The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder: Strategies to help your child achieve the time-management skills, focus, and organization needed to succeed in school and life
Nov 2013 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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The vital skills children need to achieve their full potential!
Being organized. Staying focused. Controlling impulses and emotions.
These are some of the basic executive functioning (EF) skills children need to function and succeed as they grow. But what can you do if your child is struggling with one or all of these skills? With this hands-on guide, you'll learn what EF difficulties look like and how you can help your child overcome these challenges. Psychologist Rebecca Branstetter teaches you how to help improve the executive functions, including:
With checklists to help enforce skills and improve organization, The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder is your step-by-step handbook for helping your child concentrate, learn, and thrive!
Being organized. Staying focused. Controlling impulses and emotions.
These are some of the basic executive functioning (EF) skills children need to function and succeed as they grow. But what can you do if your child is struggling with one or all of these skills? With this hands-on guide, you'll learn what EF difficulties look like and how you can help your child overcome these challenges. Psychologist Rebecca Branstetter teaches you how to help improve the executive functions, including:
- Task initiation
- Response inhibition
- Focus
- Time management
- Working memory
- Flexibility
- Self-regulation
- Completing tasks
- Organization
With checklists to help enforce skills and improve organization, The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder is your step-by-step handbook for helping your child concentrate, learn, and thrive!
About the author
Dr. Rebecca Branstetter is a school psychologist, speaker, parent educator, and author on a mission to help students thrive. She collaborates with school psychologists across the country to help them move from surviving in the profession to thriving. Dr. Branstetter is a sought-after speaker for professional development for school psychologists and parents. Her expertise in supporting school psychologists, parents, teachers, and students in the public school system has appeared in media outlets such as the Huffington Post, NPR, Education.com, and Parents magazine.
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