{"product_id":"9781609182298","title":"Smart but Scattered Teens : The \"Executive Skills\" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential by Colin Guare","description":"\"I told you, I'll do it later.\" \"I forgot to turn in the stupid application.\" \"Could you drive me to school? I missed the bus again.\" \"I can't walk the dog--I have too much homework!\" 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. Helpful worksheets and forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1\/2\" x 11\" size.    Winner (Third Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Consumer Health Category See also the authors' Smart but Scattered, Second Edition (with a focus on 4- to 12-year-olds), Smart but Scattered--and Stalled (with a focus on emerging adults), and The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success (with a focus on adults).\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301919240565,"sku":"9781609182298","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781609182298.jpg?v=1762791955","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781609182298","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}