Executive Function Books

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Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 3,586 ratings — published
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Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 587 ratings — published 2008
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Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,090 ratings — published 2012
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Brain Hacks: Life-Changing Strategies to Improve Executive Functioning Brain Hacks: Life-Changing Strategies to Improve Executive Functioning (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.78 — 423 ratings — published 2018
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How to Keep House While Drowning How to Keep House While Drowning (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as executive-function)
avg rating 4.21 — 78,681 ratings — published 2022
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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 24,640 ratings — published 2012
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FLIPP The Switch Strengthen Executive Function Skills FLIPP The Switch Strengthen Executive Function Skills (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 38 ratings — published
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Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom (What Works for Special-Needs Learners) Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom (What Works for Special-Needs Learners)
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avg rating 3.94 — 64 ratings — published 2010
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ADHD, Executive Function, & Behavioral Challenges in the Classroom: Managing the Impact on Learning, Motivation, and Stress ADHD, Executive Function, & Behavioral Challenges in the Classroom: Managing the Impact on Learning, Motivation, and Stress (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.65 — 26 ratings — published
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as executive-function)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,299,337 ratings — published 2018
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Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series) Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits (The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series)
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avg rating 4.12 — 83 ratings — published 2012
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The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens: Help for Unprepared, Late, and Scattered Teens (Instant Help Solutions) The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens: Help for Unprepared, Late, and Scattered Teens (Instant Help Solutions)
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avg rating 3.96 — 124 ratings — published 2013
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Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 38 ratings — published 2007
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Executive Function "Dysfunction" - Strategies for Educators and Parents Executive Function "Dysfunction" - Strategies for Educators and Parents (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.73 — 22 ratings — published 2014
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Organizing the Disorganized Child: Simple Strategies to Succeed in School Organizing the Disorganized Child: Simple Strategies to Succeed in School (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 246 ratings — published 2009
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The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 340 ratings — published 2005
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Summary Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: Time Management for Mortals Summary Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman: Time Management for Mortals (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.33 — 24 ratings — published
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Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as executive-function)
avg rating 3.91 — 18,345 ratings — published 2019
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Supporting Student Executive Functions: Insights and Strategies for Educators Supporting Student Executive Functions: Insights and Strategies for Educators (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 4 ratings — published
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The Seeds of Learning: A Cognitive Processing Model for Speech, Language, Literacy, and Executive Functioning The Seeds of Learning: A Cognitive Processing Model for Speech, Language, Literacy, and Executive Functioning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 136 ratings — published
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Scattered to Focused: Smart Strategies to Improve Your Child's Executive Functioning Skills Scattered to Focused: Smart Strategies to Improve Your Child's Executive Functioning Skills (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as executive-function)
avg rating 4.13 — 129 ratings — published
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The Executive Function Guidebook: Strategies to Help All Students Achieve Success The Executive Function Guidebook: Strategies to Help All Students Achieve Success (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.91 — 23 ratings — published
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Building Executive Function: The Missing Link to Student Achievement Building Executive Function: The Missing Link to Student Achievement (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.66 — 35 ratings — published
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Executive Function: Foundations for Learning and Teaching (Language-Based Teaching Series) Executive Function: Foundations for Learning and Teaching (Language-Based Teaching Series)
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avg rating 4.23 — 13 ratings — published
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Seeing My Time: Visual Tools for Executive Functioning Success Seeing My Time: Visual Tools for Executive Functioning Success (Spiral-bound)
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avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published
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Solving Executive Function Challenges: Simple Ways to Get Kids with Autism Unstuck and on Target Solving Executive Function Challenges: Simple Ways to Get Kids with Autism Unstuck and on Target (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as executive-function)
avg rating 4.03 — 64 ratings — published 2014
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Executive Functioning Workbook Executive Functioning Workbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as executive-function)
avg rating 4.20 — 10 ratings — published 2013
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Helping Students Take Control of Everyday Executive Functions: The Attention Fix Helping Students Take Control of Everyday Executive Functions: The Attention Fix (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 30 ratings — published 2012
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Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 125 ratings — published 2012
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Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties (School-Based Practice in Action) Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties (School-Based Practice in Action)
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avg rating 4.00 — 21 ratings — published 2008
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Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes: A Lifespan Perspective (Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition) Executive Functions and the Frontal Lobes: A Lifespan Perspective (Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition)
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avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 2008
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30-Minute Groups: Executive Function: Boosting Brainpower, Increasing Productivity, and Achieving Academic Success 30-Minute Groups: Executive Function: Boosting Brainpower, Increasing Productivity, and Achieving Academic Success (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Paul Tough
“The capacities that develop in the earliest years may be harder to measure on tests of kindergarten readiness than abilities like number and letter recognition, but they are precisely the skills, closely related to executive functions, that researchers have recently determined to be so valuable in kindergarten and beyond: the ability to focus on a single activity for an extended period, the ability to understand and follow directions, the ability to cope with disappointment and frustration, the ability to interact capably with other students.”
Paul Tough, Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why

Paul Tough
“According to the Turnaround paper, which was written by a consultant named Brooke Stafford-Brizard, high-level noncognitive skills like resilience, curiosity, and academic tenacity are very difficult for a child to obtain without first developing a foundation of executive functions, a capacity for 
self-awareness, and relationship skills. And those skills, in turn, stand atop an infrastructure of qualities built in the first years of life, qualities like secure attachment, the ability to manage stress, and self-regulation.”
Paul Tough, Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why

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