Does your child have difficulty meeting deadlines, staying organized, or keeping track of important information? Do they tend to forget details? Are they prone to emotional meltdowns? This book will become your go-to, all-inclusive guide to helping children manage issues with these executive functions.
Late, Lost, and Unprepared is packed with encouragement, strategies, overviews, case studies, tips, and more, explained in accessible, everyday language. In this updated and expanded edition of the highly regarded book for parents, you will find valuable new insights, fresh examples, and an all-new chapter on emotional regulation. Featuring down-to-earth examples and a flexible framework that allows you to think on your feet, the strategies within this book can be adapted to any child or situation.
In addition to providing approaches for helping your child to manage demands in the short run, this book offers strategies for building independent skills for long-term self-management. Late, Lost, and Unprepared gives parents the support they need to help their child become productive and independent – today and in the future.
“...replete with realistic, science-based, and compassionate recommendations for compensating for children and young adults’ weak executive abilities. The authors are to be congratulated for their straightforward, clear, and concise presentation of the material, their grounding of advice in science, and their litany of parental recommendations for managing and improving the self-regulation problems of children.”
Psychologist, Researcher, Author, Speaker Internationally recognized authority on ADHD/ADD in children and adults
“This book is a treasure trove of insight and day-to-day applicable strategies for a central feature of challenges of ADHD in kids—executive function deficits (EFD). It clearly delineates the source and reasons for a range of EFD challenges, including organization and time management. While helping parents, teachers, and therapists understand the nature of executive function challenges in ADHD, its richness rests in the detailed, real-life, and helpful strategies that can be implemented to assist the child and the family to thrive. Beautifully organized, easy to read and follow, and practical, this book is an essential resource for families and educators.”
ADHD Speaker, Educator and Advocate Associate Professor of Nursing
“This book is outstanding. If your child is "late, lost, and unprepared" -- get this book. The authors give phenomenal insights into what the child exhibiting executive functioning deficiencies is experiencing, give good general guidelines, and provide great specific suggestions for both short- and long-term...I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
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