled (with a focus on emerging adults). Mr. Guare currently works with schools, organizations, parents, and kids of all ages. He has a special interest in motivation and behavior change, and has worked on several projects developing new techniques to help adults seek and achieve their long-term career and personal goals.

Reviews for Smart but Scattered, Second Edition: The Revolutionary Executive Skills Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential

"""As a pediatric neuropsychologist, I have recommended Smart but Scattered to hundreds--if not thousands--of parents. I didn’t think it was possible to improve on a classic, but the authors have done just that! With deep insight and empathy, the book provides abundant ideas and activities to increase executive function skills. Information about technology--a distraction for most 'scattered' kids--is a wonderful addition to the second edition. I love this book.""--Ellen B. Braaten, PhD, author of Bright Kids Who Can't Keep Up ""The second edition improves on the original masterpiece! Drs. Dawson and Guare empower you to foster your child's self-awareness and growth—even if executive skills aren't your own strong suit. What sets this book apart is its user-friendly format, combining scientific insights with actionable advice. The questionnaires alone make the book worthwhile, providing crucial insights into your child's strengths and weaknesses. This is an invaluable resource for anyone dedicated to nurturing a child's potential.""--Michael Delman, MEd, Founder and CEO, Beyond BookSmart ""This masterfully written book is an indispensable resource. It is packed with practical, evidence-based strategies that you can readily implement to support your child's development. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!""--Lynn Meltzer, PhD, President and Director, Research Institute for Learning and Development, Lexington, Massachusetts [School Neuropsychology / School Psychologist] ""A revolutionary guide for parents. The second edition offers fresh perspectives on important issues like the impact of technology on developing minds. Smart but Scattered gives parents skills and confidence to enhance their child's success--with strategies that take just 5 to 10 minutes a day.""--Julie Gettman, PhD, NCSP, ABSNP, Executive Director, School Neuropsychology Institute-Groundbreaking....Comprehensive, accessible, and hopeful....Dawson and Guare's work should be considered essential. (starred review). (on the first edition)--Library Journal, 12/15/2008"


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