No Mind Left Behind: Understanding and Fostering Executive Control--The Eight Essential Brain Skills Every Child Needs to Thrive

A leading child psychologist identifies and explains eight essential cognitive skills that every child requires to thrive--including Initiation, Flexibility, Attention, Organization, Planning, Working Memory, Self-awareness, and Regulating Emotions--and offers tools and techniques designed to help parents enhance each child's capabilities. 20,000 first printing.

Adam J. Cox, Ph.D., is a licensed and board-certified clinical psychologist who has devoted his career to the study of Executive Control Skills. He speaks widely at national and international conferences, and has been quoted in the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Time, Family Circle, and other publications.