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

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This book was recommended by my daughter's teacher. It's purpose is to help parents work with children with executive functioning weakneses. These include difficulties in initiating or completing tasks or assignments, problems with organizing tasks and time managment issues. As a parent, you may find something about yourself in there as well!
Unlike some books on similar topics, this book is very easy to read and understand. It also includes basic advice for parents of teens. It is filled with practical suggestions and it guides you directly to the recommendations that apply to your situation. It is a good starting point for parents who are wondering how they can help their child or teen succeed in school. However, if you consider yourself well read on the topic, it is unlikely to add much to your knowledge.

Now we have a guide to executive functioning that we can read, mark, dog-ear and rely on over and over again. As a learning specialist for over 30 years, I will use the definitions and assessments chapters to remind myself of the nuances of executive functioning in different learners. I will recommend the family sections for those who are struggling with those issues. And the bulk of the book "What Can You Do About It" will be dog-eared and used over and over again with students, teachers and parents as a reminder of effective interventions and accommodations. "Late, Lost, and Unprepared" has a strong research and clinical base, combined with a friendly style. It is THE book to own on executive functioning.

Attention Deficit Disorders are abundant in many children, but how to deal with them? "Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning" is a guide for parents when dealing with a child who suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder or related disorders, with some advice even dealing with severities such as autism. Focusing both on the short and long term, "Late, Lost, and Unprepared" is a manual that parents need for their special needs child.

Every school teacher should read this book. It gives great insight into the behaviors many students exhibit that frustrate teachers most. As an adult with executive function delays, I found many of the skills and approaches the authors suggested to teachers working with students with this issue, to be the kind of treatment I wish I would have gotten from teachers when I was growing up.
As a parent of a child with AD/HD and executive function delays, The tips and suggestions for parents have begun a dramatic change for the better in both my own and my son's life. Thank you, authors, for writing this book. Thank you Amazon for making it available.

As a parent and professional working with AD/HD kids, I'm delighted to have this resource. It's written with just the right mix of information, insight, compassion, and humor. A smart, timely, and valuable book!

I checked this book out of the library on a friend's recommendation and liked it well enough to buy it. The authors use clear, concise language to describe executive function (or lack thereof) and offer useful strategies while recognizing that every individual comes to the table with a unique set of strengths and weaknesses. As the parent of two with PDD/ADHD, I have read extensively on both disorders and came to realize that no easy cookie-cutter solutions exist. What worked with one child often did not work with the other, and progress (and we saw remarkable progress over time) was incremental.

Perhaps the best thing about the book was its accessibility to those outside the medical profession. Others have commented, and I agree, that those who've been in the trenches for awhile will be familiar with most of what's presented. For those new to the diagnosis (or any that involves deficits in executive function)and for teachers and caretakers, the book is a marvelous introduction. I will be reprinting one page for distribution to teachers at my child's back-to-school staffing, because the passage describes my child perfectly.

An excellent reference book.

This book is invaluable.

As a general pediatrician, I provide parents whose children have ADD, disorders of executive function or learning disabilities (LD) several handouts that I have created over the years. I also have several letters of specific recommendations for teachers to follow to help these children in school. These are all now antiquated -- this book is, in a word, SPECTACULAR.

Easy to read.

Written for parents, understandable by the older adolescent.

Practical.

Organized.

Anybody with ADD, LD or who seems "disorganized" -- get this book, give them this book and absorb this book.

While my son does not have AD/HD, many of his executive function skills are lagging so his occupational therapist recommended this book. While I was already practicing many of the author's suggestions, it reminded me that the process is often "two steps forward, one step back". I was then able to look at my son's progress from a more neutral position and not get so frustrated with him. Most of the suggestions are very practical and easy to initiate. I especially found the information on "natural consequences" helpful in reinforcing that it's not always appropriate to just let kids fail. As parents, sometimes we need to provide extra support during the learning process. I find myself referring to this book over and over again as I work towards turning my son into an independent learner.

It arrived on time and in perfect condition. It was recommended by my daughter's therapist, so I'm in the process of learning all I can about ADHD.

Helpful book that gives a good overview of what to consider if a teenager lacks organization. Content covered a number of topics that a child
may or maynot have. Only downside is the book's font is not easy on the eyes, publisher should change the font on any future printing.