Margaret Dawson – Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School – Smart but Scattered

Margaret Dawson – Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School – Smart but Scattered

Children with low executive skills may have trouble starting tasks, become distracted easily, lose papers, or have to complete assignments. and Do not forget to turn in your homework.

They make rash decisions and delay work until the last moment. and There is no sense of urgency in time. Organization is not a priority in workspaces and Teachers often refer back to their backpacks/lockers as “black holes.” These children are often considered chronic underachievers. at Both academic and emotional failure are possible and behavioral difficulties.

Dr. DawsonCo-Author of the best-Selling books Executive Children need skills and Adolescents, 3rd Ed. (2018), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (2013, Guilford) uses case examples along with interactive discussion to demonstrate how the executive skills manifest in daily home and school activities. These skills can be assessed. and Bring home the evidence-Strategies to support children based on their needs and Teens overcome their executive skills deficiencies.

This recording will end with a collection of tools, which includes strategies for task/environmental modification and skill development using cognitive/behavioral methods. and Incentives systems. You can give teachers incentives and Parents have a way to help their children develop and The following can be improved:

• Organization
• Time management
• Impulse control
• Goal-Directed persistence
• Executive Independent functioning requires certain skills

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