The Family Meeting: Support Executive Functions
It is very typical for one parent in a family to be the Family Calendar Keeper, what I call the Executive Functioning Machine for the whole family. By the time that family gets to my table for their Seeing
Continue readingA Little Known Secret about Teaching Executive Functions
I see a lot of parents who seek help for their children’s executive function challenges. To be perfectly honest, sometimes I am more concerned about the parents than I am about the child. Let me explain. Some
Continue readingReaching Your Personal Summit
Typically people reach out to me because of specific executive function challenges connected to time management and planning. Those skills are just two pieces in a constellation of executive functions
Continue readingFall 2018 Courses at EFS Now Open!
Fall is just around the corner! We are now accepting registration for our upcoming courses. Our professional courses are hosted online, and are available for optional credit from Seattle Pacific University.
Continue reading10 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
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