We help students develop study skills and strategies that suit their learning style.
When a student struggles with executive functioning, it can affect their success at school and, more importantly, how they feel about their ability to learn. Our executive function coaches work with students on strengthening these crucial skills by drawing on their strengths and using strategies that suit their learning style.
This includes skill-building in the following areas.
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Self-Awareness
Self-awareness is the ability to be conscious of the ways you think and learn. Through self-awareness you can build on your strengths and work to overcome your challenges.Self-Management
Self-management, or, inhibitory skills, is the ability to show self-control and resist distraction. These skills allow you to effectively command your thoughts, emotions, and actions. This is often connected to emotional regulation.Emotional Regulation
Emotional regulation is how you are able to objectively understand what is happening and respond in a calm way. When experiencing strong feelings, emotional regulation enables you to regain control.Focus and Attention
Focus and attention skills enable you to stay on task while working, prevent distractions, return to the task after a distraction, maintain stamina while working and self-regulate while completing tasks.
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Planning
Planning refers to time management skills and anticipating the materials needed to complete a task. Well- developed planning skills enable you to accomplish required daily tasks, meet academic expectations and attain long-term goals.Organization
Organization skills help you create systems to effectively complete tasks. These skills enable you to design an effective structure or system that makes sense for you. This skill enables you to take all the parts of a task and sort them into a personalized system for your success.Prioritization
Prioritization is decision-making skills. By developing these, you will be able to effectively able to rank tasks from most to least urgent. Additionally, prioritization skills help you make decisions about “want to” versus “have to” tasks.Task Initiation
Task initiation skills enable you to actually begin the work you are expected to do. Often, the phrase “self-starter” is associated with a person who has strong task initiation. Task initiation is strongly connected to planning, organization, and focus.
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Transition Skills
Transition skills enable you to “change gears”, or switch from one task to another. Smoothly making transitions is supported by planning, organization, and emotional regulation. Transition skills include the ability to be flexible even when things don’t go as expected.Working Memory
Your working memory is like the whiteboard of your brain. It enables you to "keep things in mind" while completing a task. Working memory skills impact your ability to receive verbal directions, remember them, and complete steps in the correct order.
The executive functions are a set of skills we use to complete tasks and achieve goals. Watch to learn more.
Executive Function Assessments
Before starting with an executive function coach, students undergo a thorough executive function skills consultation with our Executive Function Specialist. Parents and students receive a report detailing the student’s unique learning profile, including areas of strength and areas for improvement.
The report contains:
- Data summary of their executive function assessment
- Explanation of their strengths and target areas to improve
- Customized strategies to implement for improvement
- Overview of executive function skills, categories, and traits
- Recorded screencast with our Executive Function Specialist providing a personalized explanation of the executive function assessment and strategies to implement
HOW IT WORKS
✓ Free trial lesson
✓ Lessons available in-home, in-center, online, or at school
✓ Progress reports after each lesson
✓ Help with homework / school projects in addition to executive function support