title: Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning
author:  Joyce Cooper-Kahn 
description: Drs. Cooper-Kahn and Dietzel have filled a very important need for parents-- putting the essential concepts of the executive functions into practical words and actions. They have written a book that families have been asking about for years. This practical guide will be a tremendous help to children, teens, and young adults as they learn the key skills to better manage their learning and problem-solving. --Gerard Gioia, Ph.D., Director, Neuropsychology, Children s National Medical Center
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  # LATE, LOST, and UNPREPARED
  
  
  ### A Parents’ Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning
  
  
  Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D.  
  Laurie C. Dietzel, Ph.D.
  
  
  WOODBINE HOUSE 2008
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  © 2008 Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D, Laurie C. Dietzel, Ph.D
  
  
  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American copyright
  conventions. Published in the United States of America by Woodbine House,
  Inc., 6510 Bells Mill Rd., Bethesda, MD 20817. 800-843-7323.
  [www.woodbinehouse.com](http://www.woodbinehouse.com)
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  
  Cooper-Kahn, Joyce.
  
  
  Late, lost and unprepared / Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Laurie C. Dietzel.
  
  
  p. cm.
  
  
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-60613-134-3
  
  
  1\. Executive ability in children. 2. Self-management (Psychology) for
  children. I.
  
  
  Dietzel, Laurie C. II. Title.
  
  
  BF723.E93C66 2008
  
  
  649’.152--dc22
  
  
  2008032363
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Joyce Cooper-Kahn
  
  
  To my son, from whom I have learned, day