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Unlocking Executive Functioning Skills for Teens

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Pub Date Jul 01 2025 | Archive Date Jul 11 2025


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The Essential Guide to Organization, Focus, and Self-Management for Teenage Success

Is your teenager struggling with procrastination, disorganization, or time management? Executive functioning skills are the mental tools that help us plan, focus, and achieve our goals - and they're critical for teenage success. Unlocking Executive Functioning Skills for Teens is the second book in the transformative Unlocking Skills for Teens series.

In this practical, teen-focused guide, you'll learn:

    * How to break the procrastination cycle and build productive habits
    * Proven systems for organizing schoolwork, time, and responsibilities
    * Strategies for improving focus and managing distractions
    * Techniques for setting and achieving meaningful goals
    * Methods for developing emotional regulation and stress management
    * Ways to build independence and self-advocacy skills

Perfect for teens who:

    * Struggle with homework completion and organization
    * Have difficulty managing time and meeting deadlines
    * Feel overwhelmed by school and life responsibilities
    * Want to develop greater independence and self-direction
    * Are preparing for college or career transitions

Also essential for:

    * Parents seeking effective ways to support their teen's development
    * Teachers and school counselors working with students
    * Therapists and coaches supporting adolescent clients

Based on current research in adolescent brain development and executive functioning, this guide acknowledges that teenage brains are still developing these crucial skills. Rather than expecting perfection, it provides realistic, age-appropriate strategies that work with teen development, not against it.

Building on the foundation established in Unlocking Social Skills for Teens, this book helps teens develop the self-management abilities that support both academic achievement and personal growth.

Give your teen the executive functioning skills they need to succeed in school and beyond.

The Essential Guide to Organization, Focus, and Self-Management for Teenage Success

Is your teenager struggling with procrastination, disorganization, or time management? Executive functioning skills...


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Teen Brainpower, Unlocked!

Unlocking Executive Functioning Skills for Teens is the ultimate life-hack manual for every teen (and their frazzled parents) who’s ever lost a planner, missed a deadline, or screamed into the void—because now there’s a plan, and it actually works! 🧠📅✅

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As a mom of a teen with ADHD I found a lot of helpful tips in this. My teen had zero interest in reading the book but that's not the books fault. He was receptive to some of the tips when I explained it to him. I like how this book was formatted. It was in outline/bullet style and it made it easy to find what you are looking for and made it easy to focus on what was really important. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a teen with ADHD.

Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this book. The opinion in this review is my own.

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A Practical Lifesaver for Overwhelmed Teens (and Parents!) - Unlocking Executive Functioning Skills for Teens is one of those rare guides that actually speaks to teens without talking down to them. It breaks down complex skills like time management, focus, and organization into bite-sized, doable steps. I appreciated how the book didn’t expect perfection—it was realistic about how the teenage brain works and offered genuinely helpful advice, not just lectures. As a parent, I found it really useful too; it gave me better ways to support my teen without the usual arguments.

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If your brain’s running 47 tabs and none of them are loading—this book gets you.

I seriously wish I’d had this book back when I was accidentally doing homework the night before it was due... every time. 😅 Unlocking Executive Functioning Skills for Teens is like having a chill, smart bestie who knows all the hacks for staying on track without losing your mind. It’s not boring, not judgy, and actually HELPFUL (yes, all caps). Whether you’re drowning in deadlines or just want to stop forgetting your water bottle every day, this book’s got your back. 🧠📅🔥

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