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December
The Everything ®
Parent’s Guide
to Children with Executive
Functioning Disorder
Strategies to help your child achieve the time management skills,
focus, and organization needed to succeed in school and life
Rebecca Branstetter, PhD
Strategies for success in school—and life
• Interest in EFD is on the upswing among professionals who treat
people with cognitive disabilities, including those with learning
disabilities and ADHD
• While other attention problems show improvement with medication,
EFD can only be improved through practicing EF skills and creating
routines
Parenting
ISBN: 9781440566851
UPC: 045079566859
$17.99 (CAN $19.99)
Paperback
8 x 9¼, 304 pages
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Rebecca Branstetter, PhD
Oakland, CA | StudentsGrow.Blogspot​.com
Rebecca Branstetter, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist
and a Licensed Educational Psychologist in the
San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Branstetter counsels
children and adolescents with learning and emotional
challenges in the public schools and in private
practice. Branstetter is the author of the popular
blog Notes from the School Psychologist.
Being organized. Staying focused. Controlling impulses and emotions.
These are some of the basic executive functioning (EF) skills children need
to function and succeed as they grow. But what can parents do if their
child is struggling with one or all of these skills? The Everything ® Parent’s
Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder explains what EF difficulties
look like and how parents can help their child overcome these challenges.
Dr. Rebecca Branstetter teaches parents how to help improve all
executive functions, including: Task initiation, focus, time management,
working memory, self-regulation, and organization.
With checklists to help enforce skills and a 12-week action plan for improving
organization, this is a must-have guide for struggling parents
everywhere!
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