Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning

(2009 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA): Honors Award) Executive functions are the cognitive skills that help us manage our lives and be successful. Children with weak executive skills, despite their best intentions, often do their homework but forget to turn it in, wait until the last minute to start a project, lose things, or have a room that looks like a dump! The good news is that parents can do a lot to support and train their children to manage these frustrating and stressful weaknesses.