Beyond Games: Step-by-Step Organization

You can urge a child to get organized until you’re blue in the face, but without the strategies to help her gain the skills, you may as well file the […]

Adult Checklist for Executive Functions Strengths and Weaknesses

 

Task initiation    Strengths Examples Efficient Returns e-mails and phone calls promptly Prioritizes Gets out of bed and gets going   quickly in the morning Activates him/herself to start on […]

Lift – App Review

Lift is an app designed to help users start and maintain positive habits, and offers an integrated calendar to ensure positive routines can be fit into any schedule.

Siri – App Review

Siri is a voice-activated virtual assistant that comes on iPhone models 4S and newer. Siri can be used as an organizational app to set reminders, alarms, and update calendar events.

Setting Limits: Screen Time and the Individual Child

“One size doesn’t fit all.” When it comes to setting screen time limits, this is very true. Some kids are not interested enough in technology to make it a concern […]

4 Tips for Helping Your Teen Improve Visual Working Memory

We use the term “photographic memory” to describe someone with a better-than-average ability to recall visual details. While the evidence of people with actual eidetic memories is limited, we all […]

How can coaching build executive functions?

Does your child forget to do her homework, misplace her books, rush out of the house in the morning without her lunch, or get distracted when telling you about her […]

Remember the Milk

Remember the Milk is a highly organized task list and to-do app. Its benefits apply to a wide range of users, especially those who need to compartmentalize many different aspects of their daily lives.

12 Websites & Online Resources for Parents of Children With Autism

What do you do when your child is diagnosed with a learning disability? Finding out that your child may have a developmental disorder such as autism can be a stressful, […]

10 Tips on How to Improve Organization in Children

From keeping track of classroom assignments and materials to attending to after school activities and other daily duties, staying organized and on top of everything isn’t an easy task for […]