Executive Functioning
The following books are available to WMS parents and students in our school counseling library.
Please speak with your child's guidance counselor to check out any of our books. Enjoy!
Smart but Scattered
By: Peg Dawson, EdD, and Richard Guare, Ph.D.
Get your kids organized
Help them plan ahead
Follow through on tasks
Smart but Scattered for Teens
By: Peg Dawson, EdD, and Richard Guare, Ph.D.
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.