Organizational Skills for Children
Información para los padres
por Gail Epstein Mengel, Ph.D., NCSP
Escuelas Públicas de Longmeadow, MA
Introducción
Frecuentemente tomamos por sentado la habilidad para organizarse. Desafortunadamente, cuando los niños son desorganizados, los fracasos que resultan de esto lo adjudicamos la vagancia, falta de motivación, irresponsabilidad y postergación de las cosas por hacer. …
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University of South Florida
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Introduction
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Background
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