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Sharon A. Hansen, MSE, NBCT, is a professionally licensed school counselor in Berlin, WI. She has a bachelors degree in developmental psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and a masters degree in education with an emphasis in school counseling from the same institution. Hansen is also a National Board Certified School Counselor, and belongs to the Wisconsin School Counselor Association (WSCA) and the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). She lives in Oshkosh, WI.
An excellent resource for students, educators and families. As a middle school counselor, I will definitely use this as a tool to help our students succeed in the area of executive functioning!
Lisa Koenecke, Wisconsin School Counselor Association President
I think it would be an invaluable resource for executive skills coaches and for teachers developing executive skills seminars for groups of students. The activities and exercises are versatile enough that they could be used with individual students or with groups of studentsand coaches and seminar leaders could easily pick and choose which executive skills to emphasize and which exercises to use.
Peg Dawson, EdD,psychologist and author of several books on executive skills, including Smart but Scattered
Many teens struggle with executive functioning challenges, especially those with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disabilities, high functioning autism, or other conditions. This workbook gives these teens (and their parents) strategies to improve their executive functions, which means they can develop skills to improve their lives.
Dr. Kenny Handelman, author of Attention Difference Disorder
Publishers Note
This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.
Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books
Copyright 2013 by Sharon Hansen
New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
5674 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
www.newharbinger.com
Cover design by Amy Shoup
Acquired by Tesilya Hanauer
Edited by Will DeRooy
Activity 3, Defeating Your Beast, adapted from THERES A MONSTER IN MY CLOSET activity, copyright 2012 Carolyn Berger. Used with permission.
All Rights Reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hansen, Sharon A.
The executive functioning workbook for teens : help for unprepared, late, and scattered teens / Sharon A. Hansen, MSE, NBCT.
pages cm
Audience: Age 14-18
ISBN 978-1-60882-656-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60882-657-5 (pdf e-book) -- ISBN 978-1-60882-658-2 (epub) 1. Executive ability in adolescence--Juvenile literature. 2. Self-management (Psychology) for teenagers--Juvenile literature. 3. Self-control in adolescence--Juvenile literature. 4. Attention in adolescence--Juvenile literature. I. Title.
BF723.E93H36 2013
155.519--dc23
2013011601
To my husband Steve: Thanks for being my rock and believing in me, even when I sometimes don't.
To my daughter Kylie: Be proud of who you are. I am proud to be the mother of such a strong young woman,
To my son Christopher, the inspiration for this book: I always knew you could do it, and you did. I am proud of the amazing young man you have turned out to be. Now, go get the world!
Just as we all have different fingerprints, we all have very different brains. Some peoples brains are very good at remembering things. Other peoples brains are incredibly creative. Still other peoples brains are extremely organized. Whatever kind of brain you have, its yours and you need to learn how to work with it, instead of against it.
Do you ever feel as though other teens understand things more easily than you do? Do others your age seem to have it together, while you sometimes feel as though youd lose your head if it werent attached to your body?
At times, you may have felt lost, confused, unprepared, or scattered. This can be a normal part of growing up. However, for some teens, these feelings indicate weakness in executive functioning.
Executive functioning is a set of skills that include self-understanding, organizational skill, time management ability, emotion control, behavior control, flexibility, initiative, attention, working memory, and persistence. A person may have a weakness in any one of these areas or multiple areas. What does weakness in executive functioning look like, sound like, and feel like? Well, that depends.
A teen with a weakness in organizational skill may have a very hard time keeping his binder or locker in order. Another teen with a weakness in working memory may not be able to remember that she has homework. Still another teen with a weakness in behavior control may blurt things out in the middle of class. Sound familiar? If so, this book may prove very helpful.
While this book is meant for you to use on your own, I highly encourage you to find an adult whom you trust who can help you as needed. Ideally, this person should be your parent, but it doesnt have to be. It might be a trusted teacher or your school counselor. The more you practice the activities in this book, the better your skills will become; and a helpful adult may be able to give you valuable pointers.
Our goal as humans should be to effectively manage our lives, make positive decisions, and move ourselves toward a bright and rewarding future. I hope that you find the activities in this book helpful in making that future come true for you.
Best of luck!
Sharon Hansen
When my son Chris was born, I envisioned that he would be intelligent, well-behaved, and a good student. Now a high school graduate, Chris is indeed very intelligent, and most of the time he is well-behaved. However, in school, there were times his grades were less than stellar.
Throughout school, Chris had a hard time completing homework, remembering to bring things home, and taking any kind of interest in school. By fifth grade, neuropsychological testing indicated that he had weaknesses in organizational skill, processing speed, and working memoryabilities that contribute to what is known as executive functioning.
Executive functioning is a set of skills that help people organize, plan, and control their life to make sure things get done. Teens who have weakness in executive functioning have a hard time starting tasks, sustaining effort, and finishing what they start.
Chris is not less smart than other students his age; his brain simply does not work the same as that of a teen who is a stellar student. Just as some people are short and some are tall, some people have better executive skills than others do. If your child has trouble with tasks that require executive skills, she is not abnormal; she is just a different kind of normal.
In many teens, the area of the brain where most executive functioning takes placethe prefrontal cortexis still developing. The most recent brain research indicates that this pre-frontal cortex is not completely developed until a young person is in his or her mid- to late twenties. This is important, because it means that there are many things you can do to help improve your childs executive skills. Just as it took your child lots of practice before he was able to walk, talk, ride a bike, or do anything else well, he can develop his executive skills through practice.
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