How to Teach Executive Functions
Every year, my month of August is all about coaching my clients through the Seeing My Time program – intensely. I usually teach the curriculum to each individual or family once a week for nine weeks.
Continue readingFree Presentation from Marydee Sklar: 50 Tips to Help Your Student Succeed
Learn from Marydee Sklar, the creator of the Seeing My Time program, as she teaches practical tips and strategies for supporting students with their executive functions. In this presentation, you will
Continue readingHow to Stop Getting Lost in Perfectionism
I had never thought about the link between executive functions and perfectionism until I watched a client – a medical professional, circle around and around and around her desire to craft beautiful
Continue readingHow to Make a Plan
Of all the executive functions, planning can be the most challenging for kids. That’s because their brains have often not yet developed the ability to manage future thinking. Teachers and parents
Continue readingHow Planning Can Help You to be More Spontaneous
Ahh, summer…a time to let go of executive functions, let your hair down, and be spontaneous – right? Well, not necessarily. Summer might end before you get around to having fun. I have an ADHD
Continue readingSupporting Your Child’s Executive Functions: How to Buy a Watch
There are lots of fun (and cheesy) jokes about time. Here’s a great one: Customer: I’d like a watch that tells time. Clerk: Don’t you have a watch that tells time? Customer: No, you have
Continue readingExecutive Function Tip: Managing Screen Time
Though it’s the end of the school year, social media and screen time still have a major effect on students’ ability to get things done. Chores, family time and even dinnertime can be a struggle
Continue readingFree Web Event: Creating Unstoppable Teens
I’m thrilled to be participating in a virtual interview series called Creating Unstoppable Teens. The event will be held online, June 14 – 24, 2017. This is a FREE event for parents, geared
Continue readingFeeling a Little Stuck?
While my brain has executive functioning challenges, I have never let that stop me from being an avid learner. I am ALWAYS learning things! In a recent conversation with my daughter, who was pondering
Continue readingChores Support Executive Functions: Here’s How
In my book, 50 Tips to Help Students Succeed, I devote a chapter to chores. Not only are chores important for teaching adult skills like cooking, cleaning and managing money, but they also support our
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