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The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success: How to Use Your Brain's Executive Skills to Keep Up, Stay Calm, and Get Organized at Work and at Home reprint Edition
Author(s): Peg Dawson (Author), Ph.D. Guare, Richard (Author)
- Publisher: Guilford Press
- Publication Date: 16 Jan. 2016
- Edition: reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 294 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781462516964
- ISBN-13: 9781462516964
Book Description
See also the authors' Smart but Scattered parenting guides, plus an academic planner for students and related titles for professionals.
Editorial Reviews
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"This isn't just a good book, it's a great book! Chock full of highly useful recommendations and guided by science and practice, this book is rich with methods to help any adult overcome problems with time management, organization, self-control, and related skills."--Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, author of Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
"This book addresses the exact issues I struggle with when I'm feeling scattered and not accomplishing my goals. It helped me evaluate my areas of weakness and gave me clear, simple suggestions to help me get past some of the frustrating challenges I've experienced my whole life. The authors' personal, accessible, supportive writing style kept me engaged and focused."--Sue V., Rochester, New York
"As someone who consistently struggles with time management and organization, I was so glad to come across this book. Between the step-by-step breakdown of issues and the real-life stories, I found it both helpful and entertaining. The interactive worksheets were really enlightening."--Cheryl T., Parsippany, New Jersey
"Wow, am I glad to have this in my toolbox! The authors deftly unfold a plan to lead with your strengths, manage your weaknesses, and improve the areas that matter most. It will help me work with clients to break down their major career moves into smaller, attainable goals. The Action Plan alone is a life changer."--DeAnne Pearson, MEd, ACC, owner and career coach, Deliberate Careers, LLC
"Drs. Dawson and Guare provide adults of all ages with practical, well-grounded advice for staying on top of today's busy lives. Each chapter combines just-right background material with ready-to-use tips and tools to put into practice immediately."--Joel T. Nigg, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Science University
"This is a terrific self-help book--one of the best I've seen--for helping individuals develop their executive skills. Chapters offer sound solutions and strategies, with lots of everyday examples. The authors have an impressive grasp of current brain science, and have translated it into language that is meaningful and easy to understand."--Mary V. Solanto, PhD, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Psychiatry, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
"Psychologists Peg Dawson and Richard Guare...apply their well-honed approach to assist adults with executive skill challenges....The book offers simple and effective strategies for maintaining focus, dealing with clutter, and getting through busy days of family life."
-- "ADDitude" (10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM)
About the Author
Richard Guare, PhD, is Director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Guare's research and publications focus on the understanding and treatment of learning and attention difficulties. He is a neuropsychologist and board-certified behavior analyst who frequently consults to schools and agencies. He is coauthor of bestselling books for general readers, including
Smart but Scattered, Smart but Scattered Teens, Smart but Scattered--and Stalled (with a focus on emerging adults), and The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success (with a focus on adults). Dr. Guare is also coauthor of The Work-Smart Academic Planner, Revised Edition, and books for professionals including Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition.Peg Dawson, EdD, is a psychologist on the staff of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She also does professional development training on executive skills for schools and organizations nationally and internationally. Dr. Dawson is a past president of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), and the International School Psychology Association, and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from NASP. She is coauthor of bestselling books for general readers, including Smart but Scattered, Smart but Scattered Teens, Smart but Scattered--and Stalled (with a focus on emerging adults), and The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success (with a focus on adults). Dr. Dawson is also coauthor of The Work-Smart Academic Planner, Revised Edition, and books for professionals including Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition.
Richard Guare, PhD, is Director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Guare's research and publications focus on the understanding and treatment of learning and attention difficulties. He is a neuropsychologist and board-certified behavior analyst who frequently consults to schools and agencies. He is coauthor of bestselling books for general readers, including Smart but Scattered, Smart but Scattered Teens, Smart but Scattered--and Stalled (with a focus on emerging adults), and The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success (with a focus on adults). Dr. Guare is also coauthor of The Work-Smart Academic Planner, Revised Edition, and books for professionals including Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition.
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The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success
How to Use Your Brain's Executive Skills to Keep Up, Stay Calm, and Get Organized at Work and at Home
By Peg Dawson, Richard Guare
The Guilford Press
Copyright © 2016 The Guilford Press
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4625-1696-4
Contents
Cover,
Praise for The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success,
Also Available,
Title Page,
Copyright Page,
Authors' Note,
PART I Understanding the Executive in Your Brain,
1 Are You Smart, Scattered, and Stressed?,
2 Your Executive Skills Profile,
3 Managing Executive Skills by Modifying the Environment,
4 Improving Your Executive Skills,
PART II Understanding the Impact of Executive Skills in Your Daily Life,
5 Executive Skills in the Workplace,
6 Executive Skills in the Home,
7 Executive Skills and Relationships,
PART III Strategies for Individual Executive Skills,
8 Controlling Impulses: Response Inhibition,
9 Keeping Track of It All: Working Memory,
10 Being Cool: Emotional Control,
11 Avoiding Procrastination: Task Initiation,
12 Staying Focused: Sustained Attention,
13 Defining a Path: Planning/Prioritizing,
14 Clearing Clutter: Organization,
15 Sticking to the Schedule: Time Management,
16 Shifting Gears: Flexibility,
17 Learning from Experience: Metacognition,
18 Reaching the Finish Line: Goal-Directed Persistence,
19 Rolling with the Punches: Stress Tolerance,
PART IV Looking Ahead,
20 Aging without Losing Your Edge: A Prescription for Preserving Executive Skills,
Resources,
References,
Index,
About the Authors,
About Guilford Press,
Discover Related Guilford Books,
CHAPTER 1
Are You Smart, Scattered, and Stressed?
Ginger was behind the eight ball once again. She hadn't built in enough time to put the finishing touches on the presentation she was due to deliver tomorrow to an important potential marketing client, and now it was 4:45, and she had to pick up her son from soccer practice in 15 minutes. She was supposed to run the PowerPoint by her supervisor before she left work, and she probably still had 45 minutes of work to do on it. She dropped by her supervisor's office to deliver the bad news. "Kerry, I know you wanted to see what I came up with before I left, but Kevin's soccer practice ends at 5, and I can't leave him hanging. Can I get you something by 9 tonight?" Kerry didn't even try to hide her displeasure. "Ginger, this happens all the time. You need to figure out how to manage your time better — it not only is affecting your work, but it affects mine as well. I'm a morning person. By 9 o'clock, I'm getting ready for bed!"
Ginger apologized as best she could, gathered her things in a hurry, and dashed out of the office, already calling Kevin on her cell phone to tell him she would be a few minutes late. As she made the drive across town to her son's school, she frantically tried to think what else she had to do that evening. What were they doing for dinner? Then she remembered that she hadn't taken the casserole out of the freezer to thaw and wondered if her family would tolerate another night of fast food instead.
She pulled into the school, and there was Kevin looking forlorn, the last one waiting for a ride home. He threw his backpack in the back seat and climbed in front. "How come I'm always the last one to get picked up?" he stewed.
Ginger apologized to him and then tried to change the subject. "How much homework do you have?" she asked. Kev
