Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential

If you're a parent or educator who has lots of questions or seeks understanding of how to best understand/support these young men and women, then this is a book stuffed full of meaty, applicable, timely, research based, practical and appropriate answers and applications. ➡️ This is one of the BEST RESOURCES for identifying, understanding, and responding to teenagers with EF challenges! Not only might it help save your teenager's life but the nuggets of info found within (when applied) will help to save and strengthen the parent/child relationship and equip your teenager with skills they can use for life... long after you're done reminding them of everything they used to forget 😉

This book is a great resource for middle school kid parents. My child is 7 th grade. I guess I could have started last year but we were in the midst of pandemic and most of schools were shut. So this year, Now that my daughter is back to school, I have a time to read and really focus on skills she needs. It helps identify my EXecutive function skills vs my teen. It is a great book to identify the problems and giving strategies as well. Highly recommend for parents who have no idea how to help teen w organizational problems

I wish I would’ve gotten some feedback on these books before I started reading it… It’s incredibly long and wordy but I can see that they are trying to get to some good points. I was just trying to figure out if it was better to read the kid book where the team back for a 12-year-old and I could not find any feedback anywhere I wish I would’ve gotten some feedback on these books before I started reading it… It’s incredibly long and wordy but I can see that they are trying to get to some good points. I was just trying to figure out if it was better to read the kid book where the team back for a 12-year-old and I could not find any feedback anywhere?!

An excellent reference. I read the entire book through, completed the quizzes. I have had a few talks about executive skills with my daughter, but after about 5 minutes, I can see her eyes glaze over, and know that all she's hearing is BLAH BLAH BLAH (if I could just get to my phone...) BLAH BLAH BLAH. Finally, I just gave her the book and told her what to read. Thankfully, she loves quizzes and checklists, so when she took the ones in the book, everything I had been saying suddenly became crystal clear. When she scored those quizzes, she could see exactly where her strengths and weaknesses are. For a teen, the ability to step back and take an objective look at your own behaviour is a huge step! We now have a broader, more objective picture of her abilities, and from there we can work out a plan. That is the next hurdle. I recommend using this book as a tool to empower your teen and open up a dialogue about working with your own strengths and weaknesses. It has been a great help for us.

This is an excellent resource for parents with gifted children. It talks about the "executive functions" which are the skills such as prioritization, time management, working memory, and many others. It really helps break down the issues into sections and helps not only understand your child, but yourself too. I had checked out the previous version from the public library and realized that I really needed to buy this book. As a parent of a gifted child, I am finding this book really helpful. Another book that I'm reading that compliments this one is "That Crumpled Paper was Due Last Week". I hope this review helps all frustrated parents of gifted kids out there that just don't know what to do!

I have a kid who's gifted & in gifted classes. Understands high level concepts, but can't figure out how to organize his locker or manage to turn in his homework - even though he's completed it. It's been bandied about maybe he has autism or ADD, but those didn't fit. This book describes him to a T. Not having the frontal lobe of his brain maturing at the same rate as his peers is a simple, logical explanation & the ensuing ways to deal are enlightening & helpful. This book was a god-send. It was suggested by his gifted teacher after she spent time with him.

This book really breaks down executive functioning and teen behavior. The most helpful thing is the assessments that parents and teens can use to assess where they need to focus their energy.

I worked in a trauma-informed setting with high school students for two school years. I needed something in addition to what the school offered in the way of training and faculty support. Being left on my own to figure it out, I searched and read lots of reviews. This book and its companion rose to the top of my purchase list. I have yet to be disappointed in either of these selections.

This has been very helpful since we had a late diagnosis of ADHD for our son since we had very little support from the local authority and absolutely no support from his school who just wanted to expel him.

Very helpful and informative, appreciate that it includes skills and examples.

Excelente descripción y estrategias funcionales 100 recomendable

A book which has been hyped greatly, but just seems a bit scattered itself. The examples and scenarios described are somewhat old-fashioned and not all plausible, and for the most part, no real solutions are offered . To be fair I have not yet read the book cover to cover , but I did read at least half of it, and was not completely happy . Not really what I was hoping for. I looked up the authors' blog, and it was seen to be sadly neglected by them. I feel these authors need to update themselves to teen issues of the present day.

A very interesting book with lots of tips to help my teenager. Quick delivery.