
The Conscious Parent's Guide to Executive Functioning Disorder
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If your child has been given a diagnosis of executive functioning disorder, you may be feeling overwhelmed and unsure of what to do next. You want your child to be able to master certain basic skills, such as being organized, staying focused, and controlling impulses and emotions. But what if your child is having trouble with one or all of these skills? With The Conscious Parent's Guide to Executive Functioning Disorder, you'll learn how to take a relationship-centered approach to parenting as you help improve your child's executive functioning skills:
- Task initiation
- Response inhibition
- Focus
- Time management
- Working memory
- Flexibility
- Self-regulation
- Completing tasks
- Organization
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Conscious Parenting
- The Benefits of Conscious Parenting
- Giving Your Child Full Attention
- Understanding Behavior
- Chapter 2: What Is Executive Functioning?
- Defining Executive Functioning
- "Smooth Sailors" versus "Boat Rockers"
- Typical Development
- Assessment of Executive Functioning Difficulties
- Executive Functioning: "The Big Umbrella"
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 3: The "Big Ten" Executive Functions
- Task Initiation
- Response Inhibition
- Focus
- Time Management
- Working Memory
- Flexibility
- Self-Regulation
- Emotional Self-Control
- Task Completion
- Organization
- Prioritizing Interventions
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 4: Task Initiation: Taming Your Child's Procrastination Monster
- What Is Task Initiation?
- The Young Child (Ages 1-4)
- The Elementary-Age Child (Ages 5-12)
- The Adolescent (Ages 13-18+)
- Social Media and Procrastination
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 5: Response Inhibition: Teaching Your Child to Control Impulses
- The Importance of Controlling Impulses
- Stanford Marshmallow Study
- Strategies for Kids Who Act First and Think Later
- Strategies for Kids Who Make Careless Errors
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 6: Focus: Everyday Mindfulness
- What Do Focus Problems Look Like?
- Sustained Focus
- Divided Focus
- TV or Not TV? There Is No Question!
- Music and Focus
- Mindfulness
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 7: Time Management: Strengthening Your Child's Internal Clock
- Development of Time Management Skills
- Getting Out the Door on Time
- Getting Homework Done Efficiently
- Teaching Activity Scheduling
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 8: Working Memory: Hold That Thought
- The Importance of Working Memory
- The "RAM" in Your Brain
- Remembering and Following Directions
- Remembering Appointments and Assignments
- Can You Strengthen Working Memory?
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 9: Flexibility: Rolling with Changes
- What Does Flexibility Entail?
- Learning How to Reset
- Changing Plans Midstream
- Repairing
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 10: Self-Regulation: Thinking about Thinking
- What Is Self-Regulation?
- Self-Regulation in Reading
- Self-Regulation in Writing
- Self-Regulation in Math
- Developing Self-Regulation
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 11: Emotional Self-Control: Learning Coping Skills
- Why Emotional Self-Control Is Important
- The Tale of Phineas Gage
- Labeling Feelings
- Providing Behavioral Choices
- Tracking Emotions to Build Awareness
- Dealing with Meltdowns
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 12: Task Completion: Reaching the Finish Line
- What Is Task Completion?
- Short-Term Tasks
- Reading Assignments
- Long-Term Projects
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 13: Organization: Keeping Track of It All
- Organization Is in the Eye of the Beholder
- Finding the Floor in Your Child's Bedroom
- The Backpack Vortex
- Binder Systems
- Homework Systems
- Planners
- Helping Lost-and-Found "Frequent Flyers" Keep Track of Belongings
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 14: Setting Up a Supportive Home Environment
- Making the Home Environment Positive for Teaching Executive Functioning
- Routines Are Your Friends!
- Stop the Homework Battles
- Getting Your Child to Do Chores
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 15: Parenting Children with Executive Functioning Challenges
- Your Changing Role
- Parent As Orchestrator
- Parent As Monitor
- Parent As Facilitator/Supporter
- Manager or Micromanager?
- Helicopter Parenting
- Lending Your Child Your Frontal Lobe
- How to Pull Back Support Without the Crash and Burn
- After High School: College and Beyond
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 16: Building Resilience
- Smoothing Out the Ocean versus Riding the Waves
- Success Factors
- The 1:5 Rule
- Appendix A: Developmental Tasks Requiring Executive Skills
- Appendix B: Checklists for Supporting the "Big Ten" Executive Functions
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