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Late, Lost, And Unprepared: A Parents' Guide To Helping Children With Executive Functioning (2008)

by Joyce Cooper-Kahn(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1890627844 (ISBN13: 9781890627843)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Woodbine House Inc.,U.S.

review 1: The first half of this book is discussion of executive function and the lack thereof. It's sort of anxiety-producing, because it's a lot of descriptions of the problem -- case studies, examples, etc. talking about what's wrong. And some rather disheartening advice, like how deal with all the stress of helping your child, and how you should think of your child as something with a disability (in that they will need some significant level of accommodation). Fortunately, the second half of the book is more helpful and hopeful. The author breaks down the different components in executive function, and talks about what happens when there is a deficit in each area, then offers ideas about how to help. These ideas are really well-organized and clear, which I love. It's also laid o... moreut so that you can find the info you're looking for easily, AND it has an index, which I really appreciate.
review 2: While I'm not sure I learned anything new about executive functioning from 'Late, Lost,' it helped me to rethink many conceptions I already had and prompted me to formulate new strategies for my work with kids. At least for me, the first six chapters were unnecessary filler. If you are reading the book, do you need to know why you are reading the book? To the authors' credit, they give the reader permission, even encourage the reader, to skip and double back. And although they may bog down in redundancy, as they point out: 'Building habits requires repetition, repetition, and more repetition…Remember, this is not a knowledge problem. As with adults trying to change their behavior…kids often know what they should do, but tend to revert to their old ways.' I also liked their emphasis on a major concern of mine: '…[W:]hen we consider whether or not to let a child suffer negative natural consequences, we must be attuned to two factors: whether success is within reasonable reaching distance, and the cost of experiencing the negative consequences.' Yes! 'By experiencing success when…supports are in place, children learn that it is possible to succeed.' Overall, the suthor succeed in presenting a beginner's guide 'to helping children with executive functioning.' less

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