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 LD ...

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Getting Past Fear

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 ...

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The Danger of Labels

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 ...

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How to Embrace the Future: Creating a Yearly Plan

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 ...

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Winter Courses Are Open!

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 Jensen, ...

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Two Tips to Lower Holiday Stress

In celebration the release of our upcoming Seeing My Time® planner this Sunday, November 12th, I created a free webinar called How to Choose the Right Planner for You. The goal of ...

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I got into this whole world of executive functions because of my own brain’s challenges. The origins of Seeing My Time started with developing a different way to think about the relationship ...

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Adults Need Help Too | Some Big News!

At first glance, you might not realize that an exercise habit is directly linked to your brain’s executive functioning. I was considering this fact last week as I did my three-mile Sunday ...

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Practice Your Executive Functions – With Exercise

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 ...

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How to Teach Executive Functions

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 get ...

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Free Presentation from Marydee Sklar: 50 Tips to Help Your Student Succeed

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 ...

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How to Stop Getting Lost in Perfectionism

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 expect ...

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How to Make a Plan

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 ...

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How Planning Can Help You to be More Spontaneous

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: ...

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Supporting Your Child’s Executive Functions: How to Buy a Watch

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 ...

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Executive Function Tip: Managing Screen Time