Smart but Scattered Teens: "The ""Executive Skills"" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential"...

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Richard Guare Peg Dawson

Smart but Scattered Teens

"The ""Executive Skills"" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential"

Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, Colin Guare , Arthur L. Robin

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North South Books
15 January 2013

Health & Self-Help; Teenagers: advice for parents

"""I told you, I'll do it later.""

""I forgot to turn in the stupid application.""

""Could you drive me to school? I missed the bus again.""

""I can't walk the dog--I have too much homework!""

If you're the parent of a ""smart but scattered"" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now you have an alternative to micromanaging, cajoling, or ineffective punishments. This positive guide provides a science-based program for promoting teens' independence by building their executive skills--the fundamental brain-based abilities needed to get organized, stay focused, and control impulses and emotions. Executive skills experts Drs. Richard Guare and Peg Dawson are joined by Colin Guare, a young adult who has successfully faced these issues himself. Learn step-by-step strategies to help your teen live up to his or her potential now and in the future--while making your relationship stronger. Helpful worksheets and forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2"" x 11"" size.

See also the authors' Smart but Scattered (with a focus on 4- to 13-year-olds) and their self-help guide for adults. Plus, Work-Smart Academic Planner: Write It Down, Get It Done, designed for middle and high school students to use in conjunction with coaching, and related titles for professionals.

Winner (Third Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Consumer Health Category"

By: Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, Colin Guare, Arthur L. Robin, Patricia O. Quinn, MD
Imprint: North South Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781609182298
ISBN 10: 1609182294
Pages: 293
Publication Date: 15 January 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Guare, PhD, is Director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where Peg Dawson, EdD, works as a clinical school psychologist. With over 30 years of clinical experience, Drs. Dawson and Guare are coauthors of the bestselling Smart but Scattered, which focuses on younger children and preteens. Colin Guare, a 25-year-old freelance writer who grew up with an attention disorder, has contributed to ADDitude magazine and has worked with kids with learning disorders.

Reviews for Smart but Scattered Teens: "The ""Executive Skills"" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential"

An absolute 'must read' for parents. Many detailed examples show you exactly how to teach your teenager the skills needed for success in school and beyond. The clever strategies for getting around teens' creative resistance to making changes are particularly helpful. I will recommend this gem of a book to all of the parents and adolescents I treat. - Arthur L. Robin, coauthor of Your Defiant Teen Executive skills are critical to success in life, but may be delayed in some teens and young adults and parents are often at a loss for how to help. Smart but Scattered Teens is just what parents need. This is a highly useful guide for improving teens' executive skills and motivating them to use the skills they already have.This is the most comprehensive book I have read on the subject, and one I highly recommend. - Patricia O. Quinn, coauthor of Ready for Take-Off: Preparing Your Teen with ADHD or LD for College Adolescence can be a difficult developmental time, especially for those who are 'smart but scattered.' This book helps both parents and practitioners navigate the path more effectively. It is wonderfully rich with empirically based interventions presented in a user-friendly way. This book has many effective tools for coaching teens to improve their behavioral, educational, and social success. - William Pfohl, PsyD, Western Kentucky University, USA Throughout the book, useful examples are provided and the layout encourages the reader to participate actively in completing quick checklists. ... This book has much useful, practical and sensible information in it, and is a useful introduction to the field of executive function. While its target audience is primarily parents, I think it has much to offer a wider audience. - Mary Mountstephen, SEN Magazine (Issue 66)