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True Story:
My struggles as a student & how I overcame them.
Executive Function:
Why it is the most important thing for parents to understand
Find out if your child is 2e and how to support 2e learners
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We don’t really care about your grades. We’re more interested in seeing the important things from you: Your kindness and generosity Your effort and persistence Your ability to pursue things that matter How you walk through your own resistance and avoidance How you take healthy risks How you embrace your “failures”
Please CLICK above to share. Odd as this may sound, students who struggle with homework aren’t just struggling with homework. They’re struggling with many things that have a lot to do with “executive function.” Executive function refers to the brain’s ability to “execute” a complex task. In the case of homework, which
Procrastination. Dragging your feet. Putting it off. Avoidance. Resistance. Motivation is overrated We like to think that if we can just figure out how to motivate our kids properly, a mental switch will flip and they’ll realize how much easier it is. But it doesn’t happen that way with a lot
Gut feeling Your gut. Also referred to as the heart, soul, inner voice or intuition. Regardless of what you call it, it’s very different from your mind. It carries a significantly quieter voice from deep within. The mind is LOUD. It chatters incessantly, always trying to ‘figure things out’. Although it
School is an emotional experience For many students, school is an especially emotional experience. This is critical to remember during transitions. The students I work with are often sensitive to begin with. Their baseline of stress is already a bit high and they can be easily triggered, therefore experiences often
