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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Guare, Richard.     Subjects     Parent and teenager.     Executive ability in adolescence.     Self-control in adolescence.     Attention in adolescence.     Adolescent psychology.     Teenagers -- Conduct of life.     Parenting.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Guare, Richard.       by title:      Smart but scattered ...       by call number:      306.874 G914s     Search the Web     Guare, Richard.     Parent and teenager.     Executive ability in adolescence.     Self-control in adolescence.     Attention in adolescence.     Adolescent psychology.     Teenagers -- Conduct of life.     Parenting.       MARC Display

Smart but scattered teens : the "executive skills" program for helping teens reach their potential / Richard Guare, Peg Dawson, Colin Guare. by Guare, Richard. Guilford Press, ©2013. Call #: 306.874 G914s Subjects Parent and teenager.   Executive ability in adolescence.   Self-control in adolescence.   Attention in adolescence.   Adolescent psychology.   Teenagers -- Conduct of life.   Parenting. ISBN:  9781609182298 (pbk.) 1609182294 (pbk.) 9781462506996 (hc.) 1462506992 (hc.) Description:  vii, 293 pages ; 27 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index. Contents:  Executive skills and the teen brain -- Identifying your teen's executive skill strengths and weaknesses -- Assessing your own executive skills and parenting style -- Ten principles for improving your teen's executive skills -- Motivating your teen to use executive skills -- Modifying the environment -- Teaching executive skills -- Advance organizer -- Enhancing response inhibition -- Strengthening working memory -- Increasing emotional control -- Boosting flexibility -- Building sustained attention -- Teaching task initiation -- Promoting planning and prioritizing -- Fostering organization -- Improving time management -- Encouraging goal-directed persistence -- Cultivating metacognition -- Coaching -- Transitions. Summary:  Uses key principles from the business world to help teens get organized, stay focused, and control their impulses. Other authors:  Dawson, Peg. Guare, Colin. Holds:  2   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 306.874 G914s Adult books Checked out Jun 20, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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