Richard Guare & Colin Guare 
Smart but Scattered–and Stalled [EPUB ebook] 
10 Steps to Help Young Adults Use Their Executive Skills to Set Goals, Make a Plan, and Successfully Leave the Nest

Whether you’re a young adult who is stalled on the journey to independence–or a concerned parent still sharing the family nest–this compassionate book is for you. Providing a fresh perspective on the causes of failure to launch, the expert authors present a 10-step plan that helps grown kids and parents work together to achieve liftoff. Learn why brain-based executive skills such as planning, organization, and time management are so important to success, and what you can do to strengthen them. You get downloadable practical tools for figuring out what areas to target, building skills, identifying a desired career path, and making a customized action plan. Vivid stories of other families navigating the same challenges (including father and son Richard and Colin Guare) reveal what kind of parental support is productive–and when to let go.

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Prologue: How I Got Stalled

Introduction: The Stepping Stones to Independence

Step 1. Assess the Young Adult’s Skills for Independence: The Executive in the Brain

Step 2. Build a Foundation for Moving Forward: Motivation, Readiness, Respect, and Support

Step 3. Identify a Realistic Direction: The Young Adult’s Interests and Aptitudes

Step 4. Plan How to Help–and Where Not To: Parents’ Executive Skills and Respect for Boundaries

Step 5. Set a Goal: Pull Everything Together and Evaluate Goodness of Fit

Step 6. Make It Official: Use SMART Goals to Plan the Steps and Evaluate Progress

Step 7. Make It Easier: Anticipate Problems and Intervene to Get Things Done

Step 8. Get Creative to Tackle Specific Weaknesses

Step 9. Seek Extra Help If You’re Still Stalled

Step 10. Learn from Your Success

Epilogue

Appendix: Getting Help with Independent Living

Resources

Over de auteur

Richard Guare, Ph D, 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.

Colin Guare, BCBA, LBA, is a Rhode Island-based behavior analyst and executive skills coach. He has worked with children, adolescents, and young adults since 2008 in clinical, home, and school settings, and consults for organizations and state agencies on employment coaching programs. 

Peg Dawson, Ed D, 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.