Smart but Scattered
The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
What's it about
Is your bright child struggling with homework, organization, or emotional outbursts? Discover why intelligence isn't enough. This summary reveals the "executive skills" your child needs to succeed, providing a revolutionary approach to turning frustration into fulfillment and potential into reality. Learn to identify your child's specific strengths and weaknesses in areas like task initiation, planning, and self-control. You'll get practical, step-by-step strategies to strengthen these crucial skills at any age, helping your child conquer daily challenges and build a foundation for a successful, independent future.
Meet the author
Drs. Peg Dawson and Richard Guare are renowned psychologists and leading experts on executive skills, with over 30 years of experience helping children and adolescents. Their clinical work at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in New Hampshire directly informed their groundbreaking "Smart but Scattered" approach. By observing countless students struggle despite their intelligence, they dedicated their careers to identifying the specific executive skills that underpin success and developing practical strategies to strengthen them in kids and teens.
What's it about
Is your bright child struggling with homework, organization, or emotional outbursts? Discover why intelligence isn't enough. This summary reveals the "executive skills" your child needs to succeed, providing a revolutionary approach to turning frustration into fulfillment and potential into reality. Learn to identify your child's specific strengths and weaknesses in areas like task initiation, planning, and self-control. You'll get practical, step-by-step strategies to strengthen these crucial skills at any age, helping your child conquer daily challenges and build a foundation for a successful, independent future.
Meet the author
Drs. Peg Dawson and Richard Guare are renowned psychologists and leading experts on executive skills, with over 30 years of experience helping children and adolescents. Their clinical work at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in New Hampshire directly informed their groundbreaking "Smart but Scattered" approach. By observing countless students struggle despite their intelligence, they dedicated their careers to identifying the specific executive skills that underpin success and developing practical strategies to strengthen them in kids and teens.
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