Executive Functioning Skills: ADHD executive functioning workbook for kids & teens. ADD, Anxiety, Anger, Autism, Obesity, panic attacks 2022 Epub + Converted Pdf
That’s the latest guidance from the National Institute for Health Care Excellence, which urges doctors to stop prescribing antidepressants to children for mental health issues and recommends therapy instead.
In his new book Executive Functioning Skills, David Charles shows parents how to turn practical, therapeutic exercises into daily fun routines children will love.
Executive Functioning Skills offers a unique 4-step action plan to enhance the memory, flexibility, and inhibition skills to relieve stress, alleviate symptoms, or provide reassurance.
An in-depth case study, helpful downloadable PDFs, and a game matrix enabling the easy creation of an unlimited number of fun varieties help parents take charge of worrying symptoms.
Irrespective of the mental health issue ‒ ADD, ADHD, Asperger’s, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Dyslexia, Obesity, OCD, Panic Attacks, SAD, Schizophrenia, suicidal feelings, or even Tourette’s syndrome ‒ simple exercises at home outlined by Executive Functioning Skills shows how can improve memory, flexibility, and inhibition.
While qualified mental health professionals typically treat mental health concerns and behavioral problems through communication, relationship factors, and skill-building, the number of available therapists is limited, and availability waiting lists are long.
In the meantime, there is much a parent can do, as Executive Functioning Skills reveals.
Introducing children to how to lead their best lives must be a better way for us to show we care for them.
- We can be part of the solution.
- We can help make the world clearer and more understandable.
- We can make the world a better place to live.
Can you help to spread the word that the possibility of opportunity is open to all?
Antidepressants are usually prescribed to treat the symptoms, not the underlying causes. Yet executive functions are known to be evident in brain-related ailments, so why not start by treating executive functions?
Here’s what you’ll find in this book:
- Page 9 – Setting up for success, a quick win
- Pages 10 to 14 five ways to work smart with almost no effort, doing what you already do
- Pages 15 to 24 Nine games you and your teen can play for healthy exercise
- Page 26: The one-page Action Plan
- Page 36: Keep note of progress
- Page 39: Understanding and comprehension
- Page 41: There’s so much to living your best life
- Page 43, Chapter 5: What matters?
- Page 51: A common journey
- Page 63: Emotion, moods, and feelings
- Page 66 Executive function clusters
- Page 74: Why you should dial it back slightly
- Page 76 Treatment through practice
- Page 83: How might symptoms develop?
- Page 92 – Manage frustration
- Page 102 Cultural influence
- Page 108: Targeting the brain with tasks
- Page 110 – The many sources of brain games
- Page 125: What you need to know before EF training begins
- Page 134: Planning & Scheduling
- Page 136: Memory management
- Pages 143 – 150 – Parent training
- Chapter 12 page: 151 – What to buy
- Page 159 – The 4-part Exercise Matrix