#060 - Executive Skills in Children with Dr. Richard & Colin Guare

2024-12-22

In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Ryan Moyer speaks with Richard & Colin Guare about executive skills in children and their new book, the 2nd edition of Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential. They discuss how parents can distinguish ability from motivational deficits, the importance of addressing your child's environment, why experience is more important than direct instruction, and how to effectively use consequences. For mor...

In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Ryan Moyer speaks with Richard & Colin Guare about executive skills in children and their new book, the 2nd edition of Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential.

They discuss how parents can distinguish ability from motivational deficits, the importance of addressing your child's environment, why experience is more important than direct instruction, and how to effectively use consequences.

For more on these guests, visit www.smartbutscatteredkids.com

Why Do We Do That? is a psychology podcast that deconstructs human behavior from the perspectives of social scientists, psychologists, and others that use applied psychology in their work.

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