Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary

Introduction --
Part I: What makes your child smart but scattered --
How did such a smart kid end up so scattered? --
Identifying your child\'s strengths and weaknesses --
How your own executive skill strengths and weaknesses matter --
Matching the child to the task --
Part II: Laying a foundation that can help --
Ten principles for improving your child\'s executive skills --
Modifying the environment : A is for antecedent --
Teaching executive skills directly : B is for behavior --
Motivating your child to learn and use executive skills : C is for consequence --
Part III: Putting it all together --
Advance organizer --
Ready-made plans for teaching your child to complete daily routines --
Building response inhibition --
Enhancing working memory --
Improving emotional control --
Strengthening sustained attention --
Teaching task initiation --
Promoting planning and prioritizing --
Fostering organization --
Instilling time management --
Encouraging flexibility --
Increasing goal-directed persistence --
Cultivating metacognition --
When what you do is not enough --
Working with the school --
What\'s ahead?