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For most students, second semester starts back up in the first week of January. Check out the ideas below and use what works for you. Let me know how it goes. Happy 2017, Seth Minimize stuff – I usually recommend to my families that they do a serious downsizing of
Uh-oh! It’s already that time of year again, Thanksgiving break is upon us. At this point in the semester, many of the students I work with struggle with a very definite and predictable pattern: Swimming upstream – These kids are in “swimming upstream” mode. They are “behind” and are often getting “extensions”
I received this email today from a friend, the father of a senior in high school: “My son is having a hard time focusing when in class and doing homework. He says he’s taking the breaks and even getting up and walking around during class to try and get focused. He has
It’s early in the school year, the buzz of the first couple weeks has worn off, and habits begin to set in. Some are good, some not so good. The habits a student practices in September set the tone for the rest of the semester (and often the rest of the school
The students I work with are notoriously “bad” with systems, which has a lot to do with why they struggle so much. Actually that’s not exactly true, because when a system matters to the student, or when they’ve had enough practice with implementation, they can be great with systems. For
A parent sent me this… “What do you do if your child’s school wants the parent to stay out of it? I find myself trying really hard to stay out of it, and let my child contact the teacher directly. I will help him remember to do so, and help
PEP Papers. Exams. Projects. Unfortunately, many students fail classes at the very last minute. And, unfortunately, parents often don’t find out until a week or so after summer break begins, when grades go out. Parents are often completely unaware of upcoming (and heavily weighted) Papers, Exams and Projects. Heck, many students
We often try in vain to “help” our kids by… Lecturing Logic Reason Being rational “Talking some sense into them” But once they feel “threatened”, it’s not getting through. It’s so easy for us, as adults, to see what “needs to be done”. We can see so clearly that if
Here’s some gratitude for all the mom’s out there. I want to send a sincere thanks to you for being an awesome mom, for everything you do behind the scenes, for your time, effort, energy, and love. Here are some of my favorite mom quotes… “They are not kidding when they
This semester is going to end in the blink of an eye, and the stakes are high. Many kids who struggle with executive function are at risk of failing classes, which sets in motion a string of consequences. So what can you do? Do this sometime today: Do not lecture, argue,
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