It’s not about the planner! Managing your time and tasks requires you to think about, prioritize, plan, start, and complete daily tasks. Time and Priority Management Time management involves estimating how much time you have and then figuring out how to best allocate your time to stay within time limits/deadlines to achieve your goals.  Kids and adults…

These three executive skills involve attention management: sustained attention, working memory, and organization. Sustained Attention Sustained attention is the ability to maintain attention to a specific situation or task despite distractions, poor mental energy, fatigue, or boredom.   This skill is often misunderstood because of some of the terms we have used to describe this problem…

Students with learning, attention, and executive functioning problems can struggle to focus on what’s most important in the classroom.  Try these five tips for improving attention. Get Ready to Pay Attention Although it’s hard for some students to stay focused during a lengthy classroom lecture or discussion, the following suggestions can improve their success. “Intend…

We provide a full line of services and solutions to help individuals and families improve their time management, organization, response inhibition, sustained attention and related skills.

We provide a full line of services and solutions to help individuals and families improve their time management, organization, response inhibition, sustained attention and related skills.

Sometimes our memory just doesn’t work as well as it should. Problems may occur at any stage in the memory process. In this article, Dr. Davenport outlines the possible challenges that can lead one to forget to remember.

It’s fun to make memories as a family! One December a few years ago, my wife, daughter, and I made some tremendous memories as we enjoyed a few snowy days at my parent’s home in rural Oklahoma.  After the fun was over, we all struggled to remember everything we were doing and learning before our…

Many students I know go to sleep reading their textbooks. This is an active study strategy that millions have used to improve their comprehension and learning from text books.

Working memory is an important cross-roads of our memory: information not only goes through working memory to get stored in and retrieved from long-term memory. Information is also held in working memory while we are completing daily tasks like reading, writing, math, and problem solving.

Executive functions are the skills that help us to start productive behaviors and stop unproductive behaviors to successfully reach our goals while staying connected to others.

Do you or a loved one struggle with executive functions like time management, organization, planning/prioritizing, or procrastination? Take this simple screening to find out!

In lacrosse, “checking” is a key part of the game. Checking school work before turning it in keeps your student from “dropping” the ball and helps him continue moving forward toward his academic goals. Help him make a self-monitoring checklist.