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Peg Dawson, EdD, is a psychologist who provides professional development training on executive skills for schools and organizations nationally and internationally. She was previously on the staff of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 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, BCBA-D, is a neuropsychologist and board-certified behavior analyst who frequently consults to schools and agencies on attention and executive skills difficulties. He is former Director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Guare 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). He 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

The Guilford Press

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, 
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