Updated Cool Tools Page
We are very happy to announce some changes to our website in the past few months. In addition to brand new course pages, we have also added a calendar page which will allow us to post about upcoming...
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A Tip for Finding Time
All of us have too much to do and too little time to do it! Our brain’s executive function system is overloaded with things to accomplish. We complain that we just don’t have the time for those...
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Chores 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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Feeling 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...
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Free 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 toward...
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Supporting 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 to look at it....
View ArticleUpcoming Workshop in NYC – Building Executive Function Skills: Time...
I was recently asked to prepare a full day workshop in Glosterville, New York for a wonderful organization called Transitions. This program does fabulous work in their community, preparing teens and...
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The Word of the Week: Gratitude
If you are looking for inspiration going into this week, let it be this. I came across this quote in a friend’s holiday letter, and I felt instantly relieved from negative thoughts....
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The Stress of a Brain Without Internal Time
During my recent trip to the LDA conference, I experienced an unexpected challenge for my executive functioning. I was in my hotel room in Baltimore the night before the event. It had been a LONG day...
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The 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 child or an...
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