10 Back to School Tips for Executive Function Challenged Students
Oh August! It is still summer BUT school looms in the not-too-distant horizon. For students with executive function challenges (and their parents!) there can be an underlying anxiety about facing a new
Continue readingThe Difference Between a Dream and a Plan
Those who struggle to create and execute planning, or future thinking, often have executive function deficits. Everyone has dreams, but without the ability see, plan and actualize the required steps, life
Continue readingCelebrating Our Executive Functions
Executive Functioning Success in its 8th year, and if I have learned anything, it is that running a business requires a LOT of strong executive function skills! Last week during our staff meeting, where
Continue readingWho Do You Want to Grow Up to Be?
I will be 65 this summer, and I want to grow up to be my mother-in-law, Selma. I have just returned from a family gathering to honor her 90th birthday. Just about the whole Sklar clan came together for
Continue readingSpecial Announcement! Join Our New Executive Function Challenge, Seeing My Time in Action
I’d like to ask a quick question. Can you name some nagging thing that you want or need to get done but you just can’t start it? I think the real question is who can’t name such a task? For
Continue readingGetting Past Fear
I just returned from presenting at the LDA national conference. Dr. Jerome Schultz, a clinical neuropsychologist at Harvard, gave a keynote with the title: Conquering the Fear Factor: Helping Kids with
Continue readingThe Danger of Labels
People often find me and my work because of a label they have been given. Typically it is “executive function deficits.” Testing or evaluations were sought out to explain “why” a certain
Continue readingHow to Embrace the Future: Creating a Yearly Plan
Ready for my toast to 2018? Raise a glass, or a cup of tea, and say with me: To planning! The ability to plan for the future, and then take the actions required to accomplish those plans, requires the
Continue readingWinter Courses Are Open!
Have you been interested in taking a course from us in the past? Winter is a great time to do this. Our professional courses are hosted online, and our family group course is held in Portland, Oregon.
Continue readingTwo Tips to Lower Holiday Stress
Have you been feeling stressed with the holiday season approaching? I have just returned from Texas and the conference for the Association of Educational Service Agencies. The keynote speaker was Eric
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