A week after school started, Casey’s mom went to Parent Orientation, sometimes called Open House or Back to School Night. She was given a...

Casey is adjusting to the school year, but after a few weeks her teacher calls on a Friday morning and asks her mom if she has smelled...

Casey is beginning to follow along with her classroom and school day routines, but has found that she can’t always finds the things that...

Let’s begin with the first strategy to help Casey (and any other student that does better without multi step directions). When there are...

Teacher: “Good morning class. Please make sure last night’s homework is in the green bin. We will begin class in thirty seconds, so make...

School is starting soon. What emotions are tied into those four words? Excitement? Anticipation? Nervousness? Dread? Do you love school?...

How would you describe a superhero? I would think that you would suggest abilities that humans don’t have. Possibly flying, changes roles...

Would you spend ten hours writing a report for your boss if you were not getting paid? How does cleaning the house while the whole family...

I have not put out content in about a month. I have been super busy with lots of good things. I wanted to post something even though time...

Last week, we discussed healthy habits, particularly focusing on cues. Today, I would like to discuss adjusting a trigger. We all have...

How do we get our children to develop healthy habits? Healthy habits in kids lead to healthy habits in adults and we want to help them...

The last area of executive function according to Dr. Brown is Motivating and Self Regulating Actions. This refers to getting yourself to...

Last week, we began to discuss working memory. We discussed writing things down and creating checklists. There are many great resources...

The fifth area of executive function according to Dr. Thomas Brown is Memory- utilizing working memory and accessing recall. What that...

Over the last few weeks, we have begun to explore Dr. Thomas Brown’s model of Executive Function. We spoke about activation, focus, and...

Now that you have a better understanding of focus, let’s discuss effort. What is effort? I took an informal poll. Some people said...