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Summer Fun to Build Executive Function Skills
Summer’s here and the learning never stops! Sure no one wants to even think about school during July and August. I understand that. But if your son or daughter struggles in school with organization, planning or focusing long enough to get through homework, then you might want to build some of their executive function skills … Read more
Helping or Hurting? The Dilemma of Enabling vs. Empowering
We all want our children to grow up to be responsible, successful members of society. Isn’t that what you want for your child? So we “help” them at every turn so that they can make it to school on time, complete their homework perfectly, and get good grades. But are you really helping or are … Read more
Working Together with ADHD
Working together in small groups is a common occurrence in middle and high school classrooms these days. Teachers have noticed that students learn, share and cooperate when they have a common goal or purpose. In the “work” world many projects are team or group projects so it is a skill necessary for a student’s present … Read more
Three Keys to Being More Productive
What does productivity mean to you? Yes, it is about getting things done, but more importantly it is about getting the right things done at the right time. It is also about making decisions. I am sure you know the feeling of being busy all day long only to wonder at the end of the … Read more
Choices, Choices, Choices
Choices….choices are all around us. We make choices consciously and unconsciously all day long. From the moment we wake up we are making choices about, what to wear, what to eat, where to pick up coffee, which priority to work on at work. Not to mention the choices in the media, on FaceBook, at the … Read more
What is Executive Function?
Executive dysfunction or executive function deficit is defined by Web MD as a “set of mental skills that help you get things done.” It is a simplified definition but when you break a task down into all the components needed to complete it, it is easier to see how having one or more weak areas … Read more
Self-Care – What's that?
Summer has faded and the leaves are just starting to change. It is time to build up our reserves before the cold weather hits. People all around me are already getting sick and I don’t want that to be me this year. To protect myself this year I have been looking at habits/routines that don’t … Read more
The Busyness of Back to School – Five Steps to Calm the “Crazy”
So much to do, so little time…..I hope that is not what you are thinking as we reach the end of August. It is a busy month for sure and often the transition from summer to “school” can make the new situation seem even more challenging. Here are five things to think about to make … Read more
Just Get Started – From the Archives
With the start of the new school year, I thought it was important to revisit the art of getting started previously published on our blog in 2013. The ability to get started on something is called “task initiation or activation” by the experts on Executive functions (Russell Barkley, Peg Dawson, Thomas Brown, etc). Executive functions … Read more