Inspiration for Executive Functioning

January 19, 2012

Planning is an executive functioning skill of the brain. It affects our ability to take the actions necessary for future planning. It also affects our ability to do complicated writing tasks such as a term paper. I’m a real fan of paper and pencil for supporting the brain. It is often faster and simpler than [...]

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Get Organized—Everything Needs a Home

January 12, 2012

Organizing is an executive function skill of the brain that many people struggle with. In the Sklar Process ™, I ask  a question, “What things do you keep misplacing?” Once that list is jotted down we talk about how everything, each object we own, each category of items, needs to have one specific predictable “home” [...]

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A Story of Executive Function: Hansel & Gretel and Working Memory

January 5, 2012

My working memory is pretty awful. It is likely that a concussion on the playground way back in early elementary school is a big factor in this executive functioning deficit. Alas, what is truly scary is that my working memory is getting worse as I age, which is typical. Sunday is my morning to complete [...]

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The Courage to Change

November 24, 2011

When I work with people who struggle with executive functioning deficits, I am keenly aware of what they are asking of themselves. By working with me through the Sklar Process, they are taking a leap, a big leap of faith to even begin to hope that they can get better at handling their time, their [...]

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Being a Parent is Exhausting

November 17, 2011

Being a parent is hard work. Kids don’t come with directions. You bring home that little bundle of joy and you are off on a 24/7 job that lasts for years and years and years… If you have a child with a learning disability or executive functioning deficits or ADHD, it is really easy to [...]

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The Messy Desk

November 10, 2011

I can readily see the tempo of my life every morning when I sit down at my desk. If, like this morning, it is pretty messy, I have been pretty busy.  I have got to get a grip on these little piles before I start my day. Paper management is a critical part of good [...]

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Is Multitasking Worth It?

November 3, 2011

Our demanding world requires us to do many things in a day. There was a time when time management strategies included getting good at multitasking—doing more than one thing simultaneously. Just think of your computer screen and how you are tempted to constantly check e-mails, respond to that “bling” of Skype, and check on “interesting” [...]

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An Inspiring 6th Grader

October 27, 2011

One of the reasons I love my work helping individuals and families with executive functioning is that I am often  surprised and inspired by my client client’s responses to the prompts in their Seeing What I Need to Do—Course Notes. Sometimes I just sit back in my chair and say, “Wow! What great thinking. What [...]

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Keeping Track of Your Behavior to Reach Goals

October 20, 2011

An underlying theme of Seeing What I Need to Do (The Sklar Process™) is the value, the importance, of setting goals. By setting goals you maximize your productivity and your potential to live life fully. For some reason I’ve always been a goal setter. Perhaps it represents the optimistic dreamer of my creative spirit. However, [...]

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Anxiety and Test Taking Tips

October 13, 2011

Test anxiety freezes one’s ability to use the executive functioning skills required to do well in testing situations. We know now that strong emotional feelings like anxiety interfere with our ability to use our other executive processes to get things done.  It’s how the brain works. Fortunately research gives us a couple of helpful solutions. [...]

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