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Terminology: Executive Function, Neurodiversity

by Dennis | Aug 12, 2023 | Executive Functioning Skills

In the 12 years or so we’ve operated HomeworkCoach, numerous new terms have become popular, including “executive functioning” and now “neurodiversity.” These are helpful words, in many ways, and parents of kids with ADHD — our...

Megan’s Notes: Cognitive Flexibility

by Dennis | Mar 31, 2017 | Cognitive Flexibility, Executive Functioning Skills

An important area of focus for HomeworkCoach this year, in addition to advising you to help your students with homework completion, is to provide teachable methods to help strengthen students’ executive function skills.Executive function skills are defined as: ...

Megan’s note: Planning

by Dennis | Mar 31, 2017 | Executive Functioning Skills, Planning and Problem Solving

Planning is defined as the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal.  Most students diagnosed with ADHD struggle with planning out homework, projects, studying for tests and other activities. With any HomeworkCoach...

Improve your student’s planning skills

by Dennis | Mar 26, 2016 | Executive Functioning Skills, Planning and Problem Solving

Written for us by our coach Megan Moody Planning is an Executive Functioning skill required to think about and organize the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Most students diagnosed with ADHD struggle with planning homework, projects, studying for tests...
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