The Work-Smart Academic Planner: Write It Down, Get It Done

by Peg Dawson EdD, Richard Guare PhD

Overview

From executive skills experts Peg Dawson and Richard Guare, the 8 ½” x 11” academic planner that has helped thousands of students in grades 6–12 is now revised and updated. It provides an all-in-one resource for keeping track of assignments and due dates while developing the crucial executive skills needed to succeed in school and beyond. Students are given the tools to get organized, manage their time, learn study strategies, create daily/weekly study plans, and stay on track. They are also guided to evaluate their own executive skills in order to target their weaknesses and capitalize on strengths. In addition to simplified planner pages, the revised edition has an improved Studying for Tests form.

User-friendly features:
*Convenient spiral binding.
*Three-hole punched to fit in a binder (with a new slimmer profile).
*Reproducible planning forms that can be downloaded and printed for repeated use.
*Undated daily and monthly calendars for one academic year.
*Online-only User's Guide for school psychologists, educators, coaches, and parents (www.guilford.com/work-smart-guide).

See also the authors' Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits, which provides additional resources and guidance for professionals working with this population, plus the authoritative Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Third Edition. Also from Dawson and Guare: Smart but Scattered parenting guides and a self-help guide for adults.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462530205
Publisher:	Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	02/16/2017
Edition description:	Revised Edition, (Wire-Bound Paperback)
Pages:	136
Sales rank:	445,366
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Peg Dawson, EdD, 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.

Richard Guare, PhD, 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.

Table of Contents

About This Planner
Using the Planner with a Coach
Planner Overview

I. Understanding Your Executive Skills Profile
Part I Task Completion Checklist
Executive Skills Questionnaire
Executive Skills Problem Checklist
Executive Skills Tip Sheets

II. Goal Setting
Part II Task Completion Checklist
Goal-Setting Worksheet

III. Strategies for Success
Studying for Tests
Five-Paragraph Essay Template
Long-Term-Project Planning Form
Other Strategies

IV. Daily/Weekly/Monthly Planners

Interviews

Students ages 11-17 (grades 6-12) and professionals who work with them, including academic and ADHD coaches, school psychologists, classroom teachers, and special educators; also of interest to parents.
 

Editorial Reviews

"This is a wonderful tool. Importantly, it provides a menu of options for coaches and students and the language is transparent and logical. Dawson and Guare draw on their knowledge of how executive skills develop and are refined to explicitly teach strategies for academic and personal self-management and self-advocacy. Both the student and the executive skills coach will gain from using this planner."—Jackie Gilson, NCSP, school psychologist, Chicago Public Schools

"In my 17 years as a teacher, I've worked with countless frustrated, struggling students who are clearly capable of doing better. The executive functioning and coaching components in The Work-Smart Academic Planner are vital to improve the academic performance of these learners. The planner helps students develop a growth mindset and increase their sense of self-efficacy. It builds the cognitive skills necessary for success in school and beyond."—Timothy McElroy, MA, special education teacher, Mountain View High School, Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools

"Dawson and Guare provide a true compass for navigating the path to academic growth. The planner provides invaluable practical strategies that encourage students' independence and foster learning. It will be a welcome resource for students, coaches, educators, and parents."—Barbara Saint-Amour, board-certified coach, Yarmouth, Maine

"While it is valuable to develop theoretical models of executive functioning, it is incredibly more so to develop practical strategies and clinical tools for overcoming problems in this area. Congratulations to Dawson and Guare for doing just that. This planner provides a set of tools that will help teens with executive skills deficits—including those with ADHD—to function more effectively. The planner pages in the revised edition are easier to use, as each week now fits on a single page. Parents and teachers will find the book highly useful, and clinicians will want to add it to the list of resources they recommend for dealing with executive skills deficits on a daily basis."—Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

"This planner will be extremely useful for a wide variety of students, from those struggling with school performance to high achievers seeking further growth. It incorporates research-based strategies that will help students manage and plan their time, organize school assignments and responsibilities, and remain focused on short- and long-term goals. I know of no other resource that not only provides an individual guide for executive skill development but also includes many helpful checklists, tip sheets, and templates to support the successful completion of essential school tasks."—George J. DuPaul, PhD, School Psychology Program, Lehigh University

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