Is screen time going to harm my child?

Working as a clinical psychologist treating children, parents bring up a lot of their concerns in my practice. Recently, one of the […]

Many parents and teachers know a child who seems incapable of taking notes in class. As hard as the student might try, their notes are a jumbled mess; incomplete, disorganized, […]

Time Management: 

Your child can spend time shaping fundamental time management skills without spending all of yours. Time management skills help form accurate judgments to gauge how long a […]

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 

The highly anticipated next installment of the well known Legend of Zelda game franchise, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of […]

In order to set goals, make decisions, and stay on task, our brains utilize a set of skills called executive functions. These skills involve many different areas in the brain […]

The economic landscape that kids are approaching today is much different than it was ten or twenty years ago. Instead of focusing solely on learning facts and figures, twenty-first century […]

If you’ve heard that executive functions cannot change over time, you’d be wrong! Executive functions are plastic, which means that they can indeed be improved through a number of unique […]

Supporting Executive Functioning Skills in the Classroom

Executive functions are the basic skill sets in our brains that drive us to pay attention, make plans, keep on track, prioritize, […]

Executive functions are the chief operating skills based in our brain that are crucial for goal-oriented behavior. These functions include self awareness, attention, organization, planning, working memory, and flexibility. Every […]

How do executive functions impact academic performance?

Executive functioning skills are the basic processes that allow us to pay attention, remember information, prioritize, and create plans. Our brains support focus, […]