Seven Great Sources For Learning About Executive Functions
Executive functions are the skills that kids and adults need to manage themselves and get things done in their daily activities. They have become even more crucial during the […]
Executive Functioning Problems
Executive Functioning Problems: Difficulties with critical thinking, or self-regulatory skills that help prioritize and orchestrate an individual’s thoughts and behaviors.
S’Mores Up
S’MoresUp is a calendar and chore assignment app for the whole family to use! The initial setup allows you to add your family members, choose some frequently needed chores […]
Three Executive Function Skills for Homeschoolers and Remote Learners
Homeschooling and remote learning are on a collision course- or maybe they have already crashed into each other. Traditional homeschoolers report that they choose to homeschool because they feel that […]
A Remote Learning Strategy to Help Kids with Learning Disabilities
Kids with learning disabilities have often been forgotten in the effort to improve remote learning. I have conducted dozens of interviews with these kids and their families and the stories […]
Three Ways Kids Get Smart Playing Fantasy Football
It’s the beginning of the fantasy football season and in a few months, the smartest general managers will be celebrating their league championships. I would argue that many of the […]
How Video Games Improve Organization Skills
Parents can get creative when it comes to finding strategies to help their kids stay organized. They spend boatloads of money on storage containers, crates, and shelving in hopes of […]
Playing Smarter with Video Games: Practicing Flexibility in Overwatch
Flexibility is one of the most important executive functions for solving problems, as it helps kids learn to switch their attention from one task to another. For example, when taking […]
How to Teach Executive Functions for Homeschoolers and Distance Learners
We now have a nation of homeschoolers. Prior to March 2020, only about 4% of parents were choosing to homeschool their children, while a recent poll by Outschool indicated that […]
Is it ADHD or Executive Functioning?
Aidan is a very capable student; however, he seems to struggle to finish his school work and he is very forgetful. When he does finish his homework, he will often […]
Is ADHD a Disorder of Executive Functioning?
Thought leaders in psychology such as Russell Barkley, Ph.D., and Thomas Brown, Ph.D. have identified ADHD as a disorder of executive functioning. Rather than focusing on the major symptoms of […]
