Christopher Kaufman

Broschiertes Buch

Executive Function in the Classroom

Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students

Beschreibung

Provides a practical, highly readable guide to enhancing attention and impulse control, time management and organization skills for all students, with and without learning disabilities. Memorable metaphors, classroom examples, and crystal-clear explanations of brain functioning, will help teachers grasp what executive function is and how it affects their students' learning and behaviour.

Autor

Christopher Kaufman, Ph.D., was a licensed psychologist and Lead Psychologist for the Portland (Maine) Public Schools. He also operated, with his wife Sara, a part-time business, Kaufman Psychological Services, through which he provided workshops for educators and clinicians on a range of brain-based learning topics. Dr. Kaufman was born in New York City; raised on Long Island, New York; and earned his doctoral degree in Educational Psychology (with a specialization in School Psychology) in 1993 from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. His clinical specialties included attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and related executive functioning disorders, learning disabilities, and pediatric anxiety disorders.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brookes Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 179mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781598570946
• ISBN-10: 1598570943
• Artikelnr.: 29378884