Smart but Scattered, Second Edition 2/e

<p>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 <em>Smart but Scattered, Second Edition</em>;<em> Smart but Scattered Teens</em>; <em>Smart but Scattered--and Stalled </em>(with a focus on emerging adults); and <em>The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success</em> (with a focus on adults). Dr. Dawson is also coauthor of <em>The Work-Smart Academic Planner, Revised Edition</em>, and books for professionals including<em> Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition.</em></p><br><br><p>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 <em>Smart but Scattered, Second Edition</em>; <em>Smart but Scattered Teens</em>; <em>Smart but Scattered--and Stalled </em>(with a focus on emerging adults); and <em>The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success</em> (with a focus on adults) He is also coauthor of <em>The Work-Smart Academic Planner, Revised Edition</em>, and books for professionals including <em>Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition</em>.</p><br><br><p>Colin Guare MS, BCBA, is a Rhode Island-based behavior analyst and writer. He is coauthor of bestselling books for general readers, including <em>Smart but Scattered, Second Edition</em>; <em>Smart but Scattered Teens;</em> and <em>Smart but Scattered--and Stalled</em> (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.</p><br>

<p>Introduction</p><br><br><p><strong>I. What Makes Your Child Smart but Scattered</strong></p><br><br><p>1. How Did Such a Smart Kid End Up So Scattered?</p><br><br><p>2. Identifying Your Child’s Executive Skill Strengths and Challenges</p><br><br><p>3. How Your Own Executive Skill Strengths and Challenges Matter</p><br><br><p><strong>II. Laying a Foundation That Can Help</strong></p><br><br><p>4. Nine Principles for Improving Your Child’s Executive Skills</p><br><br><p>5. Modifying the Environment: <em>A</em> Is for <em>Antecedent</em></p><br><br><p>6. Teaching Executive Skills Directly: <em>B</em> Is for <em>Behavior</em></p><br><br><p>7. Motivating Your Child to Learn and Use Executive Skills: <em>C</em> Is for <em>Consequence</em></p><br><br><p><strong>III. Putting It All Together</strong></p><br><br><p>8. Advance Organizer</p><br><br><p>9. Ready-Made Plans for Teaching Your Child to Complete Daily Routines</p><br><br><p>10. Building Response Inhibition</p><br><br><p>11. Enhancing Working Memory</p><br><br><p>12. Improving Emotional Control</p><br><br><p>13. Encouraging Flexibility</p><br><br><p>14. Strengthening Sustained Attention</p><br><br><p>15. Teaching Task Initiation</p><br><br><p>16. Promoting, Planning, and Prioritizing</p><br><br><p>17. Fostering Organization</p><br><br><p>18. Instilling Time Management</p><br><br><p>19. Increasing Goal-Directed Persistence</p><br><br><p>20. Cultivating Metacognition</p><br><br><p>21. When What You Do Is Not Enough</p><br><br><p>22. A Brief Look at Technology</p><br><br><p>23. The Role of Schools in Executive Skill Development</p><br><br><p>Parting Thoughts</p><br><br><p>Resources</p><br><br><p>Index</p><br>